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WEEK 13 OF 2008-OUR 28TH
YEAR
SPECIAL
EASTER EDITION
NOW PAY
ATTENTION...WE ARE GOING TO DISPENSE JUST THIS WEEK WITH THE STANDARD "APPLE
SLICES" LAYOUT TO BRING YOU...WEEK 13... A MONSTER EASTER BUNNY
SPECIAL.
BEFORE WE GET
INTO IT ALL HERE AT HQ WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TWO OF OUR
MEMBERS:
APRIL
1, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RAY-NE1Y...RAY ACCORDING TO OUR CALCULATIONS YOU ARE
93 TODAY RAY...HAVE A SUPER DUPER HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
APRIL 5.
GET OUT THE CANDLES GRAB THE CAKE AND CALL TONY SOPRANO AND HIS PALS TO DELIVER
ALL THAT TO KB2GBK-LES...REMEMBER LES....HE MOVED TO JOISEY...PERIODICALLY SINCE
HE LEFT STATEN ISLAND WE GET FONE CALLS FROM HIM SAYING HOW HE IS ABOUT TO GET
UP AN ANTENNA...CMON LES...GET IT UP AND GET BACK ON AND HAVE A HAPPY
BIRTHDAY...
ON TO ICOM
DAY...NOTHING TO REPORT...LIST REMAINS THE SAME...
HAMRADIOMANUALS...SPECIAL THANKS TO BOB-W8OWL WHO DELIVERED A
BRAND NEW TS-450 TECH MANUAL TO US THIS WEEK..THANK YOU
BOB.
OK...LETS GO TO
THE PARADE...BUT BEFORE WE DO...WE WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE
FOLLOWING AS YOU READ...HOW COULD ALL OF THIS RELATE TO HAM RADIO IN 2009?
HOW COULD THIS EVENT PROMOTE AND BENEFIT HAM RADIO IN
EDUCATION? GOT IT? GOOD YOU SAID YES..WE HEARD YOU...SO KEEP THOSE
THOUGHTS IN MIND AS YOU READ ALL ABOUT THE.......
EASTER PARADE
2008
In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon
it
You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade
I'll be all in clover and when they look you over
I'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter parade
On the Avenue
Fifth Avenue
The photographers will snap us
And you'll find that you're
In the rotogravure
Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet
And of the girl I'm taking to the Easter parade...
You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade
I'll be all in clover and when they look you over
I'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter parade
On the Avenue
Fifth Avenue
The photographers will snap us
And you'll find that you're
In the rotogravure
Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet
And of the girl I'm taking to the Easter parade...
by Irving Berlin-1933
FORGET EVERYTHING THAT THE ABOVE LYRICS BRING TO
MIND..WHEN IRVING BERLIN WROTE THE SONG BACK IN 33 IT WAS A DIFFERENT
WORLD...FAMILIES WENT TO CHURCH AT ST. PATRICK'S ON 5TH BETWEEN 50th &
51st THEN WENT OUT FOR A STROLL ON FIFTH AVE DRESSED
IN THEIR ABSOLUTE BEST AND LATEST FASHIONABLE CLOTHES...MEETING NEIGHOBORS AND
FRIENDS...PROBABLY MANY THEY HAD NOT SEEN SINCE THE EASTER
BEFORE..
BUT THIS IS 2008..JUST 75 YEARS LATER....ABOUT THE ONLY
THING THAT IRVING BERLIN WOULD RECOGNIZE TODAY IS ST. PATRICK'S..THE PLAYERS IN
THIS SPECTACLE HAVE CERTAINLY CHANGED.
THE PARADE RUNS FROM 49TH AND 5TH ON THE SOUTH END TO
57TH AND 5TH ON THE NORTH END...WE BEGAN THE MARCH AT THE NORTHENMOST
END:
ABOVE IS THE CORNER OF 57TH AND 5TH LOOKING WEST ON 57TH
ST. NOTICE THE TRAFFIC ON 57TH..BUT JUST TURN 45 DEGRESS TO THE
LEFT...CROSS THE STREET AND LOOK SOUTH ON FIFTH AVE:
THE ROAD IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC...PERFECTLY SAFE...SO
APPLE SLCICE'S READERS LET TAKE A WALK DOWN THE AVENUE TOWARDS 49TH AND SEE WHAT
WE SHALL SEE:
SOMEHOW I DONT THINK THIS IS THE COUPLE THAT MR. BERLIN
HAD IN MIND WHEN HE WROTE THAT SONG WAY BACK WHEN:
EVIDENTLY THE LADY ABOVE IS TRYING OUT AS THE EASTER
BANANNA...OK NOT BUNNY BUT IT DOES START WITH A "B"...
NOW TO BE FAIR AND BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO THIS THERE
WERE FOLKS OUT IN THEIR SUNDAY BEST...LIKE THIS GROUP WHO HARKEN BACK TO THE
DAYS OF THE GREAT GATSBY AND THE ROARING 20'S:
BUT NO NOT ALL THE FELLAS WERE AS COOL AS THE AL CAPONE
LOOK ALIKES ABOVE...SOME GUYS JUST HAVE TO GO FOR THE ULTIMATE RABBIT
LOOK:
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT GUY HIDING YOUR EGGS ON SUNDAY
MORNING??? THEN THERE IS THIS LADY IN HER BONNETT:
SHE STOPPED FOR ANYONE WITH A CAMERA AND SEEMED TO HAVE
NO PROBLEM BALANCING ALL THAT ON TOP OF HER HEAD...UNLIKE THIS GIRL WHO NEEDED
BOTH HANDS TO HOLD IT ALL UP:
GOOD THING THE WIND WAS NOT TOO BAD THAT DAY...AND FOR
YOU ANIMAL LOVERS...BRING THE PETS..JUST MAKE SURE THEY ARE IN
COSTUME:
AND DONT WORRY IF ROVER GETS TIRED ALL HE/SHE HAS
TO DO IS JUST PLOP DOWN WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT AND THERE WILL BE NO SHORTAGE OF
KIDS TO PLAY WITH THEM:
AND FOR THE ENTRPRENEUR'S READING THIS...YES ASIDE FROM
HAVING FUN YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A COUPLE OF BUCKS LIKE THIS GUY DID:
HE HAD A SILVER FACE AND HANDS...SAME COMPLEXION AS THE
TIN MAN IN WIZARD OF OZ AND WAS ABLE TO STAND TOTALLY STILL...UNTIL SOMEONE CAME
UP AND PUT A FEW $ IN THE BOX IN FRONT OF HIM THEN HE WOULD MOVE LIKE A ROBOT
AND POSE FOR A PICTURE WITH THE DONOR...
AND AS YOU MIGHT OF EXPECTED POLITICS WAS NOT LEFT OUT
OF THIS PARADE...THESE BOYS WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF THEIR FAVORITE
PRESIDENTIAL PICK:
THEN THERE WERE THE MARCHERS THAT WANTED TO REMAIN
ANNONYMOUS....SOMEWHERE UNDER THAT HAT THERE IS A PERSON .. WE
THINK:
AND LETS NOT LEAVE OTHER HOLIDAYS OUT...WHEN CHRISTMAS
ROLLS AROUND AGAIN THE TREE WILL REPLACE WHATEVER THE SQUIGGLY THING IS HERE AT
ROCKEFELLER CENTER:
OH AND SEE THAT BUILDING BEHIND THE SQUIGGLY
THING? THATS THE RCA BUILDING OR AT LEAST IT USED TO BE THEN IT BECAME THE
GE BUILDING BUT THE POINT IS ...NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO AT THE VERY TOP OF THAT
BUILDING WAS THE 147.36 REPEATER
THAT WAS THE ULTIMATE 2M REPEATER SITE...U COULD HIT
THAT OL .36 WITH A HANDI IN TIMBUKTU...AMAZING COVERAGE...SAD TO SAY IT IS GONE
NOW.
AND REMEMBER EVERYTHING YOU SEE MAY NOT BE QUITE
WHAT YOU THINK IT IS ...EXCEPT FOR THE LADY IN THE BLACK COAT WHO CHIPPED
IN A FEW $ TO THE CAUSE THOSE ARE A L L GUYS YOUR
LOOKING AT...YES MABEL..EVEN THE ONE IN THE YELLOW DRESS:
NOW THESE TWO GIRLS BELIEVE IN USING EVERYTHING AND
WASTING NOTHING..SO IN THAT SPIRIT IT APPEARS THAT THE EASTER BASKETS THEY GOT
FILLED WITH GOODIES IN THE MORNING THE JUST TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AND MADE INTO
HATS IN THE AFTERNOON:
NOW HERE IS A REALLY INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE EASTER
BONNET..THIS GUY CREATED A REPLICA OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE MADE OUT OF "METRO
CARDS" THATS THE THING YOU HAVE TO BUY TO RIDE THE SUBWAY AND BUSSES AND
THEN MADE THE WHOLE DEAL INTO A HAT...
BY THE WAY LOOK AT THE GUY BEHIND HIM AND TO THE
RIGHT IN THE PINK BUNNY EARS...NEXT TIME YOU THINK YOU LOOK STUPID FOR WHATEVER
REASON..THINK OF THAT GUY...YOU WILL INSTANTLY BECOME MR.
WAYSUPERKOOLFELLA!
THEN WE SAW THIS GENT FROM THE BACK
AND HAD TO SEE WHO WOULD HAVE THE NERVE TO WEAR THIS
FROM THE FRONT
NOW THIS LITTEL GUY IN THE BUNNY SUIT WAS REALLY
ADOREABLE BUT DONT GET IN HIS WAY:
CAUSE THAT LITTLE PERSON WAS ON A MISSION AND
TOTALLY INTENT ON ARRIVING AT THIS PLACE JUST A FEW HOPS AWAY:
OH AND FOR YOU BIGGER KIDS WE GOT A PLACE FOR YOU TOO
AND IT IS JUST UP THE BLOCK AND IT IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK 365 DAYS
A YEAR:
YUP ITS THE
APPLE STORE....AND IT W I L L BE OPEN WHEN YOU GET
HERE!
ENOUGH
PARADE...TIME TO EAT AND THE PRETZELS AND COTTON CANDY AND HOT DOGS WERE JUST
NOT DOING IT ANYMORE SO WE HEADED FOR CENTRAL PARK:
WHICH WAS A
WHOLE LOT CALMER THAN THE 5TH AVE SCENE AND WOUND UP IN THE CENTRAL PARK
BOATHOUSE FOR A LATE LUNCH:
THEN BACK ON
THE ROAD OUT TO THE COUNTRY..OVER THE 59TH STREET BRIDGE INTO QUEENS AND LOOK
WHAT YOU SEE:
IF YOU WATCH
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ON TV OR IN THE MOVIES AT SOME POINT IT IS FILMED AT
THE SILVERCUP STUDIOS...YEARS AGO THAT WAS THE HOME OF SILVERCUP BREAD
BUT SOMEONE FOUND OUT THERE WAS MORE "BREAD" IN MOVIES THAN BREAD
ITSELF!
S O . . .
WHAT DID YOU
THINK OF THE PARADE? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE EASTER
PARADE...E V E R....IT IS NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING...I EXPECTED WHAT IRVING
BERLIN PROMISED .. NOT HALLOWEEN IN SPRINGTIME....
BUT THATS
OK....NOW LETS GET BACK TO THE BEGINNING...HOW ABOUT NEXT YEAR WE DO A HAM RADIO
THEME AT THE PARADE? HAM RADIO BONNETS? IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO DAYTON
YOU HAVE SEEN THEM...HOW ABOUT A HAMRADIOBUNNY...HOW ABOUT ALL YOU CREATIVE
TYPES COME UP WITH SOMETHING .. OR ASK YOUR CREATIVE XYL'S TO HELP...WE
GOT THE KIDS....YOU COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS....INVISION A HAM RADIO
BONNET...TOWER AND ALL .. MAYBE A ROTATING BEAM ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD....THINK
ABOUT IT...WE HAVE A YEAR TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN...OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS THAT
ATTEND WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO SHOWCASE HAM RADIO....WHO WOULD R E A L L Y LIKE TO WORK ON THIS
WITH US?
THIS WEEKS SKED
AT THE
MOMENT WE HAVE ONE MISSION TO GO ON...JUST UP THE ROAD TO YONKERS...MAYBE 38
MILES..NOT A BIG DEAL...WE WILL DO IT ONE MORNING JUST NOT SURE WHICH ONE SO AT
LEAST ONE MORNING THE CLASSROOM NET WILL BE MOBILE....
HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE MORE...STAY TUNED!
DING
DONG