Friday Night Drive In – Labor Day Weekend Dusk to Dawn Extravaganza!

8 – count them – 8 great movies for your entertainment pleasure – And the concession stand will be open for 15 minutes after the start of the 8th movie – Enjoy! On With The Show! Have a good Labor Day weekend . . . Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember –Continue reading “Friday Night Drive In – Labor Day Weekend Dusk to Dawn Extravaganza!”

A Quick Tease – 2 Rough Ryders From Smoky Mountain

Way to many hours and days at “The Glorious People’s Tractor Factory” – barely have enough time to do bare essential shit – let alone posting stuff – all y’all gonna get at least your “Friday Drive In” and some Old Time Radio for Saturday but as far as other stuff – the last coupleContinue reading “A Quick Tease – 2 Rough Ryders From Smoky Mountain”

Flight to the Future – Do you recognize the stewardess?

Imagine YOUR life without plastic – take one day and track the number of items that contain plastic – modern civilization would NOT exist without plastic – plastics are one of the by-products of the petrochemical industry – without the oil industry plastic goes away – without plastics civilization as we know it goes awayContinue reading “Flight to the Future – Do you recognize the stewardess?”

Have Some SAGE For Your Sunday . . .

Love the reference to equipping aircraft with “simple” modular computer components. The F106 had over 5 tons of black boxes in it to function with SAGE. As rude and crude as it all was – damned if it didn’t work – most of the time – LOL! The ground installation equipment is still hard toContinue reading “Have Some SAGE For Your Sunday . . .”

The ionosphere, Shortwave Radio, and Propagation . . .

Do you go from “there’s nothing to listen to on my radio” to “WOW! – there’s a bunch of stuff on my radio” – ASSUMING you have a decent antenna – This is a little dry ( that is an understatement by the way . . . ) but it will help you understand someContinue reading “The ionosphere, Shortwave Radio, and Propagation . . .”