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Rose Parade Ham Club to disband after being rebuffed by parade officials.

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From: No Roses on Jan 2, 8:51 am

Ham radio operators to skip Rose Parade

Pasadena Star News

By Gene Maddaus , Staff Writer

PASADENA -- A pair of ham radio operators were lugging equipment onto the
grounds of Tournament House in preparation for last year's parade when they
were stopped by a "senior Tournament official.'

Why is this posting in this newsgroup AGAIN?

It's been in here before. Same wannabe kinda story.

It is an opportunity for Sterve to see that somehow, someway, people
are finding alternative methods of communications.

The radio group has also tracked floats with global positioning devices and
installed a dozen video cameras up and down the parade route.

Why?!? The "Rose Parade" (Tournament of Roses) is, for over
90 percent of its route a STRAIGHT LINE along Colorado Blvd.
in Pasadena. Good grief, any deviation from the assigned route
could be telephoned in from public call boxes all along
Colorado! :-) Total route length is no more than 5 miles.

But, but, but...

The floats aren't high-speed vehicles. They can be tracked
on foot by anyone able to walk. Some of the "white suiters"
(parade officials) use little motor scooters along the route.

With the little upside down red hats on top? Those guys are funy.

Look, anything could happen. Ever seen National Lampoon's Animal
House?

Guess which Ham played Neidermeyer?

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