Roy, Travis, et al
If you know the story behind the leg lamp below and the man who wrote The Christmas Story; Jean Shepherd, K2ORS (SK), ex-W9QWN. Excelsior was one of his favorite expressions and often used in commentary about some ridiculous true life event, as in “Excelsior, you fathead!” I discovered Shep in high school when I was studying late at night. Shep was on WOR-Radio in NYC every night from 8 PM – Midnight. He never had a script and never a guest. But he could make you laugh He would talk about news, geography, his time as a kid growing up and his Army time in WWII; and yes, plenty of ham radio stories. Here are a couple https://archive.org/details/JeanShepherdHamventionSpeeches Audio is better on part 2 https://archive.org/details/JeanShepherd1965Pt1 About 7 min in to the tape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22fl5JtoZXU 73, Ron, K5HM <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.qrz.com/db/k5hm> www.qrz.com/db/k5hm Excelsior! From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roy Storey via BVARC Sent: Friday, November 4, 2016 3:14 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> Cc: Roy Storey <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] BOD Meeting and Greater Houston Hamfest Meeting - Saturday, November 5th, 2016 I thought Excelsior was what you take for an upset stomach. Roy Storey W5TKZ -- 73 On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Travis Burgess via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Ron, your tag Excelsior!: Wood wool, known primarily as excelsior in North America, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_wool#cite_note-1> [1] is a product made of wood slivers cut from logs and is mainly used in packaging, for cooling pads in home evaporative cooling systems known as <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_cooler> swamp coolers, for <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erosion_control> erosion control mats, and as a raw material for the production of other products such as bonded wood wool boards and used as stuffing for stuffed animals. (And I do know the other meaning.) Travis K5HTB --------------------- No trees were harmed in the production of this message, however, a great many electrons were terribly inconvenienced. _____ From: BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > on behalf of K5HM via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 4, 2016 1:42 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: K5HM Subject: Re: [BVARC] BOD Meeting and Greater Houston Hamfest Meeting - Saturday, November 5th, 2016 Roger 73, Ron, K5HM <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.qrz.com/db/k5hm> www.qrz.com/db/k5hm Excelsior! From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Mike Hardwick via BVARC Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2016 7:07 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Mike Hardwick <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [BVARC] BOD Meeting and Greater Houston Hamfest Meeting - Saturday, November 5th, 2016 Saturday August 5th, 2016 Bayland Park Community Center 6400 Bissonnet Street Houston, Texas 77074 BVARC Board of Directors Meeting 9:00 am to 10:30 am Greater Houston Hamfest Organization Meeting 10:30 am to 12:00 noon And don’t forget the Chili Supper and Elections next week at the Sugar Land Masonic Lodge. Hope to see everyone at the meetings. N5VCX _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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