A P P L E   S L I C E S
The Weekly Reader of the "22 CREW"
 
 
 
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WEEK 12 OF 2008-OUR 28TH YEAR 
 
 
CRACKER BARRELL MAKES GIRL GO WILD
 
LAST WEEK...PALM SATURDAY/SUNDAY....WE TOOK A BREAK FROM THE JOYS OF THE "22 CREW" AND DID A TOTALLY FAMILY WEEKEND..THATS WHY WEEK 12 REALLY WAS PUT TOGETHER ON FRIDAY INSTEAD OF INTO THE WEE HOURS OF SUNDAY MORNING..
 
OUR OLDEST HARMONIC-KB2DLX, JESSICA-WHO YOU HAVE SEEN HERE IN "APPLE SLICES"...REMEMBER HER WITH RUDY G BACK IN "SLICES" 39 OF 2007?  
NOW RESIDES IN NASHUA NH .. SO OFF TO NH IT WAS OH ABOUT 10AM SATURDAY...NOW FOR THOSE OF YOU TRAVELING WITH CHILDREN YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT FOOD IS..LUCKILY THE BABY THINKS LIKE DADDY...NEVER PASS A WAFFLE HOUSE OR A BOB EVANS STOP AT ALL SONIC'S AND NEVER MISS A CRACKER BARRELL..TROUBLE IS NONE OF THOSE PLACES EXIST IN NYC OR CLOSE...BUT AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT...THERE IS A CRACKER BARRELL AT EXIT 40 OFF I-95 IN CONNECTICUT...AND THAT WAS WHEN THE GIRL WENT WILD...PERSONALLY I THINK IT WAS TOO MUCH "UNCLE HERSCHEL":
One of our family recipes!
BECAUSE AFTER THE ABOVE...THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED:
YES LITTLE JUSTINE LIT OUT FOR THE GIFT SHOP AND BECAME AN "OFFICIAL" CRACKER BARRELL EASTER BUNNY....it had to be something in the eggs!!!
 
ONCE THE UNCLE HERSCH WORE OFF IT WAS BACK ON THE ROAD NORTH...TO NH ITS REAL EASY...95N TO 91N TO 84E TO 90E TOWARDS BOSTON TO 495N AROUND BOSTON THEN BACK ON 95N CROSS INTO NH AND AFTER A FEW EXITS COMES ONE FOR NASHUA..SOMEWHERE JUST BEFORE THE NH BORDER IN MA AT ABOUT 85MPH IN THE LEFT LANE WE CAME UPON A HAMMY ON OUR RITE:
NOW ITS A LITTLE HARD TO SEE, DONT FORGET WE WERE DRIVING AND TAKING PICTURES AT THE SAME TIME...BUT THAT GUY HAD ALL SORTS OF ANTENNAS...YAESU HF SCREWDRIVER...ASSORTED VHF/UHF STUFF AND ANOTHER STEALTH TYPE HF ANTENNA MAYBE A COMET..ANYWAY GOT UP TO HIM AND WAVED AND HONKED AND SO ON AS WE ALWAYS DO TO FELLOW HAMS...BUT.....FORGOT THAT WE WERE NOT IN THE "22 CREW MOBILE"..NO RADIOS NO ANTENNAS NO HAMMY ID OF ANY KIND NOTHING...POOR GUY LOOKED TERRIFIED...MUST OF THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ANOTHER NUTTY NY DRIVER...THE LESSON HERE IS NEVER SAY HI SPEED HAM HELLOS UNLESS YOU LOOK LIKE ONE ALSO!
 
JUST LITTLE WHILE AFTER THE UFHE (UNIDENTIFIED FLYING HAMMY ENCOUNTER) WE ARRIVED IN NASHUA...ROLLED UP ON THE NEW KB2DLX QTH AND WENT INSIDE...THE XYL WAS JUST HAPPY TO FIND A SEAT WITH NO WHEELS ON IT AND THAT WASNT MOVING:
JUSTINE-THE CRACKER BARRELL RABBIT-AND KB2DLX GOT TO CATCH UP ON OLD TIMES:
AND DADDY GOT TO TAKE EVERYONE OUT FOR DINNER:
WATCH "APPLE SLICES" 14 FOR ANOTHER NON-HAM EASTER SUNDAY REPORT...!
 
HOW DO YOU SPELL
 
T E R R O R
F E A R
D I S A S T E R ?
 
WHAT FREAKS YOU OUT WHEN YOU GO TO THE MAILBOX?...WHAT PIECE OF MAIL IN THE HUNDREDS THAT FALL OUT OF THAT BOX ALWAYS MANAGE TO LAND FACE UP AND IN UR FACE?  WHAT SINGLE ENVELOPE CAN IMMEDIATELY BRING ON NAUSEA AND PROFUSE SWEATING......
 
WELL IF UR A HAMMY THE ANSWER IS EASY..THE ONE THAT HAS A RETURN ADDRESS THAT SAYS:  FCC COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATION BUREAU  #$%^&*^&*(^&*
 
WE GOT ONE OF THOSE YESTERDAY....YUP UPON OPENING:
PO BOX 1052 NEW YORK NY 10002 WHAT IS RITE THERE STARING AT US BUT A TERRIBLY OFFICIAL LOOKING ENVELOPE FROM
 
FCC COMPLIANCE & INFO BUREAU
WAYNE P STAATS - WS8RM
OFFICIAL OBSERVER REPORT
 
WHAT COULD WE POSSIBLY HAVE DONE TO OFFEND THIS "OO", OH NO COULD IT OF BEEN THIS  .. COULD IT OF BEEN THAT....NAH COULD NOT BEEN ANY OF THOSE THINGS..WE DINT DO IT...WE ARE INNOCENT...AFTER ALL THE CLASSROOM NET IS THE HOME OF THE "FINAST FLOCK OF FOLKS IN ALL OF HAMDOM".....WELL ONE WAY TO FIND OUT....
OPEN THE ENVELOPE!
WE DID....AND LOOK WHAT WAS INSIDE:
 
 
 
 
JUST IN CASE YOU CANT READ IT...TO QUOTE WAYNE-WS8RM...HE SAID 
 
"The recent operation of your net was a joy to listen to.  The up-beat tempo and good participants are a good example for new amateurs. Keep up the good work. 73"
 
WAYNE WAS LISTENING TO THE NET ON 3/17.....
 
THANK YOU FOR WRITING WAYNE...IT WAS WORTH THE MINI-HEART ATTACK/SEIZURE/STROKE & HAVING TO GO OUT AND BUY A NEW FRAME FOR THE CERTIFICATE...PLUS IT HELPS US PROVE WE WILL DELIVER THE BEST HOUR AND A HALF IN YOUR HAM RADIO DAY IF YOU JUST GIVE US 90 MINUTES!
 
FINALLY...SOMETHING FOR
F R E E
YES NOT ONLY CAN YOU GET A FREE GIFT ... YOU GET TO PLAY ON A BRAND NEW HAM RADIO WEBSITE....
 
THIS WEEK ONE OF OUR "APPLE SLICES" READERS..RICHY-WA2RQY ALERTED US TO A NEW SITE HE FOUND. 
 
"HEY JOEEE YOU CAN GET A CALL SIGN STICKER FREE FOR THE CREW MOBILE AND ALSO PUT UP AN AD FOR hamradiomanuals.com  IN A NEW PLACE AND ITS ALL FREE"
 
WARY OF FREE ADS AND FREE STUFF WE DID NOT INVESTIGATE IMMEDIATELY BUT LISTEN IT WAS A SLOW WEEK SO WE WENT...RICHY WAS RIGHT...PLUS THE GUY RUNNING IT WE GOT TO TALK TO AND HE IS WONDERFUL PLUS HE IS DOING ALL THIS WORK PURELY FOR THE LOVE OF HAM RADIO....
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JACK-KZ4USA...pictured above ...RUNS THE SITE   http://www.hamradioclassifieds.com/
GO THERE..IT IS AMAZING....WEB CAMS AND THIS AND THAT..REALLY INTERESTING...PLUS FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS FOR GETTING YOUR TRULY FREE VINYL CALL SIGN STICKER...AND DONT FORGET TO NOTICE THE PROMINENT AD FOR hamradiomanuals.com  THANKS FOR BEING THERE JACK AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE REALLY GREAT NEW HAMMY WEB SITE!
 
DAYTON 2008
STILL NOT A WORD FROM THE D.A.R.A FOLKS. NOTHING...NADA...BUT WE ARE NOT ALONE...RICH-KI2X ALSO REPORTS NOT A WORD FROM THEM SO WE REALLY ARE NOT WORRIED....WALTER-WA4LT...MIKEEE-W2HLD  THEY ALL HAVE THEIR PLANE RESERVATIONS...ARE YOU ALL SET???  THE FOLLOWING IS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW TO BE ON "TEAM 22 CREW DAYTON":
 
 
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155 Monarch Lane., Miamisburg 45342,
937-866-5500, Fax: 937-866-8270
 
IF YOU ARE NOT ATTENDING THE HAMFEST BUT WANT TO SPEND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE CREW AT OUR TRADITIONAL DAYTON EYEBALL THE PEERLESS MILL INN IS THE PLACE TO BE:
PLAN ON ARRIVING AROUND 7PM FOR AN EVENING WITH "THE FINAST FLOCK OF FOLKS IN ALL OF HAMDOM"

 
I C O M   D A Y   2 0 0 8
 
WE GOT A BRAND NEW NEVER HERE BEFORE FIRST TIME VIRGIN ICOM DAY PLAYER...
 
W  5  G  Q  W
 
WELCOME TO ROBERT-W5GQW OF HORSESHOE BEND  ARKANSAS...BOB A GIANT "22 CREW" WELCOME AND THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US...GOOD LUCK IN THE CONTEST!
 
 
NOW FOR THE REST OF YOU...WHY ARE YOU STILL SITTING THERE READING...PRINT THE FLYER...FILL OUT THE FORM....SEND IT IN ALREADY!!!  IT WOULD BE SO NICE   N O T   TO TAKE IC DAY TO DAYTON...AND KEEP THIS AN APPLE SLICES FAMILY EVENT...SO LETS GO!
 
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
761190 & 761194..................................BOB-W8OWL
761191...............................................BRYAN-KC9HYZ
761192...........................................GENE-WB5KVE
761193.....................................VIC-KA5BDX
761194..........................................ROBERT-W5GQW
 
CONTEST
CONTEST
CONTEST
W I N N E R
W  I  N  N  E  R
W   D   4   D   U   G
ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT MIKEEE-WD4DUG IS A BRILLIANT COMPUTER PERSON AND MAKES IT ALL POSSIBLE TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE READING RIGHT NOW, HE IS ALSO JUST PLAIN DOWNRIGHT BRILLIANT IN GENERAL...SEE "DUG" LOOKED AT THE CLUES..RESEARCHED THE PHONE...FOUND OUT IT WAS ANTIQUE ENGLISH .. PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND CAME UP WITH THE WINNING GUESS OF:
W4/G8ERJ
YES W4/G8ERJ PETER OF FLORIDA IS THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF LAST WEEKS SECRET HAMMY STATION....TAKE A LOOK AT THE ABOVE AND ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE THE PHONE THAT GAVE IT ALL AWAY...WELL AT LEAST TO ONE PERSON....GOOD WORK MIKEEE AND GREAT PICTURES PETER....THANK YOU ALL FOR PLAYING..."GUESS THE SECRET HAMMY"!
 
B  I  R  T  H  D  A  Y  S
 MARCH 23-29
 
MARCH 24-HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO "SKY COMMANDO" BILL-N8DSG...YES, YOU HAVE READ ABOUT AND SEEN HIM RECENTLY HERE IN SLICES AND TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY.....HAVE A GREAT ONE BILL .. AND HOPE TO HEAR YOU ON THE NET!
 
MARCH 29....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BOBBY-WF1M   WE FIRST MET BOB ON THE CLASSROOM NET  7-11-1990   18 LONG YEARS AGO....SINCE THEN BOBBY HAS BEEN: AN HONOR ROLL MEMBER... AN ICOM DAY PLAYER....A hamradiomanuals.com  SUPPORTER....AND ALL AROUND GREAT FRIEND AND TOTALLY GOOD GUY...GIANT HAPPY B'DAY BOBBY AND MANY MANY MORE!!!
 
 
 
3, 4 2 6 
 
UP 2 THIS WEEK....NOW HEAR THIS....2 OR 4 OR WHATEVER IS NOT GOOD NUMBERS...WE NEED YOU TO MAKE AN IMPACT...LETS GO...EASTER IS OVER SPRING IS SPRUNG..LETS DO SOME CLEANING AND DIGGING...SEND THOSE BOOKS TODAY!
 
TEACHER'S MEETING
JULY 12 & 13 
2008
LAS VEGAS
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WE WANT YOU UP ON THE ABOVE PODIUM IN JULY SPEAKING ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES/EXPECTATIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IN REGARD TO BRINGING HAM RADIO TO EDUCATION.
 
...DO NOT MISS THIS EVENT...CALL THE PLAZA HOTEL
Toll Free: (800) 634-6575
MAKE YOUR RESERVATION...
AND BE A PART OF THE EDUCOM EFFORT!
 
NEED A TAX DEDUCTION 
RADIOS YOU CAN WRITE OFF..KIDS YOU CAN'T 
 
CALL US TODAY FOR A PICK UP TOMORROW
 
 
 
THIS WEEKS SKED
 
ASIDE FROM FIRST BILL THEN BOBBY'S BIRTHDAY..THATS ABOUT IT FOR THIS WEEK...THINGS CAN CHANGE MOMENT BY MOMENT...SO START YOUR DAY ON THE CLASSOOM NET TO FIND OUT ALL THE LATEST.
 
DING DONG

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