-=> Quoting Ed Vance to Nancy Backus on 05-01-19  09:10 <=-

 JM>> I will have notes such as "turn north at such-and-such place" and so
 JM>> on.  The map is nearby as a reference as well.
 JM>> I have a large atlas for my trip but so many of the blue highways
 JM>> are just wiggly lines here and there with no numbers on them.
 JM>> I've always believed the shortest distance between two points is a
 JM>> straight lines and will see this squiggly line is shorter in distance
 JM>> but no numbers.

 EV> I can't remember the name of the small town I was driving to, South
 EV> Bound on US 31W, between Louisville, KY and Bowling Green, KY,
 EV> I 'think' South of Elizabethtown, KY ??, but I had a BIG SURPRIZE
 EV> at one spot where the 2 Lane Road did a quick Zig-Zag.
 EV> So be VERY Careful Joe on those unfamiliar Highways.

I've had similar surprises on back roads... one does have to keep one's
wits about them...  

 EV> Nancy, I'm sure Joe will stop at the first REST STOP after driving
 EV> across a State Line and get a up-to-date Map and get answers to
 EV> questions about traveling through the State.

I hope he does... or at least makes a stop at AAA to get maps for all
the states he is going to be traveling in... Real maps are the best
thing for traveling safely...  

 NB> ... As of next week, passwords will be entered in Morse code.

 EV> DIT DAAAAH DIT    ( .-. = R which means "ROGER!" or "AFFIRMATIVE!" .
 EV> You can tell I held the Key down on the Dash portion of the character
 EV> R to show I am   V E R Y   excited to be able to do that at Sign On.

Thank you for the translation... my knowledge of Morse Code is very
rudimentary, as I've never gone for a ham license...  

 EV> I was 16 when the F.C.C. licensed Me as KN4ZIQ.
 EV> The ZIQ part means - Zero Intelligence Quotient ( 0.0 I.Q. ) .

Was that your choice, or was the the usual assignment for novices...?

 EV> Stay Tuned, Same Time, Same Frequency.
 EV> (I remember the old phrase was Same Time, Same Channel - but I never
 EV> had a Citizens Band Radio License, so I use the word Frequency instead
 EV> of Channel.) 

And bbsing isn't quite the same either, not being time-dependent for
connection...   But it's the same echo, anyway.... 

ttyl      neb

... ME sane?  I don't think so!!  ;*)

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