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Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-20 16:39 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-21 10:05 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-22 15:17 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-22 18:17 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-27 19:07 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-28 00:06 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-10-04 15:36 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-07 15:59 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 18:36 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 16:49 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 12:52 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-17 12:43 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:56 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 18:21 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy steve pope <spope384@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 20:18 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-09-27 00:01 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-27 19:09 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-09-28 05:34 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-10-04 15:41 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-10-05 16:52 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-07 16:03 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-10-09 15:13 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-12 08:39 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-10-14 15:51 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-14 22:17 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:46 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-02 18:36 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 13:18 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-18 06:20 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:07 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:04 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-17 12:46 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:15 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 18:06 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-23 20:16 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:32 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:23 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-29 22:48 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:52 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:44 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-02 18:42 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:06 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:05 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:07 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:40 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:04 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:07 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-02 18:50 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-03 15:22 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 16:58 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:37 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-17 13:00 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-18 06:34 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:52 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 18:17 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 20:08 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:47 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:38 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-12-08 15:04 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:14 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-16 10:58 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-18 07:06 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:30 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-23 10:58 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 17:59 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:56 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:36 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:22 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:52 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-29 12:29 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:35 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:21 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-12-08 14:54 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-13 15:38 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:08 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 17:54 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy Chickpea <chickpea@gmx.co.uk> - 2021-11-27 20:08 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:57 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Chickpea <chickpea@gmx.co.uk> - 2022-01-28 10:17 +0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:25 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 17:50 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:47 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:41 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-27 19:08 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-27 13:35 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 12:53 +0000
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-09-20 16:39 +0000 |
| Subject | Busy, busy, busy |
| Message-ID | <slrnskheae.usm.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
Friday found me in central Vermont, helping with a radio broadcast from
the Tunbridge World's Fair. The weather was excellent, and we were
operating out of a pop-up tent. Lots of people wandered by; one
mentioned that she lived outside our station's coverage area but hated
our competitor; we gave her our URL and told her how to get us online.
We had to sign off in the middle of the afternoon to make way for a
high school soccer game the station was scheduled to air. It was
being played in a field where there's no power, so we loaded two
70-pound deep cycle marine batteries into the play-by-play announcer's
car; he and the color guy did the whole game off those batteries,
using a Verizon mobile router to get the game broadcast back to the
studio, where I was hooking up some equipment so a station in
southern Vermont can air Boston Bruins games later this fall.
The central VT station has a unique country format that includes a
good deal of bluegrass ("too twangy for you? well, that's too bad!").
The general manager is fond of playing bluegrass versions of pop or
rock tunes; two such, "Billie Jean" and "Everybody Wants to Rule
The World", aired back-to-back while we were at the fair.
It was a refreshing change from my usual routine.
umar
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-09-21 10:05 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <nd5p1i-004.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32470 |
umar wrote:
...
> The central VT station has a unique country format that includes a
> good deal of bluegrass ("too twangy for you? well, that's too bad!").
hahaha! :)
> The general manager is fond of playing bluegrass versions of pop or
> rock tunes; two such, "Billie Jean" and "Everybody Wants to Rule
> The World", aired back-to-back while we were at the fair.
>
> It was a refreshing change from my usual routine.
no trains?!?!! :)
it is harvest season here so i'm keeping busy picking
the beans and whatever else is ready to bring in.
my routine is seasonal now and that is good for me.
for fun i'm working on learning some graphics stuff and
python. i didn't have much of a reason to learn anything
new for a long time and nothing really inspired me much
until i finally got a new machine that was capable of
doing some decent graphics. my brain doesn't learn as
easy these days, but i'm gradually getting better and more
familiar with how it goes.
songbird
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-09-22 15:17 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnskmi94.6pc.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32471 |
On 2021-09-21, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > no trains?!?!! :) Alas, there's only one train a day to that part of Vermont, and it serves New York not Boston. The track connecting White River Junction with Concord, New Hampshire, which used to carry trains between Boston and Montreal, was torn up about 30 years ago; most of it is now a bike path. So, it's no longer possible to get a train from Boston to Vermont without going west to Springfield (MA, not NH or VT) and then north. There's only one train a day between Boston and Springfield, and it doesn't connect to the one to Vermont. It's theoretically possible to take one of the Northeast Corridor trains to (ugh) New Haven, and catch the Vermont train there. But it's not very practical. The situation is, in a word, bogus. > it is harvest season here so i'm keeping busy picking > the beans and whatever else is ready to bring in. Here, it's apples! There's a tree in the front yard of the radio station with loads of delicious McIntoshes, and I brought a big bag full of them home with me. > for fun i'm working on learning some graphics stuff and > python. i didn't have much of a reason to learn anything > new for a long time and nothing really inspired me much > until i finally got a new machine that was capable of > doing some decent graphics. my brain doesn't learn as > easy these days, but i'm gradually getting better and more > familiar with how it goes. I've never played with Python, despite Aahz's evangelism. I'm stuck in a Perl rut. My most recent software project was two scripts to transfer logs and audio files from one radio station automation system to another using a web API published by the developer of the automation software. Today I'm going to deploy a Raspberry Pi-based audio streaming encoder at a local college station. umar
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-09-22 18:17 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <jkms1i-l89.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32472 |
umar wrote: > On 2021-09-21, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > >> no trains?!?!! :) > > Alas, there's only one train a day to that part of Vermont, and it > serves New York not Boston. The track connecting White River Junction > with Concord, New Hampshire, which used to carry trains between Boston > and Montreal, was torn up about 30 years ago; most of it is now a bike > path. So, it's no longer possible to get a train from Boston to Vermont > without going west to Springfield (MA, not NH or VT) and then north. > There's only one train a day between Boston and Springfield, and it > doesn't connect to the one to Vermont. > > It's theoretically possible to take one of the Northeast Corridor trains > to (ugh) New Haven, and catch the Vermont train there. But it's not very > practical. > > The situation is, in a word, bogus. sad indeed. i hope things will improve somehow. >> it is harvest season here so i'm keeping busy picking >> the beans and whatever else is ready to bring in. > > Here, it's apples! There's a tree in the front yard of the radio station > with loads of delicious McIntoshes, and I brought a big bag full of them > home with me. i love the early apples and Macs are way up there in what i'm after in terms of flavor and texture. i also only really like the first pressing of apple cider. >> for fun i'm working on learning some graphics stuff and >> python. i didn't have much of a reason to learn anything >> new for a long time and nothing really inspired me much >> until i finally got a new machine that was capable of >> doing some decent graphics. my brain doesn't learn as >> easy these days, but i'm gradually getting better and more >> familiar with how it goes. > > I've never played with Python, despite Aahz's evangelism. I'm stuck in a > Perl rut. My most recent software project was two scripts to transfer > logs and audio files from one radio station automation system to another > using a web API published by the developer of the automation software. it takes a few years to get decent in any language IMO and i still have a long ways to go, but at least i have picked up some of the concepts recently that were eluding me before. i'll keep poking at it, maybe by the time i'm 70 i'll have a clue or two. i never got into perl as i'm an old time awk and sed and other unix tools type paster togetherer in bash scripts. almost all the things i'd written in quite a long time were mostly done in bash. anything that didn't work well in that i did in C instead. the overall lack of enthusiasms for anything much in the way of programming was the desire to avoid sitting at some desk job for too long and i managed to avoid that by doing a part-time librarian job instead. part-time gardener fits very nicely now instead. > Today I'm going to deploy a Raspberry Pi-based audio streaming encoder > at a local college station. those are pretty amazing little gadgets. i've never had one in my hands to even look at it let alone do any work with one. i hope it went ok! :) songbird
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-09-27 19:07 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsl45je.ol8.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32473 |
On 2021-09-22, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > i love the early apples and Macs are way up there in > what i'm after in terms of flavor and texture. i also > only really like the first pressing of apple cider. When I was a child in upstate NY, there was The Cider Mill; you could see them pressing the cider out of the apples, and we'd buy a jug along with some doughnuts. Later, they turned it into a theater. I've not been back there since my father died, so I don't know if they still press cider. > the overall lack of enthusiasms for anything much in the way > of programming was the desire to avoid sitting at some desk job > for too long and i managed to avoid that by doing a part-time > librarian job instead. part-time gardener fits very nicely now > instead. I do a fair amount of sitting in my job, but I also have to go to transmitter sites and the like, so I get a fair amount of exercise just from my work. One of the more challenging sites is a place called Green Mountain, which despite its name is not in Vermont but New Hampshire. It's about a mile and a half walk up to the top, and takes a lot out of me, but the view from there is spectacular. > those are pretty amazing little gadgets. i've never > had one in my hands to even look at it let alone do any > work with one. i hope it went ok! :) The Pi works beautifully as a streaming encoder when coupled with a USB audio interface. It's a good machine to leave at a transmitter site, too, as it doesn't have any moving parts other than the optional fan. umar
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-09-28 00:06 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <gvga2i-p47.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32476 |
umar wrote: > On 2021-09-22, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > >> i love the early apples and Macs are way up there in >> what i'm after in terms of flavor and texture. i also >> only really like the first pressing of apple cider. > > When I was a child in upstate NY, there was The Cider Mill; > you could see them pressing the cider out of the apples, and > we'd buy a jug along with some doughnuts. > > Later, they turned it into a theater. I've not been back > there since my father died, so I don't know if they still > press cider. the only apple cider press that was tied to an actual orchard that i visited was shut down many many years ago. they turned all of the apple orchards into an artificial ski hill and a golf course and sold lots around it to the people who wanted to live on a golf course. sadly the other orchard that we started visiting turned out to have bad products and was not really using their own apples in the products so we've stopped visiting them. at one time we had a good connection to a person who was growing organic apples who had extras that he couldn't sell or use himself, but that was a short-lived thing and we didn't get a chance to do more with him. we were making apple sauce and apple crisps for a food kitchen. >> the overall lack of enthusiasms for anything much in the way >> of programming was the desire to avoid sitting at some desk job >> for too long and i managed to avoid that by doing a part-time >> librarian job instead. part-time gardener fits very nicely now >> instead. > > I do a fair amount of sitting in my job, but I also have to go to > transmitter sites and the like, so I get a fair amount of exercise > just from my work. One of the more challenging sites is a place > called Green Mountain, which despite its name is not in Vermont but > New Hampshire. It's about a mile and a half walk up to the top, and > takes a lot out of me, but the view from there is spectacular. do you climb the towers too? that would be "interesting"... the internet service for me comes via radio towers (not cell phones). it works. most of the time. that's about all i can ask of it. :) >> those are pretty amazing little gadgets. i've never >> had one in my hands to even look at it let alone do any >> work with one. i hope it went ok! :) > > The Pi works beautifully as a streaming encoder when coupled with > a USB audio interface. It's a good machine to leave at a transmitter > site, too, as it doesn't have any moving parts other than the optional > fan. i hope it can hold up to the weather! songbird
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-10-04 15:36 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnslm7rc.f7q.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32480 |
On 2021-09-28, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > do you climb the towers too? that would be "interesting"... > the internet service for me comes via radio towers (not cell > phones). it works. most of the time. that's about all i > can ask of it. :) No, I don't climb towers. I don't carry the insurance for that. My work is all on the ground. However, many FM sites are on hilltops or mountaintops, and some of them are best reached on foot. >> The Pi works beautifully as a streaming encoder when coupled with >> a USB audio interface. It's a good machine to leave at a transmitter >> site, too, as it doesn't have any moving parts other than the optional >> fan. > i hope it can hold up to the weather! The one on Block Island, where I was yesterday, is inside a building with two 5,000-watt FM transmitters. It survived the recent hurricane, the eye of which went directly over the island, just fine; indeed, the station actually stayed on the air through the storm. umar
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-10-07 15:59 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <26043i-dq7.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32482 |
umar wrote: > On 2021-09-28, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > >> do you climb the towers too? that would be "interesting"... >> the internet service for me comes via radio towers (not cell >> phones). it works. most of the time. that's about all i >> can ask of it. :) > > No, I don't climb towers. I don't carry the insurance for that. > > My work is all on the ground. However, many FM sites are on hilltops > or mountaintops, and some of them are best reached on foot. :) the technicians for the localish radio tower network i use have to get out there in all sorts of weather so it would certainly not be a job for the people who are sensitive to weather or heights. i wish i could do such work as i think it would always be a challenge, but i also know better that i'd probably screw up somehow in the process or drop things or ... :) >>> The Pi works beautifully as a streaming encoder when coupled with >>> a USB audio interface. It's a good machine to leave at a transmitter >>> site, too, as it doesn't have any moving parts other than the optional >>> fan. > >> i hope it can hold up to the weather! > > The one on Block Island, where I was yesterday, is inside a building > with two 5,000-watt FM transmitters. It survived the recent hurricane, > the eye of which went directly over the island, just fine; indeed, the > station actually stayed on the air through the storm. i'm glad when things work as they should! songbird
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-01 18:36 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnso0ctv.a88.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32485 |
On 2021-10-07, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > :) the technicians for the localish radio tower network i > use have to get out there in all sorts of weather so it would > certainly not be a job for the people who are sensitive to > weather or heights. i wish i could do such work as i think > it would always be a challenge, but i also know better that > i'd probably screw up somehow in the process or drop things > or ... :) One of the best tower guys I ever worked with started out as a plumber. He learned one day that much of what tower guys do is more or less plumbing, albeit 900 feet in the air. Radio transmission lines are basically pipes, after all. Plus, there's no sewage to deal with. umar
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-05 16:49 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <svhg5i-0h8.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32494 |
umar wrote: ... > One of the best tower guys I ever worked with started out as a plumber. > He learned one day that much of what tower guys do is more or less > plumbing, albeit 900 feet in the air. Radio transmission lines are > basically pipes, after all. Plus, there's no sewage to deal with. haha! :) fresh air, great views, must not be afraid of heights and able to climb, oh, and you need to know what you're doing up there. i don't... songbird
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-16 12:52 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsp7abr.trq.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32507 |
On 2021-11-05, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > haha! :) fresh air, great views, must not be afraid of > heights and able to climb, oh, and you need to know what you're > doing up there. > > i don't... What you don't want to do is drop anything. Even a bolt or nut falling from 900 feet up can do nasty things when it hits something. There's a Virtual Railfan camera in Missouri that happened to catch a tower crew working on a radio tower near the train station when they dropped a large microwave dish. Fortunately, it missed all of the guy wires holding up the tower. If it had hit one, it might have brought the whole tower down, crew and all. Just weeks before I joined the Boston radio station where I was to spend more than twenty years, a truck backing into the parking lot caught a guy wire and took down a 350-foot tower. For years after that you could see scars in the pavement where it landed. Luckily, it was Saturday morning and the lot was empty. umar
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-17 12:43 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <vjrf6i-gp7.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32511 |
umar wrote: ... > What you don't want to do is drop anything. Even a bolt or nut falling > from 900 feet up can do nasty things when it hits something. There's a > Virtual Railfan camera in Missouri that happened to catch a tower crew > working on a radio tower near the train station when they dropped a > large microwave dish. Fortunately, it missed all of the guy wires > holding up the tower. If it had hit one, it might have brought the whole > tower down, crew and all. i'd have been glad not to be the person who did that or even anywhere near that! yikes! > Just weeks before I joined the Boston radio station where I was to spend > more than twenty years, a truck backing into the parking lot caught a > guy wire and took down a 350-foot tower. For years after that you could > see scars in the pavement where it landed. Luckily, it was Saturday > morning and the lot was empty. were they able to reuse the tower or did they have to scrap it? songbird
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-23 17:56 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnspqar9.n45.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32521 |
On 2021-11-17, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: (re:) >> Just weeks before I joined the Boston radio station where I was to spend >> more than twenty years, a truck backing into the parking lot caught a >> guy wire and took down a 350-foot tower. For years after that you could >> see scars in the pavement where it landed. Luckily, it was Saturday >> morning and the lot was empty. > were they able to reuse the tower or did they have to scrap it? It was scrapped. There are engineering and regulatory issues with trying to re-erect a fallen tower. They replaced it with a new one. Directional AM stations have arrays of two or more towers, and it's not uncommon to find towers of different ages in the same array, as a result of past tower collapses. umar
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-23 18:21 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <dl907i-2r2.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32529 |
umar wrote: > On 2021-11-17, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > > (re:) > >>> Just weeks before I joined the Boston radio station where I was to spend >>> more than twenty years, a truck backing into the parking lot caught a >>> guy wire and took down a 350-foot tower. For years after that you could >>> see scars in the pavement where it landed. Luckily, it was Saturday >>> morning and the lot was empty. > >> were they able to reuse the tower or did they have to scrap it? > > It was scrapped. There are engineering and regulatory issues with trying > to re-erect a fallen tower. They replaced it with a new one. > > Directional AM stations have arrays of two or more towers, and it's not > uncommon to find towers of different ages in the same array, as a result > of past tower collapses. haha! interesting to know. i've never been much into the actual technology of radio towers and antennas. certainly things have vastly changed since the last time i knew the difference between UHF and VHF. the change to digital is still on-going here in this house and some tribulations still happen at times. :) songbird
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| From | steve pope <spope384@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2021-09-26 20:18 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <52cc9af7-0711-42ba-ac03-8db50fc3e299n@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #32471 |
Hello umar and songbird, Thanks for checking in. It's good to hear some familar voices here in the old space. Steve
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| From | Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2021-09-27 00:01 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <39KdnVR7PbT98cz8nZ2dnUU7-KvNnZ2d@supernews.com> |
| In reply to | #32474 |
On 9/26/2021 20:18, steve pope wrote: > Hello umar and songbird, > > Thanks for checking in. It's good to hear some familar voices here in > the old space. > > Steve > Indeed! It's been quiet here. I can use the Q word here without getting slammed with admissions, transfers, codes, and general mayhem ensuing. -- Freyja the NurseWench http://freyjaw.dreamwidth.org Twitter: @FreyjaRN @DuchessHonor “There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.” -Martin Luther
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-09-27 19:09 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsl45ne.ol8.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32475 |
On 2021-09-27, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > Indeed! It's been quiet here. > > I can use the Q word here without getting slammed with admissions, > transfers, codes, and general mayhem ensuing. Admissions and transfers and codes? Do tell. umar
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| From | Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2021-09-28 05:34 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <W6ednSQdwN5dls78nZ2dnUU7-U2dnZ2d@supernews.com> |
| In reply to | #32478 |
On 9/27/2021 12:09, umar wrote: > On 2021-09-27, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Indeed! It's been quiet here. >> >> I can use the Q word here without getting slammed with admissions, >> transfers, codes, and general mayhem ensuing. > > Admissions and transfers and codes? Do tell. > > > umar > Admissions and transfers can happen on any shift. What it means to us is a heavier patient load. Admissions are the most time and labor intensive, having to set up a room, get the history and do a physical exam, and set up the chart. Then we have to implement orders, and obtain them if we don't have any. Transfers have a chart, history, and orders. A quick physical exam is next, then implementing the orders. Since I worked ICU and the stepdown units in my career, often my patients aren't stable. Too often I've either called the code blue (or whatever each hospital uses instead) or arrived there when I heard it yelled down the hall. I've done CPR too many times. Whenever someone mentions the Q word, things get busy fast. -- Freyja the NurseWench http://freyjaw.dreamwidth.org Twitter: @FreyjaRN @DuchessHonor What did the doctor say when one nurse asked him to recite an amnesia joke? I think I've forgotten how it goes.
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-10-04 15:41 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnslm84e.f7q.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32481 |
On 2021-09-28, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > Whenever someone mentions the Q word, things get busy fast. Here in New England, a lot of health care workers are getting burned out and quitting. The perverse economics of our time have led to a lot of jobs going begging, some of which pay a lot more than those in health care. It's become a big problem. umar
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| From | Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2021-10-05 16:52 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <eLGdne38cOa4eMH8nZ2dnUU7-VfNnZ2d@supernews.com> |
| In reply to | #32483 |
On 10/4/2021 08:41, umar wrote: > On 2021-09-28, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Whenever someone mentions the Q word, things get busy fast. > > Here in New England, a lot of health care workers are getting burned out > and quitting. The perverse economics of our time have led to a lot of > jobs going begging, some of which pay a lot more than those in health > care. It's become a big problem. > > > umar > The burnout is bad and getting worse. Out here, salaries are in six digits, yet retention is still an issue. -- Freyja the NurseWench http://freyjaw.dreamwidth.org Twitter: @FreyjaRN @DuchessHonor Mr. Spock wears Vulcanized rubbers...
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