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   > We got to my hotel on International Drive (a main drag down there),   
   > and at the entrance of a double wide drive, is a removable sign that   
   > says "STOP!! SECURITY CHECK". Now, I had no problem with that, as you   
   > only want registered guests at the hotel to park there. But, behind   
   > the sign in his car, was the security guard in his car...we got boxed   
   > in with International Drive at the back of the bus, and this sign, and   
   > the guard's car at the front. The driver hit the horn, wanting the guard   
   > to move...no response. He gets out of the bus, and the guard hauls off   
   > and punches the driver in the face, knocking him to the ground!!   
   > The ladies on the bus started screaming...the guard kept pummelling   
   > the driver, until another guard pulled him off. The driver, disoriented   
   > and bloodied, staggered back to the bus. I got on my ham radio handi-   
   > talkie (HT), keyed up a local repeater, and announced "QST!! QST!! QST!!   
   > MAYDAY!! MAYDAY!! This is N5VLZ, Portable 4. I have Emergency Traffic!!   
   > Can anyone copy?? Over??". A close lightning strike resulted in a static   
   > crash, and no response...so I repeated it. A ham in nearby Kissimmee heard   
   > my distress call, and I told him what happened, and where the emergency   
   > was. He called 911, and the police and paramedics showed up.   
   > The driver had to be taken to the hospital, and ended up having major   
   > surgery...and the guard ended up being arrested and charged with   
   > aggravated assault.    
      
   So the same as a cellphone, just not lesser chance of anyone picking up?   
      
   I got a crash course in Ham rules when I got the bright idea(I thought) of    
   recruiting local Ham clubs, through a fellow I worked with in Communications    
   for a big Seniors' Sports event here in town.   
      
   He explainmed, as you have, too, that ni any disaster/emergency, there's a    
   fixed order of priority demand on Hamn operators & they can't contract that    
   oput privately. (I hoped to use them for the sharing of information    
   (medical/breathing status of relatives of our clients in disaster zones, or   
   if  our area got hit by a disaster)   
      
   Another perfectly good idea ruined by a previously unknown fact getting in   
   the  way!   
      
   > what amateur radio operators prepare for...emergency communications".   
      
   So you have a portable Ham unit that has enough broadcasting power to reach   
   the next county? (but only if there are operators near their own devices, eh?)   
      
   > Indeed, as far as the FCC is concerned...if you have a situation that   
   > involves the safety of life, or the protection of property, you can   
   > throw the rule book out.    
      
   I would hope so! Thast dshould be the case in 'most anything!   
      
   Traffic rules? Not if I have a person in the back seat bleeding out all over   
   my brand new leather seats! (J/King, this is only about their bleeding out,   
   not my material crap)   
      
   I've had my high speed damngerous ridee already -- with a stock car racer's    
   custom builr engine in a Camaro, through the BC Frader Canyon -- miles of    
   hairpin curves with one side of your road ending in a mile-deep drop off down    
   to the rocks below.   
      
   Thrilling. I was a hitchhiker, & was a bit scared until I realized this guy   
   was turning hairpins with ZERO TIRE SQUEAL, then I relaxed./  At the end of   
   the  ride he confirmed he was a professional driver at high speeds.   
      
   He was passing double or triple long .ines of semni trucks on thees samecurves    
   -- this also freaked me out until I paid more attention & noticed howfar ahead    
   you can see oncoming traffic, by looking over he canyon, & there's no way a   
   car could appear from nowhere, so what you see as on your road, 5 miles up,   
   is  still what's there after you go 3 miles!   
      
   Part of my big adventure sat age 17!   
      
   But, I was shaking so bad when I got back to   
   > the Convention Center (from the adrenaline rush), that I couldn't go   
   > back to dancing. So, I headed back to the hotel to pack up, and get   
   > ready for the flight back home in the morning.   
      
   That's a normal reaction.  Your adrenaline (fight, flight, or {breed}   
   response  hormone) kicked in & using a radio doesn't do much to flush it out   
   of your  blood.   
      
   You couldn't gonefor a flat out run around a few blocks to calm down & be   
   back  to normal more quickly.   
      
   > The guard could've very easily moved the car and sign, and let us   
   > get in, then put it back.   
      
   Nuts.  Ego got in the way.  ("Don't you DARE tell me what to do"); of course    
   perhaps the driver could've been more diplomatic in his request.   
      
   But even if the driver said, "Hey, *******, move!" that's no legal basis to    
   respond with a punch to the face.   
      
   >> True story. TV encourages his, as they can sell stuff to pretendedly   
   >> satisfy eros needs.   
   > The advertisers know that "Sex Sells".   
      
   Not to me. I'm married, & not stupid. I knowthe real beer ads should mix in    
   some shots of old homeless drunks lazed on the sidewalk, covered in their own    
   vomit after ingesting the a case or two of the product.   
      
   > Basically. Peter denied The Lord 3 times before the crucifixion, but   
   > elivered   
   >a fiery sermon at Pentecost. Tradition says he requested to be crucified upsid   
   > down.   
      
   Jesus never said he'sd ultimately turn againsy him -- only a three-time    
   betrayal, which implies he knew Peter would repent of it.   
      
   Where does it say Peter requested to be crucified upside down?   
      
   >> Lost in translation:   
   >> BF: .. .----. -- / ... --- .-. .-. -.-- [translation: I+M SORRY] GF:   
   >> What's that? BF: Remorse code.   
   > Cute.   
      
   Is that what it actually says above?   
      
   > My dog was named 5 miles, so I tell folks I walked 5 miles today.   
      
   Find an oblong piece of wood.  Puit it in your living room.  Walk around it   
   as  often as you like & you can honestly tell people, "I walked around the   
   block x  times this morning."   
      
   >> "Is this the Spanish word for 'nap'?" She asked, pointing to a word on   
   >> the page.   
   >> "Si, estß."   
   > I need to sleep on that one.   
      
   If it's sunny, you may want a large sombrero first.   
      
   >> German children are kinder.   
   > Most kids today are just spoiled brats...whether they bathe or not.   
      
   Lots of decent kids, still.   
      
   We have a city in Saskatchewan named Biggar.   
      
   True story (Google image search for it) Their welcome billboard says "New York   
   City is big, but we're Biggar."   
      
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