But I think a poor shaggy dog was injured in the telling of your story. 😀
73 JP K5JPP Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 19, 2018, at 8:31 PM, Rick Hiller -- W5RH via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Nope, I meant pearl....actually Pearl. You see back in the old West days, > my wife's Great, Great Aunt Pearl was a walking disaster. Nothing for her > ever went right. She grew up in Muleshoe, if you know where that is. Became > a teacher at the local 'one room' after 8 years of college at Borger A&M. > Her students never learned a thing. Her marriage to Buffalo Bill Cody was a > flop. Her 7 children all went to prison and she died under the wheel of a > Conestoga Wagon while trying to cross the Canadian River with her cattle > headed to Comstock. Family legend has it that every time anyone's troubles > got to be more than they could handle, they said they were "in Pearl". If > they were just in a little trouble they called it a Mini Pearl. Deer in the > Pan Handle were named after her. The males have a strange white growth of > hair on their rear ends. Shaped like an S. They call them Pearl S. Bucks. > And there was even a song written about her -- "Won't You Come Home Pearl > Baliey (Won't You Come Home). > > So, I stand by my original statement of "the Monday Night Net being in Pearl" > (capitalization typo corrected). And...sure enough it is/was,as I hear no > activity on the 94 machine tonight, of course being just south of Tomball > doesn't help the propagation on 2M. Maybe my radio is deaf. > > FYI -- My wife's Great Aunt is named Opal. (really) HI > > ps...no ground hogs were injured in the writing of this e-mail > > Rick Hiller > The Radio Hotel -- W5RH > > > >> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 4:44 PM, Scott Royall via BVARC <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> I think you meant "peril." >> >>> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 4:37 PM, Rick Hiller via BVARC <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> To all BVARC’ers, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The Monday Night Net tonight is in pearl. No one has come forward to >>>> take the NCS slot. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sorry……Rick – W5RH >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> BVARC mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Message delivered to [email protected] >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected]
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