Robert Casey wrote in message ...


There was a looker in the flea market at Dayton a couple of years ago.
She was selling, of all things, a pneumatic tower!


Anyone with a moderately dirty mind can think of various applications
of that.... ;-)

"If tower is erected for a period longer than four hours, seek a
physicians help immediately..."

;^)

From: (Steve Robeson K4CAP)
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.

Not me!...I go to check out the hot babes!

Actually, thats not a bad idea. There have been a few good looking women there,
at a couple of hamfests. However, only occasionally, not at every hamfest.

Who knows where they came from. Some were helping set up the booths. Some were
relatives of ham, perhaps?

Also, you will be among hams. Most of them will be too occupied with ham stuff
and not be interested in the women there. So there will be much less
competition.

In article , Mike Coslo writes:

The C64 was a wonder of its time. Of course it seems kinda limited today,
but so what? *You* don't have to buy it.

I would still recommend one as an example of a simple computer. A
person that spends a couple weeks with an old C-64, and learning a
little basic can move to newerfasterbetter with some idea of what is
going on in the thing.

I am probably the only person in North America that would recommend
such a thing....

I'd recommend an old DOS machine for the purpose but the principle still holds.


I guess one mans junk is another mans
prize..... My impression is that hamfests are the equivalent of a a
yard/garage/rummage sale but for ham radio people. (private sellers, not
dealers that is)

Exactly!

If somebody has a nice clean late-model rig, which venue do you think will
bring a higher price: a typical hamfest or eBay?

A year ago I would have said Ebay. That is changing.

Maybe. From what I see on the bay, the fury has subsided and now it's getting
more in line with classic supply-and-demand.

73 de Jim, N2EY

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 00:52:05 GMT, "Kim" wrote:

Oh, demmit...LOL, self-control be damned: Here's my take: Or....

"If tower takes longer than a period of four hours to erect, seek a
physician's help immediately..."

Oh, demmit, I can't believe I said that (right!!!)

If tower takes longer than four hours to erect, notify the coroner's
office immediately. ;-)

John D. Kasupski, Tonawanda, NY, USA
Amateur Radio (KC2HMZ), HF/VHF/UHF Monitoring (KNY2VS)
Member ARATS, ARRL, WUN