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  1. spongella

    Get Your Red Hot LNB's

    Well for a tad under 10 grand you can get an Ku LNB, free shipping. Hurry, hurry, hurry!
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    Civil War Widow Passes Away At 101 Yrs

    If he could marry a 17 year old when he was 93, then there's hope for all of us hihi.
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    Civil War Widow Passes Away At 101 Yrs

    Odd thing was she never applied for the pension when he died.
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    Civil War Widow Passes Away At 101 Yrs

    https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-last-civil-war-widow-20210107-kemkdgnbe5ch3i37jx4ztwftla-story.html Amazing. She married at age 17 to a 93 year old Civil War vet.
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    Did Your Interest in Radio Start with One of These?

    In the '60's Popular Mechanics published an article on how to build a "Foxhole " radio using a razor blade and a pencil lead. Didn't work for me though.
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    Did Your Interest in Radio Start with One of These?

    Yes, I bought it at a hamfest but my mom got me one in the late 50's.
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    New Heat Pump/AC Installation

    Thank you all for your comments.
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    Chocolate Favored Beer

    All sold out here, as I dillydallied. When you snooze you loose. But....on EBay, guys are selling the empties, go figure.
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    New Heat Pump/AC Installation

    Air pump system.
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    New Heat Pump/AC Installation

    Recently we had a Lennox Signature series heat pump/AC installed to replace our very old central AC system. We decided to go with a dual heat pump/AC unit because we needed an alternative heat source for the winter. Here in NJ winters aren't that cold anymore compared to 30 years ago when we...
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    Chocolate Favored Beer

    Have to get a six pack of this: Yuengling Hershey's Chocolate Porter - Yuengling
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    RIP Conchatta Ferrell

    Berta was somethin' else! Conchata Ferrell Dies: Former ‘Two and a Half Men’ Co-Star Was 77
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    Occasionally Check Your Amazon Browser History - Hackers Are Out There

    Some guy with a Russian name ordered an Android solid state drive to the tune of 373.00 dollars on my wife's Amazon Prime account. He "Sergey" even added a mailing address to my wife's account unbeknownst to her and had the drive shipped to a mailing service in Englishtown, NJ. Luckily I found...
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    Internet Antenna Falls to Earth

    Whoever's the biggest :)
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    Internet Antenna Falls to Earth

    https://www.wfmz.com/news/a-bird-a-plane-a-high-altitude-balloon/article_29fa8fb8-fabb-11ea-9279-1f7fe7885e27.html Wish it landed in my yard.....:)
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    How Bluetooth May Have Got It's Name - King Harald Gormsson of Norway

    https://gizmodo.com/bluetooth-is-named-after-a-medieval-king-who-may-have-h-1671450657 Other historical anecdotes say his teeth were blue due to fondness of blueberries.
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    Gas Price Info With National Gas Temperature Map

    $2.04 here at Vallero if you pay cash. Whoopee!
  18. spongella

    Good Books

    Reading "The Peter Beemer Manuscript," this is a collection of music from the Warren's Diggings, UT gold mining camp in the 1860's.
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    Wife's New Diet

    All she eats is Limburger cheese and never brushes her teeth....from far away she looks a lot skinnier!
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    A SK of Note, K4HZE

    George Laurer, responsible for developing the bar code has passed away. One of the Greatest Generation members and an amateur radio operator too. Think of how this has changed our lives. Just about every item we buy uses this invention. What a wonderful contribution to society...
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    Avcom Spectrum Analyzers

    Michael, I don't have one yet, am looking. For now I use an SDR dongle which is somewhat useful for looking at the RF spectrum.
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    Avcom Spectrum Analyzers

    Anyone using an Avcom SA? These are older units with no where near the capabilities of today's modern units but might serve as an inexpensive SA for bench testing older radios and for looking at propagation. Thanks.
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    What's on the Menu for Christmas Day?

    Main dish: Smoked ham steaks (from local Amish mkt) with pineapple rings and maraschino cherries. Apple sauce topping. Baked yams with cinnamon. Dessert: Maddalena's strawberry cheesecake (this is a locally owned family company). Drinks: Martinelli's sparkling apple cider.
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    The Widow and Father Kelly

    Father Kelly: Morning Missus O'Malley, how's yer husband? Widow: Oh Father, he passed away (sniffles, tears) Father Kelly: He was a good man. Did he have any final words? Widow: Yes, he said "put down that gun!"