SKIP IN OREGON 1-10-08 ITS BACK 1-11-08

[busman]

HAD SOME SKIP IN HERE THIS MORNING ON 38LSB. MOSTLY OUT OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. DID TALK TO A GUY FROM FERNLY NEVADA FOR 10 MINUTES. YOU GET IN ON ANY OF THAT 22-0.?????

[Roughneck424]

I was in that ... Unit 424 Central Cal : Contact with 316 in Oregon & Whiskey Tango 1836 Seattle

[Roughneck424]

I was in that ... Unit 424 Central Cal : Contact with 316 in Oregon & Whiskey Tango 1836 Seattle

[busman]

HEY 424 THAT WAS ME HOLLARING AT YOU. I HEARD YOU IN THERE A COUPLE TIMES BUT SOME BIG OL STRAPPER COVERED YOU UP. I WAS TRYIN OUT THIS HERE ICOM 756. RUNNIN ABOUT 80 WATTS. I GO BUY 190 N.W.OREGON. IN FACT WE DID MAKE CONTACT FOR A SECOND. I DIFINATLY HEARD YOU OUT THERE. TALKED TO SOME OL BOY DOWN YOUR WAY ON A 148 COBRA. RIGHT ON.

[Roughneck424]

YEAh I did here you trying.... I got your number wrote right here , we did have a contact for a minute. I was trying out my new Cobra 148...
Standing by LSB 38 rightnow

[busman]

OK, IM GOING TO CHECK MY MAIL. I FIRED THE ICOM BACK UP. BE BACK IN A MINUTE. YUP, THAT WAS YOU ON THAT 148 AND IMAX. MAKEIN A GOOD TRIP TO,NO DOUGHT.

[Roughneck424]

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Here you go Busman 770 mile contact

[Roughneck424]

my image of the route didn't come out as expected

[busman]

HEY THATS PRETTY COOL DEAL THERE ROUGHNECK. 770 MILES. HUM NOT BAD LOL. I JUST HOLLARED FOR YA 424 BUT I THINK THE CONDITIONS HAVE FADED. WE ARE HAVING SOME FREAK THUNDER STORMS AROUND THIS GENERAL AREA SO I SHUT IT DOWN. EVEN HAD A TORNADO REPOERTED IN HAZEL DELL. THATS ABOUT 70 MILES FROM ME. TORNADO IN OREGON ??? WTF. :D

[TwentyTwo-Zero]

YOU GET IN ON ANY OF THAT 22-0.?????

Nah, as my luck would have it I wasn't near my radios. I was at the kid's school doing some volunteer work. I had the 98vhp fired up on the way home, but 38lsb was dead. Hopefully I'll have better conditions this weekend.

[busman]

DOIN DAD STUFF IS IMPORTANT TO 22-0. RIGHT ON. MINE ARE ALL OUT OF SCHOOL BUT I DID DAD STUFF TO. NOTHIN WRONG WITH THAT.

[TwentyTwo-Zero]

DOIN DAD STUFF IS IMPORTANT TO 22-0. RIGHT ON. MINE ARE ALL OUT OF SCHOOL BUT I DID DAD STUFF TO. NOTHIN WRONG WITH THAT.

I was ready to give up the "dad stuff" 8 years ago - that is until the wife got pregnant again...lol. I don't regret it - it just put a hold on the "my" time that comes after the last one leaves the nest...