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This is our Wedding Weekend, 15 years ago this crew gathered in our front yard to help it all happen.  Great memories & friendships . Thanks for being there, for us to hang on to as part of the future.

Congratulations on your wedding anniversary, Paul!

Nice shot of the AM mafia. Time has been very kind to you and your wife, and to Gary, Mike, Steve, and their wives.

I don't know who the fellow is on the far right; he doesn't look familiar.

73,

Bruce

congrats to both of you.  :)

When ya get the right one it keeps gettin better.

Congratulations!

Thanks Bruce, that's Pete WA3WBJ, best friend since 11th Grade.

He's my musical mentor, proficient on guitar (bummed about Les Paul, he's had one since 1972), piano, Hammond B-3 (bummed they quit making them in 1974), and drums.

Plays in a Beatles tribute band (yes that's a Rickenbacker):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czj6m-EWfmY

Derb you're absolutely right about when the right one comes along. All previous were just lab experiments.  And Dave, you and Lori with those two great kids have really got it good too.

HUZman looks quite dapper with the tie.  ;)

Happy Anniversary Paul.

...and there's the HuzMan-in-Black.

Congrats, Paul. Someday we'll make it east of the Ohio River...

Do I need a tux or tie for you stylish easties?

All I've got are the Jerry Garcia ties.

But we're weird out here .

That clip-on looks pretty good, eh?

I have several Garcia ties. They used to be rare. Now you see them everywhere. I even saw one in an airport store.

Contrats Paul and Pam. Here's to 15 more.

Jan and my 20th is next month..What to do?

Great photo!

Happy 15th Pam n' Paul.

WOW, Dave in a tie!
I've seen it all now.

Congrats on the milestone, Paul 'n' Pam!

Lunei and I are working on our 16th here in a couple of weeks; unfortunately we won't be able to celebrate it together due to geographic separation.

Happy anniversary Paul and Pam, 15 years, wow!

Buddly, not a Garcia tie.

JN, congrats...how about skype sex!?

This will be our 23rd in a week.

Boy time sure flies.

Very Handsome picture Congratulations Paul.

Diana and I will be Hiding for our 30 here shortly ;) :)

Time went by too Fast...

73
Jack.

Congrats, Paul & Pam!

More kudos Dave & Pam!! Youse guys got us beat by 1 year. Me and the war dept (KB3OMT) are coming up on our 22nd in November. 22 years marriage + 3 years dating = 25 years !! Thatz a loooonnnnnggg time. Many congradulations your way as well! !  ;D  ;D

                                        the Slab Bacon

And congrats from Western Pa. Pam and Paul

WOW been a while since seeing these gangstas and the XYL's. Everyone looks really full of life!!
Time has been good to all.
Keep smilin

Fred

Are you sure that photo was 15 years ago?   No one seems to have changed any between then and now.  Anyway 15 sure fly when you're having a good time don't they?  Here's to more of the same!

Rob K5UJ

Congratulations!
Everybody should try it..................once :o

Paul,
Congratulations to both of you on your 25th!  It apprears all those in the photo have aged well.   Good living for sure!!!
Joe, W3GMS

Paul,
Oppps 15 years!  Now I know why everyone looks so good!!!
Joe, W3GMS

A fine looking group indeed! 

Congratulations Paul....15 yrs is great, got a ways to go to catch us, however. 44 years for Marlene and myself this year!   :o ;D

Congrats Paul, best wishes for the next 15 years!  :)

Its pretty amazing when you find someone like that, it took me
43 years to find mine, but its sure worth the wait!

Wishing you all the happiness in the world and good to see you back on.
Sorry to have missed the special event station.

Wow Frank. You must be old! Carol is not though.  ;)  Not as old as Dave though.  ;D

Speaking of old, I just realized that I've been licensed for 32 years. Put me in the coffin already!

congrats Paul seems like yesterday..
 

HUZ, you're quite the OM compared to me - but 27 years is getting there. I'm buzzardly enough to where I took my first 2 exams at the FCC office. You gotta be buzzardly to be able to say that.  8)

Indeed. When someone told me I could join the QCWA, I almost slit my wrists.

But are you ready for "the heartbreak of psoriasis" net yet? ?    :o  ;D

Geezing allready, hmmm.................

Unfortunately, I do find myself having quite a few brain-farts lately. I think that is one of the early signs of geezing ???  ::)

Is it the memory that goes first, or the hair, I forget? ?  ???  ???

Dave and I called the Lumbago Net on Sunday afternoon but you were not heard. Good conditions on 75 meters, not like Saturday night when the static was 20-over-9.

Had the RF deck out of the 4x1 rig, doing some upgrades and testicling. After a dose of the Norwalk Virus and cutting the grass, my lumbago was bothering me too bad to get up off of the couch. :o  ;)

Some of you guys are starting to get old.

..Starten....LOL.... ;D....LOL...Heck No if ya ain't got no growths in yer inards, and the fuel pump's in good shape Hey Keep on swingen OM... ;D

73
Jack.

So is the 4-1000 all fixed up. Did the new HV tranny show up?

Dave, watch out, it'll catch up with you quicker than you think. Its right around the corner just waitin to get ya! !  You'll be tradin that Cadillac for a battery powered scooter buggy ;)  ;D

Steevo, I have to pull the P.A. deck out one more time, I'm still working out the P.A. tank coil / loading cap issue. I have it loading nicely on 80 and 160, but 40 is now a little wierd. I also have to troubleshoot out the scream regulator as well. I may be doing some on air testing one night this week. One way or the other I will be on for the lumbago net friday.

Oh yea, Mad Dog took one of the smoked out transfomas, he said he wants to try his hand at rewinding one  ;D  ;D

Cool. When is MD getting on the air?

Prolly when I put my foot up his a$$ and make mim put up an antenner :o  :o

It's not like he doesnt have enough gear.  ???  ???

Should we go over there and help him put up an antenna?

Hmmmmm................... but he still cant join us on the lumbago net 8)

Can he join us on the no antenna net?

All kidding aside, I'd be happy to trek up there and do some antenna work. Then we could beat him up in person instead of here.   ;) :D

I took all my exams except novice in front of FCC, have been K5UJ since 1977, refuse to join QCWA, BUT, being relatively new to AM feel like a noob all over again which is kind of cool  ;D

Me too in the FCC office in Philadelphia.

Feel new to the group? Hang out and lots will drag their knuckles all over you.

Back when I took my test there were no FCC offices. We didn't even have pencils.  :'(

Paul,

Congratulations and best wishes.

Why is it that after 46 years on the air and 23 years of marriage, women still think I have a problem with commitment?

73

Marty

Because they can  ;D ;D

When you gonna join FISTS?

Prior to PC's and memory...it was more fun to bootleg, and when one lived on a Farm way off the main road...hey why bother going to the field office. I got my License when things were closing in and everything became instant.

I'm a Baaaaad Man...lol I had fun ;D


73
Jack.


 

I prefer the Brass Pound Yer Pud League.

Obviously, from the above remarks, all your old buds think highly of you Paul.

You and Pam sure make a very handsome couple.
And with such a dashing crew alongside.

Congratulations!

Rickster....we already done did that...you know how the forum is, sooner or later it drifts off subject and your either a right fielder or a left fielder...or the mostest by far First Baseman  ;D..now your not going ShortStop on us....oh my lol....


73
Jack.

Hey Rick, where the heck have you been. We don't hear you on the air for ages and you disappeared from here too. Are you wanted by the law?

Jack,
       Apparently you've never been in a long running AM QSO ;D  ;D they all drift off of the original "topic of discussion" and you NEVER know where they might just end up. Why should we be any different here! ! All it takes is the right comment at the perfect time to throw the whole QSO into the toilet ;D  ;D Been there done that ;)

Break-in is the way to go!! As most operators are "rotationally challenged" which means too lazy to write everyone's call down in order. Henceforth we go to break-in and the comments fly, and you never know where the QSO is going or will end up.  :o  ;)

                                                                    The Slab Bacon

No it Ain't,...you only have to write a call down once, Laziness is an individual thing to be avoided,... But..Misery loves company I guess...lol :D

Where does it cover This "Break in" in the Manual..See this is one of those Things that lead to the Laxity on air that some think or perceive as proper operation....I don't Operate like that Do I. No you don't know because I don't Take Part.

73

 :) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ??? ::) :P :-[ :-X :-\ :-* :'( :-* :-\ :-X :P :-[ ::) ??? 8) :o :( >:( ;D :D ;) :) ??? ??? ??? ???

Chemo's over in two weeks I get to re "Break In" This:

An it's been a Long Summer.... :P....Yea Baby... 8)

1950 cc's an No Radiator....

NICE!

Steve, et. al. in the AM world of real radio.

Seems I've been just about everwhere but on the air this summer.  Mandatory family wedding out west in Colorado, tour of all the Utah canyons afterwards; acutually floated in the Great Salt Lake.  Then a long list of family and visitors here in WVa.  Don't know where the summer went. 

The Salt Lake is nothing like I imagined.  First I had to walk over salt laden, rocky 'beach' for a mile before reaching the water, then scatter zillions of flea like bugs that covered the water in waves, then swim along with more zillions of brine shrimp that looked and felt exactly like mosquito larvae.   Uuhhg.
Anyway, you know how in normal water, including the ocean, your feet sink?  Well, in Salt Lake you couldn't keep them down.  They just popped right up.   Hmmmm. 

Also 3733's been kind of wiped out at my distance from y'all all summer, along with continuous storms and static.  But, hey, couple of nights ago I listend to ZRF's fine signal along with more melodious female voice in background.  Fall's looking promising.

I'll fire up the 813's later today.

Well the Vertical Fin looks in Proper Operational Condition...LOL

Glad yer Back OM ..... :)

73
Jack.

I've been on 3733 very little myself. The band is not good for much that time of day. Add in static and it's toast. Dave and I were on there last weekend, but I could hear Dave probably any time of the day.

Looks like you've been having a FB summer. Catch you on the radio in the coming months.

Happy Anniversary Paul.

You add spice to the radio bands...

Dan