ARCHIVES - 1st Quarter 2009




Breakfast at Jerry Bob's
on Broadway


Click on the Small Ones to see the Big Ones!

It actually rained a few drops this morning.  Michael Goodrich was right...oh no
I forgot, he's not around anymore.  Anyway, it was a good morning for breakfast.
We had a couple new faces:  A new ham face and NO7P's grand daughter Karen
were there as shown.  WA1BZQ   was busy working or something
like that, W7AQK  - Dave showed up after who knows how long and we had the
table full as you will see.  We even had two Bobs...  as opposed to 2 Bob, e.g.,
shillings in old English money. 

Here we go again !  It was suppose to rain today but it'll have to go some.  I almost
didn't make it today having to try to get my daughter back on the road toward
Wyoming, but I had to go for a truck part so breakfast was on the way.

Look who showed up !  Chris & Angie, can you believe it ?  Also had Dad-Luis. 
Remember Luis from back in January ? That would have been Don's - NO7P grandson and assuming that this Luis is his relative too, no ?

When I was driving to breakfast, I was telling Chris - N7JND about the cloud
hanging over my daughter's head and I said she was like the guy in Little Abner
that had the cloud over his head.   Chris said he would Google it when he got
to breakfast.  I commented that Richard-W1KSZ would know and he did.  The guy
was Joe Btfsplk.  John - W3CIV sent me this picture and I downloaded a clean one.
John, you really meant "HERE" didn't you ?

Well !  Good Morning Sunshine !!! - N7EMB

How about this cheery couple ? Fireman, Fireman Save My Child !

Here we go again.  Perfect weather to deal with.  I've noticed that I can't seem to
get to breakfast early enough.  This morning, Stan - WE7DOG was calling me
wondering why I wasn't there yet, and I had barely started.  Just wait until the sun
starts coming up earlier, I'll show 'em !  We had a special guest this AM with
Bruce's brother Steve visiting.  I guess Steve hasn't got the word yet because he
ain't a ham !  Bruce, are you sure he's your brother ?
 

Dang !  I can't believe it's the 21st of February already !  Are we having that much
fun for time to be flying by this fast ?  It was a beautiful morning and we had a good
group.  We didn't have any new faces, so I'll feature the lady(s) that take very good
care of us cantankerous old farts (speak for yourself, John) that show up for this
event every Saturday morning.  And maybe the upcoming advertisement for the
Tucson Ham Picnic upcoming in April !

Jerry Bob's Finest - "You want coffee?"

Our Morning Crew !

I can hardly wait !

Beautiful day in the neighborhood, a little cool, but never-the-less, great !!!
We had a surprise visitor from California, Virgil - K7VP and his XYL,  Ruth who
hadn't been here in Tucson since last August.  Virgil is looking much better.  What
ever it is, keep doing it, Virgil !!  On top of that, we had three new faces as shown
below.  Steve - KD7EV is an ex-resident of Tucson living in Cape Girardeau, MO.
Welcome back, Steve.   Roger - WB7DIW is a local as is Cary - Boy Scout Jamboree.
Now, if we could just figure out what has happened to  Don - UIZ ! 
Stan - WE7DOG    had a good excuse.

PS:  Just in case you hadn't figured it out, the noise in last week's web page was
the sound of George Jetson's car.  Remember ?  Somewhat like Mrs.
Bufforfington's long limousine, waaaaay back in the radio days of Dagwood !  Her
husband invented the chicken, you know !  RRRRRRrrrrrrrrrr...long pause and then
rrrrRRRRrrrr !!!  I know, you're all too young to remember !  Or was that on the
Jack Benny radio show?  Dang !  It's been about 60 years !
  

!
Mornin' Jack !

Very nice morning for a breakfast.  Just a bit chilly, but not cold enough to stop
Lee 'Lectric from showing up with the world famous E-Car !!  Dave & Jesus were
there too.  Wonder where this guy wandered off to?  He's a regular !


 
Hel! Myname isOberick, I'mfro anherlanet !

Translation:  Hi, my name is Obelisk !  I'm from
another planet !

Wow !  What was that sound ?  As Red Skelton would have said,

 "Boy ! A big one flew over that time !! "

Note:  If you didn't hear it, turn on your sound !            
 

Nice group this morning.  We had 21 I think.  No new faces, however we had the
return of Bruce and some good news:  Ray - WB7OHC is out of the hospital and
was back in his usual seat at breakfast.  Good to see you, Ray !  Missed Jeff this
morning, seems like he said he had something going and Chuck was missing
too.  Now that I think about it, Scotty was missing in action.  That's
unusual.  Hope all is well with them.  Anyway, the sun was shining brightly and
we had a good time.

And oh yeah, welcome back the long lost Tom - KB7XL !!  Ain't seen him since
last year !!  And finally, here's a picture of Don - NO7P's Great Grand Son !!
Man, they're growin' 'em bigger every year !

  

Luis Contreras - Age 11

"A Foggy Day in Tucson Town" would be an appropriate song for this morning
since we had actual fog around the valley.  The temperature was about 55° or so
and not unpleasant ...  that means it was comfortable.  We had a regular crowd
and all was good.  Snapped a picture of a new Jerry Bob's crew member and a 
photo of a sample of the cuisine as ordered and consumed by KE7YTF - Bob !

Gee !  Where was Bruce? 

  Vourneen - KB7CRT says that Ray - WB7OHF has been
in the hospital.  We haven't seen Ray for a couple of weeks.  Say a prayer
and hope he has made it home by now. Get well, Ray !  We miss you guys !

A beautiful day in the neighborhood !  We had a large crowd this morning.  Strange
that they don't like to set on the back side of the table row but after a while we
managed to shoe-horn them all in.  I guess the old farts don't like table wrestling !

Dave - K7IOU passed the hat for the BART dues for ARCA.  Yes, there is no dues
for BART and it's all voluntary however, Dave, Craig and myself have paid them for
the past three years so we were doing a bit of arm twisting to get a buck out of
the guys.  Thanks a lot for the help.

The featured ham of the day is KC9MH - Jerry.   Jerry hasn't been very active over
the past few years.  About 25 years ago I met Jerry at an OPRC meeting down at
the U of A...that's how long it's been.   He was pretty active, but I think he's more
interested in volunteer work down at TMC and other projects related to golfing !

Looks better on me, no ??  YES !!

Hope all had a very Happy New Year !!!  It has been a little warmer since last week
and this morning it was very nice with the temperature about 40 and there was a
few almost new faces showing up...Chris & Angie, believe it or not !  Angie says
they had "stuff" to do.  Also, the long lost N2TYE showed up from Nevada along
with his YL Anna.  Good to see you Hank !  It's been a while !