From: John Smith on Aug 21, 4:49 pm

Len:

Just about the time these guys have me believing I accidentally stumbled
into rec.radio.amateur.secret.agent?, someone says something sane and I
switch back to thinking I am still in rec.radio.amateur.policy--then it
happens all over again...

I really suspect we are in rec.radio.amateur.merry.go.rou?nd...

Where do you think the producers of "Groundhog Day" got their
plot from? :-)

...at the signpost up ahead...rec.radio.twilight.zone!


... but I am afraid one of these guys will one day produce a "secret
decoder ring" from the 1960's (and bestowed upon them from a god in a
cheerio box), then the theme from the x-files will startup in the
background, and I will feel, once again, like the carpet has been pulled
beneath my feet--I hate when that happens!

It IS disconcerting! :-) But, those are the fantasies of the
Mighty Macho (Mutant?) Morsemen, dreaming under the headphones
and hearing signals that aren't there...

Usually when that happens, I
see a vision of art bell and wayne greene discussing colloidal silver and
burying locomotive piggy-back containers in your back yard to protect you
from "The Big One!"

Understood. However, from a practical point of view, those shipping
containers are quite practical for storage or even working on one's
hobbies. Riverside Convalescent Hospital in North Hollywood has one
for storage, tucked into the back of one parking lot. A Corvette
car restorer uses one to hold his in-work 'Vettes. Being all metal,
they would be excellent for amateur radio "shacks" pumping 2 gallons
into a "shack-top" antenna (big all-metal box is an excellent
ground plane/counterpoise). Of course, I'm a bit prejudiced because
this city carries the most sea freight on this coast and the U/S
(for sea use) containers are abundant. They need large trees and
bushes to hide their gargantuan rectangular shapes; esthetically
they are bad for a neighborhood if left uncovered. [yes, I know
Stockton carries a lot of sea freight also, but it ain't the size
of San Pedro - Long Beach harbor facilities]


... course, once I remove the wool from over my eyes, things do start
looking better ...

Coders are trying to pull STEEL wool over our eyes. Problem is,
they don't realize that their steel wool is all rusty and
unserviceable. They don't realize that the same wooly stuff
has been pulled on THEM by the wonderful olde-tymers of the
League (of Indistinguishable Gentlemen)(with apologies to Sean
Connery).

Excuse me while I get a cold drick from da fridge...it makes
nice code inside aw day log.

old tim