I knew I'd been busy but . . .
. . . I didn't realize it had been almost two years since I'd posted a blog here on Blogspot. Guess I'd better make up for lost time and empty my head out a little! :)
First of all, sometimes I have to wonder how some folks make it through the day without being attacked by the wood peckers. Why I mean is their head has to be a block of wood because they show absolutely no indication of having a brain or, if they do, they've never used it! Consider this illustration. Earlier today, I was out running errands and came across a traffic sign (a big one that's normally suspended from an electrical wire) that had either blown down or fell and was laying on the sidewalk. Well, trying to be a good citizen, I propped the sign up where it was out of the way until the proper authorities could take care of it. Fast forward to when I got back home about 45 minutes later. The sign was still propped up just as I had left it so I called the Public Works department's Traffic Division - which handles traffic signs - and got their voice mail! Well . . .I hung up and called 911 thinking they could at least send a police officer to get the sign so it wouldn't be "borrowed". Would you believe the call taker didn't understand what I meant by an overhead traffic sign? After about five minutes (or so it seemed) trying to explain it to her, she finally agreed to send a unit out to check it. See what I mean about wood peckers?
On a more positive note, planes and trains, did you know that you get listen to them - or rather their operation - on the Internet? Thanks to a neat site called Radio Reference (Radio Reference.com) you can listen to railroad traffic. The same is true for aircraft radio traffic. It can also be found on Radio Reference or on this site this I found yesterday . . .Air Traffic Atlanta (Air Traffic Atlanta) where you can listen to anything from ground crew chatter to final approach.
In case you're wondering why I have this "sudden" interest in listening to two-way radio broadcast - other than the fire department - it's because back in February I became the "consummate geek" when I got my Amateur Radio operator's license in the Technician class. Now it's not unusual for me to have my Ham HT (handi-talkie) and my scanner going simultaneously . . . and, yes, I can follow both conversations!
:)
On a more positive note, planes and trains, did you know that you get listen to them - or rather their operation - on the Internet? Thanks to a neat site called Radio Reference (Radio Reference.com) you can listen to railroad traffic. The same is true for aircraft radio traffic. It can also be found on Radio Reference or on this site this I found yesterday . . .Air Traffic Atlanta (Air Traffic Atlanta) where you can listen to anything from ground crew chatter to final approach.
In case you're wondering why I have this "sudden" interest in listening to two-way radio broadcast - other than the fire department - it's because back in February I became the "consummate geek" when I got my Amateur Radio operator's license in the Technician class. Now it's not unusual for me to have my Ham HT (handi-talkie) and my scanner going simultaneously . . . and, yes, I can follow both conversations!
:)
Until next time . . .
