Tea?

[oldwheels]

We bought some for last weekends 'do' and drivers preferred coke or fanta tbh..
I can remember Kaliber the original 0%, it was rotten.
I am finishing off the Becks just to use them up,
they are really 2 good swigs at best...
I do remember travelling back and forward to Ardyne Point in the 70s on the then Glen Sannox and the beer was like dishwater,
I saw the 'new' Glen Sannox looking a sorry state the other day, wonder if it'll get 'fixed'

The radio club will probably put mine to shame
I did do a SOTA activation of Ben More circa Sept 2011,
I had a handheld with me last trip over but nothing heard..
I did stop and have a brief chat with the fella near Pennyghael with the satellite gear, he gave me his QSL card..
I should really return the favour since I finally got mine printed recently..

I haven't heard any further..
I'm always late plus another journey west tomorrow
Hopefully traffic jam free...

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[oldwheels]

Tobermory High School as mentioned. The boy is my younger son and we went to somebody in Fife to get a radio Ted Brockie had located for him. This was not recent.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

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That would be Glenrothes, no?
last radio shop in Scotland..#
Everything imported from darn sarff now I think..
someone did try selling from home but dunno how that worked out.
Comparing prices when I passed the RAE in the 80s and now, far far cheaper now...

His own call I see plus using /A for alternate.
He is still showing on QRZ.com.....
there are still a few folk like him dedicated to bring in younger folk to a rapidly aging active users.

we had a history teacher who did a ham radio class once a month,
but I stayed a long way from school and the bus home was free.
I'd an old military receiver I got from a army surplus store in Glasgow with wire wrapped around our kitchen
I still don't know how I managed to carry it to Glasgow Central then home.
I picked up a better one a few years later and had a pals uncle fix it up for me, the name escapes me just now...
but I heard the world..

CB came along and for £30 I was off..
the rest is history.
I'd hate to say how much time I spend on the radio(s) each day.
Once we lose our guests, it'll be all hours access

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Good morning campers
Time for morning aerobics

I'll have a whilst you take part..

Knees bend , feel the burn, stretch those abs etc etc

phew! this cup is heavy

 

[Andy in Germany]

Good morning campers
Time for morning aerobics

I'll have a whilst you take part..

Knees bend , feel the burn, stretch those abs etc etc

phew! this cup is heavy

Reminds me, I was going to make a cuppa...

 

[classic33]

Good morning campers
Time for morning aerobics

I'll have a whilst you take part..

Knees bend , feel the burn, stretch those abs etc etc

phew! this cup is heavy

Owdo
Bending over backwards to please people.

Watch that cuppa, you'll knock/spill it.

How you doing on those arm stretches?

Sup some, it'll get lighter.

Morning??

 

[classic33]

Reminds me, I was going to make a cuppa...

Was, and then decided "No".

 

[Andy in Germany]

Was, and then decided "No".

More "Was, and then got distracted by CC".

So it's your fault.

I'm going now... (Flounces off towards the kitchen, trips over dog.)

 

[classic33]

More "Was, and then got distracted by CC".

So it's your fault.

I'm going now... (Flounces off towards the kitchen, trips over dog.)

Since you're making one for yourself...

 

[classic33]

More "Was, and then got distracted by CC".

So it's your fault.

I'm going now... (Flounces off towards the kitchen, trips over dog.)

No need to walk into the dog, even if it isn't yours.

I have the answer now.

 

[oldwheels]

That would be Glenrothes, no?
last radio shop in Scotland..#
Everything imported from darn sarff now I think..
someone did try selling from home but dunno how that worked out.
Comparing prices when I passed the RAE in the 80s and now, far far cheaper now...

His own call I see plus using /A for alternate.
He is still showing on QRZ.com.....
there are still a few folk like him dedicated to bring in younger folk to a rapidly aging active users.

we had a history teacher who did a ham radio class once a month,
but I stayed a long way from school and the bus home was free.
I'd an old military receiver I got from a army surplus store in Glasgow with wire wrapped around our kitchen
I still don't know how I managed to carry it to Glasgow Central then home.
I picked up a better one a few years later and had a pals uncle fix it up for me, the name escapes me just now...
but I heard the world..

CB came along and for £30 I was off..
the rest is history.
I'd hate to say how much time I spend on the radio(s) each day.
Once we lose our guests, it'll be all hours access

The radio came from somebody's garden shed full of his own gear. This one had been overtaken by a newer model hence the sale which Ted negotiated. Cannot remember how much it cost but the trip was probably more expensive in expenses
CB eventually took over for a while right enough but seems to have died down now I think.
I got one from the boot of somebody's car in a layby south side of Glasgow. Again somebody else did the deal and I just collected and paid. Don't think it was nicked.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Reminds me, I was going to make a cuppa...

It's an effort here,
down the stairs, brew up then back up to here..
Hard workout

Owdo
Bending over backwards to please people.

Watch that cuppa, you'll knock/spill it.

How you doing on those arm stretches?

Sup some, it'll get lighter.

Morning??

No drop is wasted..
if I spill things could go bang...
Yeah, pint mugs are heavy exercise.
carry on..

The radio came from somebody's garden shed full of his own gear. This one had been overtaken by a newer model hence the sale which Ted negotiated. Cannot remember how much it cost but the trip was probably more expensive in expenses
CB eventually took over for a while right enough but seems to have died down now I think.
I got one from the boot of somebody's car in a layby south side of Glasgow. Again somebody else did the deal and I just collected and paid. Don't think it was nicked.

'Oi, guv, interest you in a tasty radio?
sounds a bit Arthur Daley
More likely ex CB freebander opened up radio,
there were a few after CB kinda died a bit
jungle drums were quite good on any stolen equipment amongst the fraternity..

As I said it is a far more financially accessible hobby than it was in the '80s..
Shortwave Defined Radio is the thing now..

I assume the interest died?

 

[oldwheels]

It's an effort here,
down the stairs, brew up then back up to here..
Hard workout

No drop is wasted..
if I spill things could go bang...
Yeah, pint mugs are heavy exercise.
carry on..


'Oi, guv, interest you in a tasty radio?
sounds a bit Arthur Daley
More likely ex CB freebander opened up radio,
there were a few after CB kinda died a bit
jungle drums were quite good on any stolen equipment amongst the fraternity..

As I said it is a far more financially accessible hobby than it was in the '80s..
Shortwave Defined Radio is the thing now..

I assume the interest died?

The radio from Fife was definitely genuine and the CB was at the start of the craze.
I no longer do long distance travel so no need anyway and son works mostly overseas just now.
Lorry driver friend took an aeroplane with wings removed and stacked at the side to somewhere in southern England.
His CB never stopped with quips about Lady Penelope from all passing commercials.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

The radio from Fife was definitely genuine and the CB was at the start of the craze.
I no longer do long distance travel so no need anyway and son works mostly overseas just now.
Lorry driver friend took an aeroplane with wings removed and stacked at the side to somewhere in southern England.
His CB never stopped with quips about Lady Penelope from all passing commercials.

CB was fun TBH..
Full of loonies but fun,
40 channels of madness as i could pick up parts of Glasgow..
I made more than a few friends at the time.
Once I passed the RAE,
I occasionally still used the SSB part of CB and had the odd regular chat if propagation was running , I mentioned to a US fella from NC that I'd become a dad..
A few weeks later I checked the PO Box I used and a large parcel was there for me full of baby clothes..
I spent months trying to find him but through someone else I found sadly he had passed.
I had no address, nothing..
Today, I can access details of almost anyone worldwide,
including yer teacher bloke....
changed days..

If I'm not operating, I'm listening..

 

[classic33]

It's an effort here,
down the stairs, brew up then back up to here..
Hard workout

No drop is wasted..
if I spill things could go bang...
Yeah, pint mugs are heavy exercise.
carry on..


'Oi, guv, interest you in a tasty radio?
sounds a bit Arthur Daley
More likely ex CB freebander opened up radio,
there were a few after CB kinda died a bit
jungle drums were quite good on any stolen equipment amongst the fraternity..

As I said it is a far more financially accessible hobby than it was in the '80s..
Shortwave Defined Radio is the thing now..

I assume the interest died?

Is there no-one who'll make one and bring it up to you. Leaving the repeated lifts to you.

They're not that heavy, once you get used to lifting one. Start on a 1/2 pint pot maybe.