ICOM DAY 2007 WAS OUR 14TH CONSECUTIVE ICOM DAY. JUST AS IT DID 14 YEARS AGO THE DAY STARTED OFF ON THE CLASSROOM NET...."FABULOUS FRIDAY" DECEMBER 21 WAS NOT A GREAT DAY FOR WX BUT THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON THE CLASSROOM NET...LOTS OF ANTICIPATION BY THE PLAYERS WHO CHECKED IN PLUS EVEN INTEREST FROM NON-PLAYERS..EVERYTHING WAS FALLING IN PLACE TO BECOME YET ANOTHER GREAT ICOM DAY HERE "at the Core of the Big Apple".
ONCE AGAIN EDITH, OUR OLD OR MAYBE I SHOULD SAY FORMER, SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPERVISOR AGREED TO OPEN HER HOME MAKE LUNCH AND DRAW THE WINNER...SO .. ABOUT 10:30am WE SET OUT ON THE 19.7 MILE RIDE TO THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN..THE PLAN WAS TO ARRIVE BY 12:30ish
JUST CROSSING THE BORDER INTO NYC FROM NASSAU COUNTY WEST BOUND ON THE L.I.E. THE ABOVE PICTURE WAS AT ABOUT 35 MPH...STILL MOVING BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THE EASTBOUND SIDE...NOT VERY MANY HAPPY TRAVELERS OVER THERE...
WE GET OFF THE L.I.E. AT THE B.Q.E. AND THEN GO UNDERGROUND TOWARDS BROOKLYN:
THE ABOVE PICTURE IS STILL QUEENS COUNTY BUT WE HEAD TO BROOKLYN AND YOU MIGHT ASK WELL IF UR GOING TO MANHATTAN WHY GO TO BROOKLYN...GOOD QUESTION...BECAUSE IF YOU WERE TO BEAR LEFT TOWARDS MANHATTAN IT WOULD PUT YOU BACK UPSTAIRS ON THE LIE AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE MIDTOWN TUNNEL...NOT ONLY IS IT 6 BUX BUT IT ALSO PUTS YOU IN MIDTOWN AND REMEMBER WE WANT THE LOWER EAST SIDE...SO....
YOU GO TOWARDS BROOKLYN ON THE BQE BY BEARING TO THE RITE. GO INTO BROOKLYN AND HEAD TOWARD THE WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE...
ABOVE IS WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU COME UP FROM UNDERGROUND....JUST ONE MILE TO THE "WILLIE B" AT OTHER TIMES THIS CAN BE THE LONGEST MILE IN HISTORY...TODAY WE ARE LUCKY THINGS ARE REALLY MOVING..THE ABOVE AT ABOUT 30 MPH...AGAIN TAKE A LOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE!
AND HERE WE ARE ON THE APPROACH TO THE BRIDGE...
IT LOOKS LIKE 3 BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY 4 LANES INTO MANHATTAN...JUST UP AHEAD THE LANES SPLIT..2 LEFT 2 RIGHT...TRUCKS MUST USE THE 2 OUTSIDE LANES AS CLEARANCE ON THE LEFT IS ONLY ABOUT 10 FEET OR SO...ABOUT EVERY 6 MONTHS YOU HEAR ON 1010 WINS NEWS "WILLIE B CLOSED DUE TO TRACTOR TRAILER WANDERING INTO WRONG LANE AND WEDGING ITSELF UNDER THE BRIDGE"...THATS ALWAYS GOOD FOR A TRAFFIC NITEMARE....THIS BY THE WAY IS ONE OF THE EAST RIVER BRIDGES MAYOR MIKE WANTS TO PUT AN $8 TOLL ON FOR THE SAKE OF CONGESTION PRICING...TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PICTURE AND YOU FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU COULD PUT A TOLL BOOTH AND NOT HAVE TRAFFIC BACKED UP TO MONTAUK POINT!
ONCE YOU CROSS THE BRIDGE FROM THE BROOKLYN SIDE THIS IS THE NEXT THING YOU SEE:
THATS THE BEGINNING OF DELANCY STREET...ONE OF OUR MORE FAMOUS STREETS...MENTIONED IN THE SONG "EASTER PARADE" AND SHOWN IN WHO KNOWS HOW MANY MOVIES...MY FAVORITE THO WAS THE "FRENCH CONNECTION" WITH GENE HACKMAN...IF YOU WERE IN THE PASSENGERS SEAT WHEN WE TOOK THAT PICTURE AND LOOKED DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT LOTS OF THE FRENCH CONNECTION SCENES WERE SHOT THERE...
OUR GOAL NOW IS TO JUST GO STRAIGHT ABOUT 6 BLOCKS AND MAKE A LEFT TURN ON 1st AVENUE...ALTHOUGH WHEN WE MAKE THE LEFT WE WILL ACTUALLY BE ON ALLEN ST. AS 1st IS TO THE RITE AND ALLEN IS TO THE LEFT AT THAT POINT....
NOPE NOT THIS LITE....THE NEXT LITE...TRY IT AT THIS LITE AND UR ABOUT GUARANTEED A $200 TICKET AND LOTS OF MISERY...SO WE GOT TO THE NEXT LITE MADE THE LEFT ON ALLEN TOOK THAT TO GRAND ST MADE A LEFT ON GRAND....AND ALL THE WAY BACK EAST THRU THE EDGE OF CHINATOWN THRU A CORNER OF LITTLE ITALY AND FINALLY ARRIVING AT
EDITHS BUILDING...SEE THE STAR...IT IS ACTUALLY COVERING ONE OF HER WINDOWS....THAT WINDOW LOOKS SW OR DOWNTOWN AND SHE HAD A REALLY GOOD VIEW OF 911 AS THE WTC WAS JUST BLOCKS AWAY..
THE ABOVE PICTURE ACTUALLY TAKEN AFTER PARKING AT A METER WHICH WAS LIKE FINDING THE NEEDLE IN THE 100 FT HAYSTACK...NOT ONLY DID WE GET THE METER BUT IT WAS NOT BROKEN...WOWEEE....THIS WAS TRULY TURNING OUT TO BE FABULOUS FRIDAY....
SO WE GOT PARKED GOT YOU THE PICTURE AND PROCEEDED UP TO THE FIFTH FLOOR.
LUNCH WAS GREAT...AND THE CONVERSATION EVEN BETTER...CANNOT BEAT CATCHING UP ON A WHOLE YEAR OF WHAT HAPPENED TO WHO...DONT FORGET HAVE NOT ACTUALLY SEEN EDITH SINCE LAST ICOM DAY...SO THERE WAS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT...BUT TIME TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS...
THE TICKETS WERE PILED NEATLY ON THE KITCHEN TABLE AND SINCE SHE DONT KNOW ANY OF YOU WE DID AWAY WITH THE BLINDFOLD:
THE FICKLE FINGER OF EDITH REACHES INTO THE PILE AND OUT COMES THE WINNER:
NOW TO CHECK THE TICKET AGAINST THE LIST:
WE GOT THE YELLOW FLYER TEAR OFF AND BOTH HALVES OF THE TICKET...
PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER AND YOU GET A WINNER...AND THE WINNER IS:
JOHN KILKPATRICK
KB4IZP
JOHN IS AN OLD OLD FRIEND OF THE "22 CREW" HE IS ALSO AN HONOR ROLL MEMBER SINCE 1986 AND THIS WAS HIS FIRST ICOM DAY ENTRY....CONGRATULATIONS JOHN AND THANK YOU.
NOW FOR THE REST OF YOU ...NO YOU ARE NOT LOSERS...UR ALL WINNERS...YOUR SUPPORT OF ICOM DAY HELPS TO INSURE THAT THE EDUCOM PROGRAM CONTINUES...NO YOU... NO US...AND THATS NO KIDDING....SO YES YOU ARE A WINNER,,,OK SO MAYBE NOT WITH A NEW ICOM BUT A WINNER JUST THE SAME...
NOW LETS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS .. THE FLYER FOR 2008 IS READY AND PRINTED...IT IS NOT UP ON OUR WEB SITE YET...
RIGHT NOW...
...SEND US AN EMAIL AND SAY SEND US THE FLYER..WE WILL SEND IT AS AN ATTACHMENT....FILL OUT THE BOTTOM TEAR OFF...SEND IT IN AND LETS GET 2008 ICOM DAY OVER WITH BEFORE WE ARE ALL TOGETHER AGAIN IN:
O R L A N D O
YES BOYS AND GIRLS THE ORLANDO HAMCATION IS JUST AROUND THE PROVERBIAL CORNER...ORLANDO WILL BE THE FIRST OUTTING FOR THE DISPLAY OF THE EDUCOM PROGRAM BY THE "22 CREW" ...WE WANT YOU ON...
TEAM 22 CREW
HERE IS ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED: THE CREW WILL BE STAYING AT THE BEST WESTERN 2014 W COLONIAL BLVD IN ORLANDO...THE DIRECT PHONE NUMBER FOR THE BW IS 407-841-8600.
WE PLAN TO ARRIVE ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7.
PLAN IS TO LEAVE SUNDAY THE 10TH.
AS OF LAST NIGHT THE BW ASSURED ME THEY STILL HAVE ROOMS BUT FEW ROOMS SO MAKE THE DECISION NOW THAT YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF TEAM 22 CREW!
BOB-W2BZY IS IN CHARGE OF THE BOOTHS AND SENT US A VERY NICE LETTER CONFIRMING OUR PLACE IN COMMERCIAL AREA 1 BOOTH 72
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SO CALL THE BW MAKE THE RESERVATION...MEET UP WITH US FOR DINNER THURSDAY NITE...WE WILL GET TO BED EARLY AND UP FOR A FULL HAMMY DAY ON FRIDAY...FRIDAY NITE WE WILL AGAIN PRACTICE FOR SATURDAY NITE SO BE PREPARED FOR ANOTHER GET TOGETHER....AND THEN SATURDAY ANOTHER FULL DAY AT TABLE 72 AND THEN THE GALA "22 CREW ORLANDO EYEBALL" AFTER 2 NITES OF PRACTICE WE SHOULD HAVE IT RIGHT...SEE YOU IN FLORIDA IN FEBRUARY.
YES...IT IS STILL THERE
LISTEN TO US
YES..OUR INTERVIEW CONTINUES...GO TO THE ABOVE SITE AND LOOK IN THE UPPER RITE HAND CORNER AND CLIK....DUN IT ALREADY? SO DO IT AGAIN! AND THIS TIME TELL ANOTHER HAMMY!
B I R T H D A Y S
DECEMBER 23-29
THIS HAS BEEN SOME MONTH FOR BIRTHDAYS...SEEMS LIKE AN UNDUE AMOUNT OF HAMMY CAPRICORNS.....ANWAY...MONDAY...CHRISTMAS EVE...ON THE CLASSROOM NET..YOU BRING THE CAKE..WE GOT THE CANDLES AS WB2JKJ WILL BE CELEBRATING AND YOU ARE ALL INVITED.
NOW FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK:
DECEMBER 28
N 8 U Y-RAY...RAY IS A REGULAR CHECKIN ON THE CLASSROOM NET .. GOOD PAL...OLD FRIEND .. ICOM DAY PLAYER AND ALL AROUND GOOD GUY...TODAY HE IS AN OLDER GUY...HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAY.
N2AUS-PAUL...I JUST TALKED TO PAUL ON THE LANDLINE AND HE HAS MADE A FULL RECOVERY FROM HIS LATEST PHYSICAL CHALLENGES AND TODAY CELEBRATES YET ANOTHER BIRTHDAY...PAUL BY THE WAY IS AN ICOM DAY WINNER FROM YEARS PAST..SEE THE FLYER....HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL.
WB2DZH-DAVID.....
I REMEMBER DAVID WHEN HE BECAME ELIGIBLE FOR A NY DRIVERS LICENSE..THIS YEAR HE BECOMES ELIGIBLE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY....YIKES WHERE HAS IT ALL GONE...SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WE WERE WAITING FOR THE CAB TO RICHMOND HILL HS NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR THE MAILMAN TO BRING THE MONEY...ITS BEEN GREAT RIDE ALTHO JUST A LITTLE TOO QUICK..GLAD WE COULD DO IT WITH YOU DZH!
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UNLESS ONE OF YOU READING THIS GETS SOME BOOKS TOGETHER AND SENDS THEM OVER IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WE WILL HIT 3400 BEFORE THE NEW YEAR...CMON...IS THERE A SAVIOR OUT THERE???? THIS WOULD BE A REAL GOOD DAY TO PACK'M UP AND GETT'M IN THE MAIL TOMORROW...JUST 16 WILL PUT US OVER THE TOP BEFORE THE BALL DROPS NEXT WEEK...SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO.
TEACHER'S MEETING
JULY 12 & 13
2008
LAS VEGAS
WE NEVER THOUGHT ICOM DAY WOULD GET HERE BUT IT DID...BEFORE YOU KNOW IT THIS EVENT WILL BE A WEEK AWAY...DO NOT PUT OFF THE CALL ANY LONGER...YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS...
REPEAT
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AND BE A PART OF THE EDUCOM EFFORT!
I C O M DAY 2008
LETS HOPE WE HAVE A START BY NEXT WEEK...
NO ONE GUESSED THIS HAMMY COUPLE
BUT WAIT..THS STORY GETS BETTER....SEE THE ABOVE PICTURE...LAST WEEK APPLE SLICES CAME OUT ON THE 16TH..THAT PICTURE UNBEKNOWNST TO ME AT THE TIME WAS TAKEN EXACTLY 40 YEARS AGO TO THE DAY....THAT WAS DECEMBER 16 1967 AND IT REAPPEARED 40 YEARS LATER IN SLICES...TOTAL COINCIDENCE..NO PLANNING WHATSOEVER.....WE DID NOT REALIZE IT UNTIL GEORGE TOLD ME AND HE DID NOT PLAN IT HE JUST REALIZED IT ALSO
YES APPLE SLICES READERS THAT IS GEORGE-N6VNI AND HIS XYL KRIS-KC6TOD
GEORGE AND KRIS HAVE BEEN 22 CREW SUPPORTERS FOR SO LONG..ITS LIKE BIRTHDAYS I DONT EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW LONG....THEY WILL BE WITH US IN VEGAS SO CMON OUT TO THE MEETING AND MEET THEM IN PERSON.
FOR NEXT WEEK
...SEND IN UR STATION... UR BABY PICTURE...WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD...
NOW...
NEED A TAX DEDUCTION FOR 2008? (THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME)
TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE ROOM YOU ARE PROBABLY SITTING IN RIGHT NOW...WHAT HAVE'NT YOU USED IN A WHILE? WHAT WOULD BE BETTER OFF HERE THAN THERE? ASIDE FROM A TAX DEDUCTION YOUR DONATION WILL BE BENEFITTING A VERY GOOD CAUSE...WE WILL COME AND GET IT OR ARRANGE PICKUP...YOU DO NOTHING BUT SAY THE WORD...GET THE DEDUCTION AND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE GREATLY HELPED MANY CHILDREN...LET US KNOW TODAY!
THIS WEEKS SKED
MONDAY...CHRITMAS EVE...MY BIRTHDAY....FOR SURE THE NET WILL BE ON FROM CREW HQ..BE THERE FOR THE PARTY.
TUESDAY...CHRISTMAS....THIS IS A LITTLE IFFY....BUT TUNE IN AND LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WEDNESDAY...WE ARE SCHEDULED TO GO TO MANASSAS VA...THIS MEANS THAT JIM.
..WY8I WILL BE TAKING THE ENTIRE NET...HOWEVER THIS COULD CHANGE...DEPENDS ON HOW LATE XMAS GOES...THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THIS TRIP COULD BE POSTPONED TO ....
THURSDAY.....IF WE DONT GO WEDNESDAY WE WILL GO TODAY...
FRIDAY....SHOULD BE A NORMAL "FABULOUS FRIDAY"
DING DONG
