Jul
01
2009
Which rip-off would you be choosing, Monsier?
Posted by: Michael Slater in UncategorizedWe’re on an overnight trip to Katoomba, Australia. It’s a small tourist town in the the Blue Mountains, two hours west of Sydney.
We’re staying at the Lilianfels hotel. A very nice hotel overlooking the valley. The decor is very posh. The theme seems is Agatha Christie. Hercule Poirot could be taking tea in the lobby this minute.
The only thing I’ve encountered that I don’t like is the interet. There is no wireless in the room. But the room is “wired.” IF you consider an 24″ cat5 cable that seems to have come from a patchboard in a server closet to be “wiring”.
Now it’s just a simple matter of which internet service option to select:
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that’s the town my friend, sherri lives in.
Pa allways had some fake product at hand. Some hams were talking about using epoxy on something which did not stick well so Pa chimed in with “Well you should use some Gersen’s Goo since it sticks to anything” They went on about it being in 0.5 oz tubes and one fellow, Butler Jim W3MMG, allowed as how he just might try that, but he had never seen any, and could Pa send him some. Sure said Pa, It’s $20 a tube… Dead Silence. Then Spud, WA3CHB, asked “How many tubes do you want Jim?”
Pa also used Gumpucky on occasion to plug up the cracks in the door to his shack. Leroy Lewis, W3PDP, claimed you could throw a cat thru the crack in the door.
If you had an upset stomach Pa would usually recommend you take some Goody’s Peptomangun. Always worked for me.
Great memories.
I was in the shack when Spud threw that one at Jim.
It was an absolute classic.