Bob West:  

CLASS OF 1970
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Morgantown, WV
Morgantown, WV

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Life After MHS I went to work for Lionel Farr's dad at the Physics Department at WVU. I did lab setups and grading and teaching labs while in undergraduate school and worked part time at the WVU Computer Center (later known as WVNET)... When I was in grad school I got a call from a friend who had gone to Dallas Texas. The were hiring at Texas Instruments and paying what seemed like real money (after grad student wages!) I stayed at TI until the Defense Segment was sold to Raytheon and got reorganized. My last positing there was teaching C programming and UNIX. I moved back home to Morgantown after 20 years in Texas. I am now working for a consulting service called Metro that was assimilated into a larger company called Keane. They had me on assignment to the FBI center near Clarksburg where I supported Software Developers on a cluster of UNIX servers. After a few years and ...Expand for more
a contract changeover, I moved to another contracting company named UTA, which was subsequently bought by DigitalNet and finally that was bought by BAE Systems IT, North America. So sitting at the same desk with the same phone number and the same job assignment I've worked for 5 different companies. I just spent a year on contract to Lockheed at the Middletown Mall in Fairmont, which was kind of cool since it cut 20 miles per day off the drive. Now I'm back at Clarksburg on a new project, and am settling in to that. Family: My Mom passed in 1996 and I lost Dad in 2003. I'm out here at the farm by myself, except for about half a dozen semi-feral cats (should never have fed the first one!) Fun: Ham Radio, Blue Lodge, an occasional movie, and playing guitar. Texas was neat, and there are places and people there I truly miss, but West Virginia has really always been home.
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St Patrick's Day 2006
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Fender Stratocaster, Lake Placid Blue
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Field Day 2005
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Dad & Me at Barrackville
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Is THIS the next phase? I was hunting POTAs and heard several stations calling "Park to Park". Sounded like a bunch of dogs barking!!

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I did it. 
I let the dogs out. 
Sorry, they seemed like
Pretty calm around here!
ARRL FIELD DAY 2022 is coming up soon -- June 25-26!

Make sure to "Elmer" the new members!
Ya think we can get this one?
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So, here's an oldie but still pretty good:

PUNCTUATE ME:
I captured this on a frame. I am trying to figure out what, if anything, it means.
I am not even sure WHAT language it is (if it is anything) It seems to have the "blocky" look of Korean but I am not at all sure.
Yeah, we got rain!
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67 years ago for my birthday I got a dog. A Chihuahua.  I do not remember the dog directly but my parents talked about it. He was named "Señor".

The other thing I remember was Mom telling me I either didn't properly hear o
From the grocery store, I've been getting That's Asia (brand) Chicken Chow Mein Noodles and also their Curry Noodles -- microwave entrees. 
Each one comes with a plastic foldable "SPORK"!!
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You got some weather down there?
Well, I guess I just had my last ever McRIB.

Apparently as of tomorrow (20 Nov 22) it will be permantly discontinued. 

It has had a funny history since its first national appearance in 1981.
So 41 years later -- bye bye!
My 2022 Christmas Season Playlist

Thanksgiving is over; Black Friday and Cyber Monday are in the books. 

The playlist is now open for submissions.

Last year's lead-off was "Baby It's Cold Outside" by Idina Menzel and Mic
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This arrived after Christmas, but is still very much appreciated!

Merry Christmas, Y'all!
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Hope everyone has a safe and sane St Paddy's Day!
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