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  A Personal Thanks To Mr. Flipper For The Way That I Sign Off the Air...

  by titch in

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  mr. flipper: a personal word of thanks to you...you've influenced me in the way that i sign off the air with my fellow amateur radio operators.

  i've mentioned this before, about a year ago, that i'm a licensed ham radio operator.

  it is typical, standard procedure, to sign off the air, after having had a conversation with a fellow ham, to say "73"---which means, basically, "best regards".

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  Mr. Flipper: A personal word of thanks to you...you've influenced me in the way that I sign off the air with my fellow Amateur Radio operators. I've mentioned this before, about a year ago, that I'm a licensed Ham Radio Operator. It is typical, standard procedure, to sign off the air, after having had a conversation with a fellow Ham, to say "73"---which means, basically, "Best Regards". Now, I've gotten into the habit of saying, 73...and Peace Out! You've had an influence on me, Sir. Just thought I'd let you know. I had never heard that expression before, until perusing this Website/Forum. But, now, it's part of my expressions in Ham Radio!

  Titch.
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  How old are you?

  by sooner7nc in

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  post your age...only if you want to.

  do it anyway.. i'm 42..

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  Survey: Who here is an atheist? Who here still believes in God?

  by Christ Alone in

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  i just wanted to take a survey.

  let's not let this get into the same old same old debate of atheism vs belief.

  just respond with "atheist" or "believer" or "maybe god exists".

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  Agnostic. I'll put it this way...Maybe there is a "god" ("deity", "supreme being", "first cause"), maybe there isn't. Who knows, who cares? I don't care either way. But, I tend to be of this mindset: "God" is just a word (in the English language) that is used to substitute for a concept---a concept in the minds of human beings. "God" is just a figment of the imagination of humans. Nothing more, nothing less.

  Titch.
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  What does your avatar/screen name mean?

  by Christ Alone in

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  some avatars and screen names are pretty self explanatory, but some...i can't figure out.

  i just wanted to know why you chose your particular screen name and/or avatar.

  mine is easy enough.

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  Well, I think that I responded to a similar question from someone about a year ago---by whom, I don't remember now! But, I'll try to explain this again. My avatar---well, the avatar is one that was randomly assigned to me by the JWN Website, as still a lot of people have done. (I don't even really know how to insert my own avatar of choosing---there's still a lot things that I don't know about computers & Websites, after all these years!) But, about the "screen name", titch. Well, Titch is in honor of a fellow from the U.K., named Richard. Several years ago, on the Internet, I came across a series of Richard's prolific, highly-detailed stories that he wrote for another Website. Those stories are about a certain genre of human activity that he participated in when he was about 12-13 years old, in the 1960s, with similar young persons of his age. (Nothing immoral or illegal, mind you, just "out-of-the-ordinary") And, that certain genre of human activity has come to be known with the acronym of TUGs. Now, what are TUGs? I cannot reveal what it might be. Some of you might know---if you do, great! Some of you might NOT know, and if that's the case, you'll have to figure it out for yourself. But, yes, this fellow Richard, who wrote those great stories, was given the nick-name, by his relatives, of "Titch." ANd, MY middle name is Richard. Thus, my choice of a "screen name" for this site. Now, if you want a clue as to what "TUGs" are, well I'll give you a couple, with abbreviations for them... Think of the child-hood games of "C&R"

  or, "C&I". Sorry to be so vague and clandestine, but I'll leave it up to you from here! It might or might not, leaving you pondering for a while!

  Titch.
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  Space Shuttle Endeavour Today

  by titch in

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  so, is there anyone in the l.a. basin area who saw the space shuttle endeavour and its nasa boeing747 transport, as it made its way over southern california today?

  or, for that matter, anywhere over california?

  i saw it, from the parking lot of a hotel, directly across the street from disneyland, as it crossed over disneyland.

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  Farkel: Great that you had the experience; Leolaia: GREAT picture!!

  Titch.
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  Space Shuttle Endeavour Today

  by titch in

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  so, is there anyone in the l.a. basin area who saw the space shuttle endeavour and its nasa boeing747 transport, as it made its way over southern california today?

  or, for that matter, anywhere over california?

  i saw it, from the parking lot of a hotel, directly across the street from disneyland, as it crossed over disneyland.

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  So, is there anyone in the L.A. Basin area who saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour and its NASA Boeing747 transport, as it made its way over Southern California today? Or, for that matter, anywhere over California? I saw it, from the parking lot of a hotel, directly across the street from Disneyland, as it crossed over Disneyland. It seems there was a lot of "observation parties" all over Los Angeles and Orange counties, waiting to see it.

  Titch.
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  September 11, 2001- Where were you?

  by SophieG in

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  i work at a major airline in the in-flight training department.

  i was sitting at the desk on the computer, i kid you not... writing the security (hijacking) curriculum for 2002, when someone came in and told me a plane flew into the wtc.

  we all thought it was one of our planes.

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  Well, on that morning, I was in bed, sleeping, and I didn't hear ANYTHING about the events of that day until several hours after the major events had taken place. A little background: Back in 2001, the country was very much in an economic recession, then. I had been laid off from a company in late June of 2001, and during the following months, I was unable to find ANYTHING, as far as gainful employment. I think that in August, I had an interview at ONE company, and one only, during that time. So, I was essentially un-employed, and searching for work. Now, IF---and I do mean IF---I had gainful employment to go to that morning, I suppose that my clock radio would have been set to around 6:00 a.m., and I would have heard the news of the events of the morning on some talk station or news station. But, I didn't. So, to me, it was just another morning, as usual, not getting up an an early hour. So, how did I find out about the events of that day? As I've mentioned before on this site, I am a licensed Amateur Radio operator, and in addition to my Ham radio transceivers, I have a couple of radio scanners that are able to tune in to Ham radio repeaters. When I woke up that morning, I turned on one of my scanners, tuned to a local repeater here in Southern California, and heard a couple of Hams talking about what had happened, and one of them said that he was keeping his own kids out of school that day, based upon what happened in NYC. Huh? WHAT had happened in New York City today, I thought? With that I finally turned on the TV to see just what he was talking about. And, it was then, several hours after major events had happened, that I knew. And, I heard that the FAA had ordered ALL civilian aircraft in the U.S. grounded. I live a few miles away from a major airport, John Wayne Airport, and later that day, I took my camera to a business complex that is just outside the airport boundary. It was rather surreal to see all of the airliners, that HAD been set to take off, early that morning, all lined up on the taxiways, abandoned. I took some pictures of that, as there was probably about 10 to 15 airliners lined up. And, I remember seeing a large "X" next to the taxiways, indicating that the airport was indeed, closed, to all aircraft operations. It was rather strange for the next few days, while aircraft operations were shut down, to hear nothing in the skies, the airways, above me: No airliners, no small aircraft, no helicopters...nothing.

  Titch
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  You too, can have a reverse, JW baptism, at the next convention-

  by moshe in

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  I've seen that video before, a few months ago, on this site, and I've been wondering...Was she really "officially" baptized? Sure, she ran over, jumped in, and submerged herself in the water. BUT, a Witness brother didn't offically perform the ceremony of baptizing her. So, unless she got in line again, and had a JW perform the baptism, is she offially baptized? I wonder. Another thing I've wondered, What would cause her to do that? Maybe she had to use the facilities, urgently, and just thought, "Forget this, I can't wait any longer, I've got to get this over with NOW! Just something to think about.

  Titch
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  Breaking News: Neil Armstrong Died Today

  by NewChapter in

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  he was 82, and died from complications of heart surgery he had 3 weeks ago.

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  Glander: I had just returned home for Dodger Stadium on July 20th, 1969, just in time to see it on TV. My parents had the TV on---they had attended to "other matters" that day, and didn't attend the International Assembly on its final day. I was 15 at the time.

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  Favorite LAST episode to the ending of series drama or sitcom?

  by dreamgolfer in

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  1) mine, newhart show #2 - when "bob" wakes up and and said he had a dream he was running an inn in new hampshire.

  and it is suzzane pleshette next to him.

  still can't get it outta my little noggin.

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  Well, as Lore stated---and I AM serious---Lost. Still mystifying when watching the ending that I recorded on VHS tape! Also, the series finale of "Picket Fences." Boy Meets World. Home Improvement. Speaking of Picket Fences, it wasn't the SERIES FINALE episode, it was the 2nd Season finale, in 1994. For those who got into P.F. you might remember the season finale ended with the funeral for Mayor Howard Buss, after he had been shot by his own son, after going into the final stages of Alzheimer's. And, after the eulogy was delivered by Judge Henry Bone, everyone in the church slowly walked past the casket, giving it a good hard "whack", to let him know that they all missed him. And, the show's theme song slowly played in the background. A great piece of writing from David E. Kelly, the series creator, and I've got that episode on VHS tape. Love that scene. As an aside, I truly wish that the remaining seasons would be released on DVD. The first season is out there, but all the remaining seasons, I haven't seen them on DVD YET! Oh, yes, another great finale from another great David E. Kelly-created show...Boston Legal. With Denny Crane and Alan Shore getting married, for the sake of convenience. And, a Chinese organization taking over the law firm. Brilliant writing.

  Titch