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The Weekly Reader of the "22 CREW"
 
 
 
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WEEK 8 OF 2008-OUR 28TH YEAR 
 
 
O R L A N D O
REVISITED
 
 
LAST WEEKS "SLICES" WAS DONE FROM OUR VIEW OF THINGS IN ORLANDO AND LIKE ANY SUBJECT IT IS REALLY GOOD TO GET SOMEONE ELSE'S VIEW...JUST YESTERDAY ALL OF W4SNT'S 2008 ORLANDO PICTURES ARRIVED  ... BURT TOOK SOME REALLY GREAT PICTURES  FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES AND HERE ARE A FEW...FROM THE "SNT" PERSPECTIVE:
 
THATS KM4P-BILL AND MYSELF AT A SLO MOMENT IN BOOTH ACTION:THERE WERE NOT MANY SLO MOMENTS ....AND THEN THERE WERE THE SUPRISE GUESTS....LIKE ...ALL THE WAY FROM "MICHIGONIA" NONE OTHER THAN KIM-N8FY APPEARED:WITH KD5RXT & KM4P LOOKING ON BURT GOT THAT PICTURE FOR THE ARCHIEVES...PLUS WHAT HAMFEST WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT BRINGING HOME THAT "TREASURE" YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR AND TO SUPPLY ALL THE "TREASURES" YOU COULD EVER WANT BURT STOPPED OVER AT MFJ AND GOT THIS SHOT OF RICHARD..2ND IN COMMAND AT MFJ...MFJ IS THE OFFICIAL SUPPLIER OF ALL "TREASURES" TO THE "22 CREW" MEMBERSHIP:CALL RICHARD WHEN YOU ARE IN NEED OF THAT THINGY YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE...TELL HIM THE "CREW" SENT YOU.....
 
BURT AND HIS CAMERA GOT OUTSIDE TO VISIT THE "FLEA'S" AND LOOK AT THESE THREE HE MANAGED TO GET THE LENSE ON:
L-R  BARRY & WALTER & MIKEEE.....YES, W2HLD CAME PREPARED WITH HIS OWN BAG AND HE DID FILL IT UP!
 
LATER ON BACK AT THE TABLE BARRY WANTED TO GET A PICTURE BUT UNBEKNOWNST TO ANYONE AS BARRY IS SNAPPING AWAY SO WAS BURT:....BEFORE WE KNEW IT THE DOORS WERE CLOSING AND TIME TO GO BACK TO THE POOL AND REGROUP....EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT HE IS NOT IN IT BURT MANAGED THIS REALLY GREAT SHOT OF "TEAM 22 CREW" ORLANDO 2008:REALLY SUPER WORK W4SNT....HOPE YOU AND YOUR CAMERA CAN JOIN US FOR THE NATIONAL TEACHERS MEETING IN LAS VEGAS!
 
D A Y T O N   2 0 0 8
  
GOT THE MAIL YESTERDAY AND NOT A THING FROM DAYTON....NOT HEARING FROM ANYONE WHO HAS GOTTEN MAIL EITHER....THIS WEEK WILL START THE EMAIL BARRAGE AND HOPEFULLY GET AN ANSWER...PLEASE...IF YOU HAVE ANY CONTACTS AT DARA...HOOK US UP...!!!!
 
SO...WHAT WAS YOUR
 
NEW YEARS RESOLUTION?
 
 
IN A RECENT POLL WE READ THE 2 MOST POPULAR NU YRS REZ'S ARE *LOSE WEIGHT & *STOP SMOKING
 
AS A 2 PACK A DAY SMOKER FOR AT LEAST 45 YEARS I CAN TELL YOU IT IS A HABIT THAT IS REALLY PLEASUREABLE AND SOMETHING I WOULD DO FOREVER...THATS THE GOOD NEWS!
 
THE BAD NEWS...NYC HAS BECOME A MISERABLE PLACE FOR SMOKERS..TO THE MAJORITY SMOKERS ARE ABOUT ONE SLOT BELOW OSAMA AS THE TOTALLY WORST PEOPLE ON EARTH...JUST THIS WEEK A MANHATTAN COUPLE TOOK THEIR NEIGHBOR TO COURT FOR SMOKING IN HER OWN APARTMENT..SEEMS THE SMOKE WAS GETTING OUT IN THE HALLWAY, A COMMON AREA...WATCH THIS CASE...THEY WILL WIN WE PREDICT HERE.
 
SO AS THE SAYING GOES ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END AND BACK AROUND JAN.10 WE HAD A REGULAR DOCS APPOINTMENT AND FIGURED THIS WAS A GOOD TIME TO ASK FOR HELP...IN CASE YOU DIDNT KNOW QUITTING TOBACCO IS TOUGHER THAN QUITTING HEROIN ACCORDING TO THE EXPERTS..SO DOC HOW DO WE DO THIS?  SHE SMILED AND SAID NO PROBLEM...CHANTIX IS THE ANSWER....CHAN WHAT...WELL AFTER HEARING THE WHOLE STORY I GOT THE PRESCRIPTION..STOPPED IN AT CVS ON THE WAY OUT...GOT LIKE 13 WEEKS OF PILLS 2 TIMES A DAY AND FIGURED THIS IS IT AND STARTED THE ROUTINE THAT NIGHT...
 
DO YOU WANT TO STOP SMOKING OR DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES?  B E F O R E  YOU DO AS WE DID GET THIS MAGAZINE:
THAT IS THE FEBRUARY 18 EDITION OF NEW YORK MAGAZINE..YOU CAN GET IT ON THE NEWSTAND OR IN THE LIBRARY OR MAYBE EVEN ON LINE...IN ANY EVENT GET IT AND READ THE ARTICLE STARTING ON PAGE 31...IT IS TOTALLY TRUE...AGAIN---FROM EXPERIENCE IT IS TOTALLY THE TRUTH..ALL OF IT!!!!!  WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THE TIME HERE TO REPEAT WHAT SOMEONE ELSE ALREADY WROTE BUT AND THIS IS IMPORTANT SO PAY ATTENTION..IF IT IS YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW AND CARE ABOUT MAKE THEM READ THIS  F I R S T  BEFORE TAKING ONE OF THOSE PILLS!
 
SADLY FOR US THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY AND NOT DECEMBER....TRULY READ THIS BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING THEN DECIDE WHATS RIGHT FOR YOU...IF YOU DECIDE TO GO WITH THE CHANTIX LET US KNOW HOW YOU DO, THATS OF COURSE IF YOU CAN STILL COMMUNICATE..IF NOT HAVE ONE OF THE ATTENDANTS IN WHATEVER INSTITUTION YOU WIND UP IN DROP US A NOTE!
 
I C O M   D A Y   2 0 0 8
 
ORLAND WAS A HUGE HELP TO THE IC DAY EFFORT...AT ORLANDO WE PICKED UP THREE NEW PLAYERS:  WALTER-WA4LT & BILL-KM4P & GRANT-VE3GFM...ALL THREE OF THEM YOU CAN SEE IN LIVING COLOR THIS WEEK AND IN WEEK 7...THANK  YOU BOYS AND GOOD LUCK.
 
IN THE MAIL...NONE OTHER THAN DAVID-WB2DZH:
 MANAGED TO GET AWAY FROM THE FLORIDA POOL LONG ENOUGH TO WRITE THE CHECK AND SEND IT IN....THANK YOU DAVID...AND FOR THOSE OF YOU NEW TO "SLICES" AND THE CREW...DAVID GOES BACK BEYOND CREATION OF THE "22 CREW"..YES WE ACTUALLY WENT TO H.S. TOGETHER!
 
AS WE SAID EARLIER YESTERDAY WE GOT THE MAIL AT POB 1052 AND THERE WAS AN ENTRY FROM DOYLE-WD4HXE...DOYLE FROM FRANKFORT KENTUCKY IS A RETURNING IC DAY PLAYER AND WE ARE SURE GLAD TO HAVE HIM BACK..THANK YOU DOYLE AND GOOD LUCK....
 
SO HERE IS THE LATEST LIST...ARE YOU ON IT?  IF YOU SAID NO HOW ABOUT FIXING THAT THIS WEEK!
 
 
2008 IC DAY PLAYERS LIST
 
761175 & 761176................GEORGE-NK8T
761177 & 761178 & 761179.........................JOE-W2LED
761180.........................................CAL-W9JAN
761181................................................STU-WA4JUO
761182....................................................ROGER-W8CNJ
761183 & 761184....................................WALTER-WA4LT
761185....................................................BILL-KM4P
761186............................................GRANT-VE3GFM
761187 & 761188...............................DAVID-WB2DZH
761189..............................................DOYLE-WD4HXE
 
 
 B  I  R  T  H  D  A  Y  S
 FEBRUARY 9-24
 
BETWEEN TIME OFF AND THE SPECIAL EDITION WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH GENE-WB5KVE A VERY VERY HAPPY BUT BELATED 79TH BIRTHDAY ON FEBRUARY 20TH...GENE WE ALREADY TALKED TO YOU AND KNOW IT WAS A REAL SUPER DUPER B'DAY AND FOREST FIRE OF CANDLES....GLAD YOU ARE WITH US!
 
THAT BOYS AND GIRLS IS ALL WE HAVE FOR FEBRUARY...DID WE MISS YOU???????  PLEASE LET US KNOW....
 
 
 
 
 
3, 4 1 3
 
ORLANDO WAS A HELP BUT YOU CAN BE A BIGGER HELP...GATHER UP THE ONES YOU DONT NEED AND SEND THEM OVER...SAVE POSTAGE...PUT YOUR ICOM DAY ENTRY AND YOUR UNWANTED MANUALS ALL IN THE SAME PACKAGE!
 
 
TEACHER'S MEETING
JULY 12 & 13 
2008
LAS VEGAS
 
THE PLAZA NOW HAS ROOMS BLOCKED OUT FOR US....YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT THE DEAL THEY GAVE US...CALL NOW...RIGHT NOW AND MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS...SIMPLY TELL THE OPERATOR THE DATES AND THAT YOU ARE COMING OUT FOR THE NATIONAL HAM RADIO TEACHER'S CONVENTION.
 
...DO NOT MISS THIS EVENT...CALL THE PLAZA HOTEL
Toll Free: (800) 634-6575
AND BE A PART OF THE EDUCOM EFFORT!
 
NEED A TAX DEDUCTION FOR 2008?
 
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO GET UP EARLY YOU KNOW WE HAVE SOME PRETTY GREAT SOUNDING MOBILE CHECKINS....FOR EXAMPLE
JIM-AA0XJ...THE DX CHECK IN..ALL THE WAY FROM IOWA...JIM IS A REGULAR CHECK IN ON THE CLASSROOM NET...A REALLY NICE GUY WHO WE GOT TO MEET SEVERAL YEARS AGO OUT IN AMANA IOWA AT HIS HAM FEST AND ALSO AN ICOM DAY WINNER IN YEARS GONE BY...LOOK FOR HIS NAME AND CALL IN THE WINNERS BOX...
 
WELL AFTER A HARD DAY AT WORK JIM CAME HOME IN THE ABOVE TRUCK AND PACKED UP AND SHIPPED A MOTOROLA REAPEATER FOR 44O MHz TO US..IT ARRIVED HERE PERFECTLY AND JIM THANK YOU FOR THIS EQUIPMENT DONATION......BUT A QUESTION...
 
......AFTER YOU CAME HOME IN THE TRUCK...PACKED UP THE REPEATER...WITH THE SNOW BLOWING AND ICE FALLING...INSTEAD OF STAYING IN THE HOUSEAND MAYBE GETTING ON THE RADIO ON THIS NICE SNOWY DAY...HOW COME OUTSIDE TO TAKE A BATH?
NOW WE SEE YOUR ONE SON WITH THE HAT ON AND THAT TELLS US ANYTHING OUT OF THE WATER HAS TO BE REALLY COLD..THE TRICK OF GETTING FROM THE HOUSE TO THE TUB WOULD PROBABLY MAKE A REALLY GOOD VIDEO!
 
THIS WEEKS SKED
 
AS OF THE MOMENT NOT A SINGLE MISSION IS PLANNED .. EACH DAY AS OF THE MOMENT WILL BE AT CREW HQ..BUT..AS WE ALL KNOW THAT CAN CHANGE...AND LETS HOPE IT DOES!
 
DING DONG

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