How much time have you wasted today? “Not enough”, you say? How about 150 Flash Games for Your Enjoyment to help you meet your quota?
Even ham radio operators need to take a break from doing serious stuff in order to have some fun once in a while. Maybe if we did it more often there would be fewer Cranky Old Farts on the air.
The games are sorted into the following categories:
I have not seen this product in use, but it seems to be worth checking out for EmComm applications. It appears to have a circuit that reduces ambient noise like the Bose headsets that were designed for aviation use. Handy for when you are standing next to a fire department pumper that is working at full song. Too bad their PR department doesn’t have access to a spell checker.
High-threat tactical whisper-mic headset - provides both hearing protection and situational awareness with hear-through communications.
The High Threat Headset incorporates a rugged active hearing protector in combination with hyper sensitive ambient noise amplification plus whisper mic communications and tactical press to talk.
An outstanding feature of the HTH headset is it’s capasity to provide both hearing protection and situational awareness with hear-through communications. The hear-through is provided by two separate, well-shielded mics which allow the user to have optimum stereo effect and location of sound direction. While the user’s hearing is protected from concussion damage, ambient sound can be amplified so that you will hear a faint whisper or sounds of movement.
The HTH also fits under tactical helmets and accommodates gas masks and goggles. The boom mic plugs into gas masks/SCBA voice emitter for improved comms when gas is deployed.
The HTH headset includes a noise canceling boom microphone, a tactical press to talk switch and a plug for all popular military and civil radios.
Military, Civil and Law Enforcement users may request samples for evaluation by visiting TEA’s web site – www.swatheadsets.com
SOURCE: Swatheadsets.com
I love this story. It is the way I want to go out.
An Australian woman often described as the world’s oldest blogger has died at the age of 108 after posting a final message about her ailing health but how she sang "a happy song, as I do every day."
Olive Riley posted more than 70 entries on her blog — or "blob" as she jokingly called it — since February 2007.
Olive Riley died Saturday at a nursing home in New South Wales.
On the site, The Life of Riley, and in a series of videos post on YouTube, Riley mused on her day-to-day life. She also recounted living through two world wars and raising three children on her own while working as a cook and a bar maid. (Read more)
SOURCE; CNN
Since we are in the midst of a long holiday weekend, I want you to be comfortable with the etiquette of eating the hot dog found at traditional Fourth of July picnics. This tongue in cheek video should help.
OK, this might not pass your politically correct test, but I really belly laughed over it when it arrived in my In box. In addition to being funny, it is also very true.
Looking back to a time when we once shared a house with a Miniature Schnauzer who daily lived by the quoted philosophy, I now recognize that his mental health was in a better condition than mine.
In the words of George Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” You need to remember that work-site safety rules, the forty hour work week, health care, retirement benefits, overtime pay, paid vacation, seniority and many other things that are now considered commonplace were instituted because of the sacrifices made by many union members.
Those benefits were not given due to employer’s generosity. You need to remember that some of those union members paid the price for them with their lives—literally. They were shot, or beaten to death. This week everyone who works for wages needs to honor the early members of the United Auto Workers who introduced collective bargaining to a new industry.
On Feb. 11, 1937, the 44-day Flint Sit-Down Strike ended when General Motors recognized the United Auto Workers as the sole bargaining unit for its workers. The strike started Dec. 29, when union members occupied a plant after hearing GM — in anticipation of a strike — had planned to move some equipment out of the plant. Eventually, President Franklin Roosevelt got involved and an agreement was forged.
Within a year, the UAW saw its membership grow to 500,000 members from 30,000. The Flint Sit-down Strike was, as the British Broadcasting System later noted, “the strike heard round the world.”
SOURCE: Freep.com
The dramatic military style battles depict the times and the desperation of those involved. The outcome much later in time proved that both the union and the company could coexist and indeed prosper beyond anyone’s expectations. Those who made the cars could finally afford to buy them, pouring profits back to the stockholders. Spreading the wealth caused more to be created. The pension and wages won by the workers raised the standard of living for the whole country.
SOURCE: The Detroit News
I am ashamed to say that I live in the same county that has just had a brawl at a Chuck E Cheese. That certainly seems to be an indicator that our society is in its last days. Maybe the radical Muslims have been right about us after all.
I have been angry with the music industry for many reasons for many years. The latest reason is their utter stupidity when dealing with the issue of a new disribution medium. The shift to digital from the more easily controllable analog stuff was just too much for them to handle and they went totally berserk. Instead of developing a workable marketing plan, they just started suing people. Real smart, guys. Now everyone hates you.
There are things we all can learn from this debacle. Author and marketing guru Seth Godin hit the proverbial nail on the head with his blog post Music Lessons: Things you can learn from the music business (as it falls apart).
In an article by Phil Mercer, on the BBC News (Sydney) web site, we learn of an interesting way to keep life interesting for older men. I include this because the average ham’s age is over fifty. The article makes you want to invite a bunch of guys over to your ham shack and hand out soldering irons.
Australia has come up with a novel weapon in the fight against high rates of male suicide and depression —a variation on the humble shed.
The Men’s Shed movement is booming in disused warehouses and other suburban buildings, which are being transformed into havens for mostly older men to socialise. [sic]
At the last count there were 216 of them around the country and more are on the way. (Read more)
SOURCE: BBC
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