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That's a real hard question to answer. I'm still thinking on it...  Anyone else? (Any subject) T |
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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2011, 03:40:46 PM » |
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natural: Grand Canyon. The first time I saw it up close and personal I was speechless for over an hour.
manmade: space shuttle launch. The feeling of pure raw power even from a couple of miles away can't be described.
Most exciting: Watching a buddy of mine (an amateur motocross rider) ride in the MX Nationals in 1979 and come in 3rd place behind the national champion after pulling off one of the most exciting maneuvers I've seen anyone do in the very start and blow by the pack and keep his position throughout the race.
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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2011, 03:54:14 PM » |
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« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2011, 03:54:55 PM » |
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Aside from the Birth of my Children.. It was walking with them though the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC when they were preteens and the effect it had on them. It's one thing to see prints in a book, to stand in front of a master was amazing and the effect on the children was totally unexpected.
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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2011, 04:15:59 PM » |
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The first Telsa coil my high school friend and I built in his basement. 4 foot long secondary coil, Capacitor made from plate glass and aluminum foil, railroad nails for spark gap, oil burner 10KV transformer feeding the primary. One of the most amazing and scariest things I ever built. Lit up florescent tube fixtures and killed radio and TV reception all over the neighborhood. Corona discharge jumping to pipes, nails, and anything metal in the basement ceiling and walls. His father ordered us to dismantle it that same day.
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« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2011, 04:23:39 PM » |
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The stars from McDonald Observatory and manmade is Hoover Dam.  Mike |
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« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2011, 04:33:13 PM » |
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« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2011, 04:48:38 PM » |
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Within the last few days that would would be the Red Sox 3 sweep of the Yankees and then coming back to win last night over the Orioles after being down 6 to zip and
FINALLY getting above .500 for the season so far.
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« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2011, 04:48:57 PM » |
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My wife cooking me dinner.
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« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2011, 08:04:00 PM » |
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Child birth (Both). Moons of Jupiter through a homemade (homebrew? Homebuilt?) telescope.
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« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2011, 08:59:42 PM » |
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The most amazing thing I ever saw was 7 different people pretending to be K1JJ at NEAR-Fest. The question I keep asking is... WHY???
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One thing I'm certain of is that there is too much certainty in the world.
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« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2011, 09:03:24 PM » |
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Cuz JJ wasnt sure which way he wanted to swing  |
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« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2011, 09:08:55 PM » |
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Why? Are you kidding?
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« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2011, 09:47:20 PM » |
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my cat giving birth, her work taking almost all day, and the love and care she showed. The last cat I had that was not fixed.
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« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2011, 09:48:20 PM » |
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 Run out of washer fluid? Now that's AMAZING... |
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« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2011, 09:52:30 PM » |
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"Run out of washer fluid?"
A perrfect time to apply the miracle elixer, PissO'Lean.
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« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2011, 10:01:33 PM » |
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The most amazing thing I ever saw was 7 different people pretending to be K1JJ at NEAR-Fest. The question I keep asking is... WHY??? Oh, the humanity! Just when everyone was about to join hands, bare their inner souls and sing kum-by-ya together, you drunken AM Desporados bust in and scare everybody.... |
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Use an "AM Courtesy Filter" to limit transmit audio bandwidth +-4.5 KHz, +-6.0 KHz or +-8.0 KHz when needed. Easily done in DSP.
Wise Words : "I'm as old as I've ever been... and I'm as young as I'll ever be."
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« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2011, 06:54:17 AM » |
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The Thermos Bottle. It keeps hot things hot. It keeps cold things cold. How does it know?  |
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« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2011, 08:45:33 AM » |
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The question is inviting. A memory of when I was a little more than a child;
the sensation of being able to grab the stars in an amazing starry night in Alexandria (Egypt).
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« Reply #20 on: May 18, 2011, 09:47:43 AM » |
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Bruce that was my second choice.
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« Reply #21 on: May 18, 2011, 10:38:25 AM » |
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"Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid." -- John Wayne
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« Reply #22 on: May 18, 2011, 10:53:03 AM » |
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Me being married for 44 years has to be up there  Getting the drop on JJ at Nearfest required being there....there are several witnesses! |
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My son
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« Reply #24 on: May 18, 2011, 12:22:53 PM » |
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Three ties:
The aurora when I was up North one winter....
Westminster cathedral's famous inside graves...
Feeling the entire thing shake when witnessing a 'single turbine slowdown' demo inside Parker dam...
Honorable mention:
A full roll at about 1000' of a DC-9 in Yuma, AZ, when I was learning to fly.
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Just pacing the Farady cage...
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