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DrC527 said:
I do have an amateur radio license,
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I am considering jumping into the amateur radio space. I used to think that it was way too expensive for me to consider. I do understand that if you want to spend 200K plus, it's is fully possible. But I also recently realized that you can get started as a beginner for VERY reasonable prices. Just saw a handheld today for about $30. I understand that cheapest isn't always the best rout...but it seems that between handhelds and portables, this hobby is easy to get into. I know I need a license...but just wondering some thoughts on those here that are HAM operators. Some questions I...
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DrC527 said:
Yours?
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I ride motorcycles, am a beekeeper, run bingo at the VFW, enjoy gardening & stargazing, keep snakes and tarantulas, and I collect vintage shaving stuff, creepy dolls, clowns, uranium glass, medical oddities, human skulls, and just about anything creepy or macabre.
 
Jaro1069 said:
We like it a lot, the area has started getting "pricey" though in the last few years.... And I just wish sometimes for Not so many tourists.. Haha, though that's what helps keep things / prices from going completely crazy..
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Unfortunately that is anywhere in Florida. My first house was $130,000 in 2008, now, could not find anything under $600,000.
 
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I am considering jumping into the amateur radio space. I used to think that it was way too expensive for me to consider. I do understand that if you want to spend 200K plus, it's is fully possible. But I also recently realized that you can get started as a beginner for VERY reasonable prices. Just saw a handheld today for about $30. I understand that cheapest isn't always the best rout...but it seems that between handhelds and portables, this hobby is easy to get into. I know I need a license...but just wondering some thoughts on those here that are HAM operators. Some questions I...
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I ride motorcycles, am a beekeeper, run bingo at the VFW, enjoy gardening & stargazing, keep snakes and tarantulas, and I collect vintage shaving stuff, creepy dolls, clowns, uranium glass, medical oddities, human skulls, and just about anything creepy or macabre.
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What made you start collecting uranium glass? I have only ever seen pictures of it.
 
DrC527 said:
What made you start collecting uranium glass? I have only ever seen pictures of it.
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It was a combination of a few things. I had an ex-girlfriend that collected depression era glass, and we discovered uranium glass together. I have a background in nuclear weapons in the military, so something that contains uranium I thought was pretty cool. And I've long loved things that glow under a blacklight (like scorpions and certain rocks), so once I discovered that uranium glows extremely brightly under a blacklight I was hooked. I love the thrill of the hunt and finding pieces in the wild. That goes for all of my collections. I just love antique stores.
 
Spider said:
It was a combination of a few things. I had an ex-girlfriend that collected depression era glass, and we discovered uranium glass together. I have a background in nuclear weapons in the military, so something that contains uranium I thought was pretty cool. And I've long loved things that glow under a blacklight (like scorpions and certain rocks), so once I discovered that uranium glows extremely brightly under a blacklight I was hooked. I love the thrill of the hunt and finding pieces in the wild. That goes for all of my collections. I just love antique stores.
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Interesting. I do not have many antiques; though, I do have some old pocket watches. I do not think any of them glow under black light.
 
NurseDave said:
That's Darwin at work right there...
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I grew up in Pennsylvania. The area was "special." My good friend's brother described as de-evolution. He said that anyone worthwhile-whether 8 or 80 will leave, and all that is left are the mongoloid freaks, and they reproduce, and the gene pool spirals further down.

Is it Darwin or Highlander, there can be only one? I hope GearNoir and I do not have to battle to the death!
 
DrC527 said:
I grew up in Pennsylvania. The area was "special." My good friend's brother described as de-evolution. He said that anyone worthwhile-whether 8 or 80 will leave, and all that is left are the mongoloid freaks, and they reproduce, and the gene pool spirals further down.
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I think you are talking about where I live now.🥲
 
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