[Boatanchors] POPULARELECTRONICS MAGAZINES

[Carl]

Jim, I was working for Sanders Associates Field Service and was covering 
for a guy sent back to NH for a school.

This was in the mid 70's and I enjoyed it but wouldnt want to live 
there......Never could take bald mountains!

Carl


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Wilhite" <w5jo at brightok.net>
To: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] POPULARELECTRONICS MAGAZINES


> You are right Phil I have never been to central CA.  Out in Western
> Oklahoma they used them for Christmas trees back in my youthful
> days.  It is such fun dodging them in a car and if you don't you
> would have scratches everywhere on the side or front.  Kind of like
> the dust storms in West Texas that sand blast the paint if you drive
> very fast into the wind.
>
> Carl, what were you doing in Alberquirky and why did you leave God's
> country?
>
> Jim/W5JO
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>
>
>
>> You've obviously never been to Central California.  We get lots of
>> them here in the Valley.  In fact, last summer my wife and I were
>> driving Hwy 99
>> to Modesto and ran into a huge herd of the critters on the
>> freeway.  Cars were weaving everywhere trying to dodge 'em, some
>> were big enough to swallow up a Prius and other "Lawnmowers with
>> seats".  Driving a Ford Screw (Super Crew-cab) I didn't worry
>> about the tumbleweeds, just the idiots trying to dodge them!
>>
>> 73 de Phil,  KO6BB
>
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