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It's time for Ham Talk Live. It's episode number
325, live from Hamvention 2025, recorded on Thursday,
May 15th, Hamvention Eve. I'm your host Neal
Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this special
episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight we're joined
by Paul Brown, WD9GCO. and Eric Elwell, Katie
for BNT and Michael Coulter, W8CI. Well, we've
got a couple of firsts here for the show. And
first is we have a new location because we're
not at the same old hotel we used to stay at.
And so we're coming to you from Holiday Inn in
Fairborn and. just just renovated. In fact, I
think I'm the first one to use this room since
the since the renovation happened. And so it's
it's looking really nice. And it's it's also
a first because we're streaming live on YouTube
because, well, Spreaker quit streaming live.
And so there wasn't much of a choice. So I set
it up to stream on YouTube. But in time for the
random banter. I love it when I get here for
the random banter. Hang on. Let me put on the
headphones. And now, is there a level for the
headphones, Neil? Because I can't hear myself.
And you know how much I love to hear myself.
Well, okay. All right. That's fine. I can do
it. Now I can hear myself. Well, and here's the
video shop. We're not used to doing video. No
kidding. So this is rare. I mean, we haven't
done HamTalk Live for a long time. Yeah, but,
you know, it's it's HamVision time. So we got
to do it. And this is a special year for you
because you're like a big deal this year. Yeah,
and because you're a big deal, I have something
for you, Neil. So you remember, you remember
a few years ago you treated me to a stack of
headshots. Yes, I remember that. You still have
some. And I brought one this year, apparently.
And you still have one. And you still brought
me one. I have some, I will make sure you have
one. But you now have your very own headshot.
Oh, I have. I have my own. Headshots. Here we
go. And it's with the news line logo and everything.
Yeah. And it says 20, 25 hand bench, an amateur
of the year, 20, 21, Carol Perry, educator of
the year. And it also says close personal friend
of Paul Brown, WD 9 GCO. Very, very nice. That's
the important one. Yes, very nice touch, a close
possible friend of Paul Brown WDI GCO. Now do
you understand why I didn't have the monitor
on? I can hear myself twice in delay. Right.
So I'm turning it off. I'm turning the monitor
off. Yeah, the digital delay is just too much.
So if you come by the Yoda booth, make sure Neil
will have these with him. And if you would like
an autographed photo of Neil, he has some. Now,
these are color. Yours were black and white.
Oh, there's not as many of them, though. Well,
OK. I did get you 100. So how many did I rate?
I think, well, this was real quick, and I printed
them kind of at home -ish, so I didn't print
100. If there's a demand, we'll get more made.
You think there'll be a demand? Well, you are
a close person, friend of Paul Brown. Paul Brown,
wd .gco, yes. I would imagine there will be a
demand, because we know how much mine have been
in demand. I have, I think, 80 of them left.
Yeah, it's gonna be 79 before the weekend is
over right weekends over. Yes Okay, so so there
you have it, you know first time at this location
first time On on YouTube this studio is a lot
nicer than the last one. Yeah, it is it actually
is okay, so we're gonna we're gonna take a look
at the weather and We're gonna we're gonna look
at some things to help these find people who
are coming to Hamvention so they don't make the
same mistake that I made yesterday coming in
and missing my turn. So we're going to talk about
that. And we're going to talk to Michael Coulter,
W8CI. He's going to tell you about all the latest
changes that have been made, because there have
been a few last minute changes. And then later
on, you're doing a remote broadcast, right? I
can try. Okay, you got your phone charged up
zoom on it and all that I do Okay. Okay. All
right. We'll be we'll be ready to go All right.
Well first let's check the weather now the weather
Yeah, the weather forecast suddenly changed I
got a text from Michael Coulter last night at
like 10 minutes to midnight and showed the weather
outlook that had been released. And so we wanted
to kind of get the word out on the weather, but
it looks like we'll actually be in decent shape
during Hamvention hours. So let's hear more about
that from our exclusive Spectrum One News Hamvention
weather forecast with chief meteorologist Eric
Elwell, KD4, BN. and tea. Thanks, Neil. Here's
your hand benching forecast for this weekend.
We are keeping a close eye on storms the next
couple of nights. for tonight will monitor storms
that could come in late after midnight between
about midnight and six a .m. a little bit greater
threat as you get up north of I 70 but we'll
still watch that closely there is a chance that
if those storms can make it one or two of those
could be strong so you might have a way to be
alerted to severe weather overnight now most
of the day Friday looks dry another sunny warm
afternoon with temperatures in the lower to middle
eighties but once again Friday evening a little
bit earlier but any time after about five or
six o 'clock Friday evening the threat for more
storms and some of those could be strong or severe
in fact a little bit greater threat for severe
weather here Friday evening. We'll have to pay
attention with that potential for some damaging
winds and hail, maybe even an isolated tornado.
So another evening to stay weather aware. The
good news is all this gets out of here for Saturday
and Sunday. Maybe a few early showers on Saturday,
a little breezy, cooler. Temperatures fall back
into the 70s, but should be a pretty nice weekend.
With the exclusive HamTalk Live, Hamvention Weather
Forecast on Spectrum News 1, Chief Meteorologist
Eric Elwell, KD4BNT73. All right. Thanks again,
Eric, for that. catch Eric on spectrum cable
on spectrum news one across Ohio on channel one.
And when you're here in the Dayton area for continuing
weather coverage, I know he recorded that for
us five o 'clock for Eric. So he's keeping an
eye on on all of that. And Paul, I should mention,
I want to apologize to all the people who are
watching the show because, you know, we're radio
guys and. We don't, we don't do video. And so,
you know, it's kind of like, I just kind of threw
it together and the shots are all off and I'm
not even watching YouTube right now. There's
probably people in the chat and I have no idea.
I believe the term is faces for radio. Yes, exactly.
We have faces for radio. So if the lighting's
off and you only see like half of Paul or whatever,
yeah, then I have no idea. There's a camera,
but we aren't seeing ourselves, so we're just
guessing. Yeah, so we're just guessing. So that's
it. All right. Well, let's take a look at the...
Oh, I need to turn that off so I don't hear it.
Okay. Let's take a look at the gas prices. Actually,
gas prices around here are actually pretty good.
I need to fill up in the morning. Yeah, it's
actually better than home, which home is usually
really good. But the best price right now is
Meyer just down the street from us on Colonel
Glenn Highway. It's two forty eight in Xenia.
It's 253 at the Speedway on US 68 and the Shell
on US 68 and Kroger on Main Street. And most
places in the in the Xenia area in the southeast
area are running around 253 to 258. Somewhere
in there, I think Costco was 264. So, you know,
Most of the the prices are pretty good in the
southeast area So kind of a closer you get to
Hamwich and the better the gas prices the place
right up the street from us is cheaper than Costco.
Yeah It's not worth me driving over there then
yeah, that's what I usually do is go over there
to Costco, but no, okay so right now it's it's
Meyer just Probably look out the window and see
it cheap is good. Yes, absolutely All right.
Well We're going to talk to Michael Coulter,
WHCI, and find out some more about Hamvention
to help your trip here. It's Hamvention Eve live
with HamTalk Live. And we'll be back right after
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And before we talk to Michael Colter, W8CI, you
know, it wouldn't be a HamTalk Live episode if
we didn't do this. It's time for the HamTalk
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Joke of the Week. The external speaker on my
HF rig went out so I sent it away for repair.
It's been two weeks and I still haven't heard
anything. Yeah, I think that one fit on that
one. Yeah, that's good. Yeah. Well, yesterday
I had a chance to sit down with Michael Coulter,
WHCI, the official spokesperson of the Dayton
Hamvention. And we talked about traffic and parking
and all kinds of stuff. And let me let me give
this disclaimer, because when we talked yesterday,
the weather forecast was not quite the same.
And so. It's not far off, but we kind of snuck
in that severe stuff possible overnight thing.
So keep in mind this was from yesterday, but
we'll go to this interview with Michael Coulter,
WHCI. Here live at Hamvention 2025 with Michael
Coulter, WHCI, the official spokesperson of the
Dayton Hamvention. And Michael, looks like it's
going to be another great year. Yeah, it's going
to be a great year. We have ticket sales that
are strong, if not stronger than they've been
in many, many years. And we have vendors. Actually,
there was a waiting list of vendors to get in
here. And they're here. And let me say something
about the vendors. Some of these, or most of
them, are just absolutely beautiful. It's just
not just a couple tables turned together. I mean,
some of these vendors come in here and they have
absolute works of art. And the radios and equipment
that they're selling. And there'll be new equipment
that will be unveiled. And I just can't tell
you what a great event this is. Neil, you've
been coming here a long time, and so have I.
Every time it gets really close to wow, it's
really going to happen. You know, everybody here
is excited and are over 600, nearly 700 volunteers.
These are the people that make this happen. I'm
just a volunteer. None of us get paid to do this.
I mean, there's no little stipend. that any of
us, especially on the board, we get a little
extra, we do not. And we pride ourselves on that.
And this year, our theme is radio independence.
And you know, Neil, that means a lot of things.
And to me, I've thought a lot about that, radio
independence, and what that means, and how many
people in the world have not had. And still to
this day, don't have radio independence and communications
independence. And now look what we've got. Pota
and soda and you know, that radio independence
could die if we don't protect our spectrum. Very,
very true. And you know, all of those and more
are represented here. You can you can learn a
lot about whatever aspect of amateur radio you're
into Right here at Hamvention. So I know you
know in the past now, you know last year I My
schedule didn't allow to do the show so we missed
last year, but I know previous years you've always
said that you put in your call to the National
Weather Service and asked them to to make sure
that the forecast is good. So what's our weather
outlook looking like? Well, it's good that you
ask that. And they're working hard on it. And
unfortunately, the National Weather Service has
had some cutbacks. But the weather looks like,
yeah, will we get some rain? We expect any rain
or storms that we have to come at the end of
the show each day, if we get any. That generally
is the case. And, you know, could it rain a little
bit? It could sprinkle. But, you know, that's
hand -vention. And, you know, the grounds are
not muddy right now. We have good drainage. Everything's
cut, you know, and in good shape. But we have
we are looking for good weather. And, you know,
it's a little a little rainy here the last few
days. But the way those weather patterns work,
they move out and then. good weather. The good
weather like the good DX will be here. There
we go. While we're talking about the National
Weather Service, you were mentioning to me a
bit ago before we started recording that they
had to, you had to make some adjustments to the
forums. Go ahead and tell us a little bit about
that. Oh yeah, we are, we were heartbroken and
one of the things that I do is I live just south
of here between Zena and Wilmington, Ohio. And
I am my actual... a net control operator at the
National Weather Service. And in this region,
we cover southern Ohio. If you take a, well actually
the southern half of Ohio, if you take a line
and draw it about 15 miles north of Columbus,
right across the state and south, that's our
area, plus a lot of northern Kentucky counties
as well as eastern Indiana. So now, Because of
the government cutbacks, they are they're not
allowed to do any more ins on -site Sky warm
training, which is a spotter training so critical,
especially around here. We're disappointed but
the the head guy down there at the National Weather
Service gave me a call and he's really heartbroken.
They were planning on having a forum here and
they had to cancel that forum. And they always
have a booth here and they're not allowed to
come up and do the booth. So we have Skywarn
people that are gonna take over the booth to
give out Skywarn information. But unfortunately
having to cancel their forum at the last minute
was... Very, very, very sad, but we have a person
in there, a trainer, and that's gonna be Michael
Martens out of Wisconsin. And those of you who
follow much on YouTube know that Michael has
wonderful videos, and he's really a POTA expert.
He doesn't say he is, but I think he is. I enjoy
his videos. But not only do I like his videos,
I mean, he's never trying to put anything down,
he's very positive, and my God, we need positive
in this hobby all the time. And he's very positive,
and the other thing that he does is he, in the
descriptions of where he's going, he studies
the history of the area, and as he's driving
down the road, he'll point out, you know, this
group founded this little town, and this is what
they did. Very, very interesting. And that part
of the country, Wisconsin, is a very interesting
place. And I have found that out just by watching
his videos. But irregardless of that, we have
a lot of great forums that are going to take
place. And the RCA has a forum on the effects
of AI and amateur radio. And that one's going
to be on Friday morning. That should be a great
forum. But I don't want to go through and talk
about all the different forums. What I do want
to urge you to do is to look at our website,
which is hamvention .org, or download the joint
ARL Hamvention app. It's got tons of information
on it. And there's a lot of evening activities
that will be listed there, plus on our website.
So when you come to Hamvention, You know, you
gotta have a plan. If you come here and go, well,
this place is big, and you start wandering around,
you could miss things. You could miss one of
the most wonderful forums that would just hit
right at what you want. So take a look for that,
and then when you're talking to the vendors,
they wanna help you any way they can. We're all
into this amateur radio thing together, and it's
a partnership, and we all consider it a partnership,
Neil. I know you do, with all the stuff you do
with youth. Plus, we have some tremendous youth
activities through the RCA and also through the
ARRL, so please take a look at that. Yeah, a
lot of great forums. I will be at the youth forum
and try to get to some of the other ones as I
can. We've got a lot going on. Of course, we've
got our Yoda Youth Socials on Friday and Saturday.
And I actually had one of our Yoda campers' parents
contact me. They're coming to Hamvention for
the first time and said, hey, what are we doing
the evenings? So I just had that talk with them.
I know you mentioned some work here being done
at the fairgrounds that you wanted to talk about.
So what's happening here at the Green County
Fairgrounds? Well, I think it's in great shape.
You know, the grounds look Looked super. Grass
is all cut really nice. Everything's lay marked
out. And of course we work with police departments,
the fire departments from around the area. And
that includes, you know, our state highway patrol,
sheriff, and Xenia township fire department,
as well as Xenia police department. And we work
together to make sure that it is safe. atmosphere
for everybody and I will say that the fair board
here at the expo center has they have worked
with us they're out here working to to make sure
this is a you know a top -notch event and and
it's like I mentioned our volunteers are all
doing so much because in this area at least the
people that work with handvention and they come
from all over the world to work here it's a very
international event and the exciting thing is
We all see it as, you know, our give back to
amateur radio in one way or the other. It's our
give back. And, and that goes along with radio
independence. You know, we're independent, but
yet we're giving back. Yeah, I noticed the fair
board president pulling weeds while ago. They're,
they're really, really after it to make this
a great event. Another thing that I found on
the way in today, which I kind of expected but
wasn't necessarily prepared for like I wanted,
was the drive in from Dayton. The interchange
there at Trebine Road was under construction
last year and starting to... You know, we're
kind of waiting for Hamvention to be over before
they go in full force on that. And they've had
a year to work on that. And so the traffic pattern,
if you're coming in on 35. from Dayton is a little
bit different, so why don't you talk a little
bit about that. Yeah, that's a great point, a
great comment, is that if you are coming in from
the Dayton area, and you're following 35N, that
there isn't a place you want to get off at Trayvine
Road, and we have a couple of those big signs
along the highway that will tell you to stay
in the right lane. because it's kind of counterintuitive.
They don't have this exchange completely done
yet, but they have enough of it and we'll have
police out there to direct traffic to make sure
we get this continuous right turn and keep the
flow going to the fairgrounds. And we've hired
a professional parking group to help us make
sure that we can get people parked. parked safely
and quickly and keep that traffic flowing. And
that's another big addition this year that we've
done. But when you come down 35, be sure you
watch the signs, but stay to the right. If you
miss it, you miss a turn, you can go right in
the center of Xenia and make a left on the US
Route 68, and that'll take you right up to the
fairgrounds. There'll be a turn on Fairgrounds
Road. It's not bad, but our talk in, 146 .940
is excellent, and I want to put a plug in. There's
a repeater, which is a wide area repeater. I
mean, big from Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton area.
lot of good people on there and I talked to the
guys in charge of that and they're welcoming
you to use this repeater. It's 145 .110 with
a tone of 67. So that's a great repeater if you're
coming in from Columbus even and you need help,
hit that repeater. Guys and gals there will help
you but our talk in is at 146 .940. Make sure
you listen to that one too. Yeah, so yeah instead
of keeping left make sure you keep right if you're
gonna turn there at Trebine Road Let's see we
have Another very important topic to discuss
this cannot happen with one or two people you
have An amazing group here of volunteers that
give of their time. And I know that's always
something close to your heart. So talk a little
bit about the volunteers that are working this
week. I can't say enough for these volunteers.
A lot of them, you know, a lot of Dayton area
has a lot of professional people, you know, like
scientists and lots of engineers because of the
Bright -Patterson Air Force Base. And there's
a lot of supporting organizations. But we have
everybody from, you know, scientists to school
teachers to, you know... everything in between
and below or above, whatever you want to call
it. But they all have a passion for amateur radio
and they all have a passion to make this a great
event. And we work together. You know what the
amazing thing is, Neil, about the Dayton Amateur
Radio Association and the hand benching team
is how minimal the drama is. You know, there's...
In any group, you have little things that happen.
But I am so impressed with this team, and we
always talk about, okay, we've had that, let's
just get over it and move on, and let's talk
it out, and let's respect each other. Maybe it's
part of our ham radio group that's getting closer
to their own personal checkout line, but we want
to try to be as respectful. taking that deep
breath and being patient. And so when you're
out here, and if a volunteer is helping you,
say a volunteer's driving a golf cart and taking
you from point A to point B, thank them. Thank
a volunteer. They're not getting paid anything
to do this. And out here in the hot sun, well,
the weather will be good, so it won't be hot,
but it's extra work. But thank them. They're
all doing their... They're all doing the very
best they can. Well, Michael, I think that's
that's about everything I can think of. So if
you have anything else, why feel free. Yeah,
I just want to tell everybody out here and that
Neil is the he won the amateur of the year award
and most deservedly. He was nominated this year,
he's been nominated before, and it is hard to
win this award. I mean, there's been so many
great people win this, but his work and his love
in amateur radio, especially toward the youth
of amateur radio and other things that he does,
just can't be beat. I mean, he's an example to
many of us of really the excellence that there
is in amateur radio. to get more people interested
and not only get them interested, get them involved
and keeping them involved. So if you see Neil
out there or you want to send him a personal
congratulations, please do that. Well, I mean,
it's a very, very difficult award to win. He
won this thing and we are all proud of it. And
I have had nothing but people sending emails
back saying, wow, Hanvention did a good job awarding
him with this honor. And so Neil, congratulations
on that. You won't speak of it yourself, but
we're all very proud of you and we are happy
you're in the amateur radio community. So thank
you. Job well done. Well, thank you very much.
It's quite an honor. I look at that list of past
winners. And I just, you know, kind of like,
really, I'm in this group. But it's always great
to be recognized for the things that you've done.
And you know, I've been spending a lot of time
on this. So this Yoda thing and the high schools
and then all the youth activities and newsline
and this show, although I don't get to do it
much anymore. But It's been a lot of fun, and
I wouldn't have it any other way. So thank you
for that. All right. Well, we'll come back here
in a minute and talk more about Hamvention right
here on HamTalk Live. All right. Well, that was
Michael Coulter, WHCI, the official spokesperson
for the Dayton Amateur Radio Association's Hamvention.
We'll talk about a few more activities here,
but Paul, I think it's probably time to get that
remote started. I'm heading downstairs. Okay,
very good. So we'll talk to Paul here in just
a bit. But for updates, as hand -vention is going
on, you can check the talk -in frequencies, as
Michael said, 146 .94. The PL is 123 on that,
and the bulletin loop is on 145 .525. and hamvention
.org the webpage and the social media accounts
and of course the ARRL events smartphone app
and Michael mentioned all of those and also the
the wide area system 14511 so just check those
out and you can find the app search for hamvention
in your app store whichever platform you're on
and you can You can check that out. Well, there's
a lot of other activities going on, as Michael
said, and the best place to find those would
be on hamvention .org or on the app. But there's
so many activities going on. I can't get through
all of them, but some of the ones that I noted
here, of course, the National Voice of America
Museum of Broadcasting has already started their
open house hours. They're Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
noon to 9 p .m. And on Sunday from noon to 5
p .m., you can check that out at voamuseum .org.
They're in Westchester, Ohio, just south of Dayton
off of I -75. And you really need to check them
out if you haven't already. The contest super
sweet, of course, is every night at the Hope
Hotel in Fairborn. And that's about 7 p .m. to
2 a .m. each night. And there's always plenty
of pizza. Dara is having an open house on Friday
and Saturday at their clubhouse. And that's from
6 to 8 p .m. in Huber Heights. So that's not
too far away. So you can check that out. And
then there's all kinds of dinners. There's a
contest dinner, the top baby dinner, all kinds
of dinners and events going on. So check out
the website and check that out. All right, well,
for our final part here, we're going to try this
once again. We haven't done this in a while.
And maybe the new location will be better for
us. But Paul Brown, WD9GCO, is down in the lobby
here and headed out toward the parking lot. And
we're going to play the game that we tried before
and see if we have any better luck. Let's find
Texans All right, you're ready I'm ready. So
so Paul's gonna go around and just ask random
people if they're from Texas. Oh And we have
we have people we have to tell me I'm currently
on with Amdoc live with Neil rap and we're trying
to find our interview by any chance from Texas
All right. You know, we struck out. We're going
to keep going. Okay. Okay. Where, where, where
are they from? Oh, well, okay. Where are you
from? All South Dakota, South Dakota. Okay. Arizona
is close to Texas. Much closer than South Dakota.
Yes. Yeah. Much closer than South Dakota, but
all right. Thank you. Okay. Are you guys by any
chance from Texas? Oh my god, Neil! Neil! You
found somebody from Texas! And so you're obviously
in town for an invention. Is that what's going
on here? I've heard. I just. Yeah. Or you just
stopped by Ohio for the fun of it. Well, it is
a pretty state. Yeah, it is. So and we're doing
cameras here. So what's your name? Jeremy Brown.
Jeremy. OK. And Chase. All right. There we go,
Neil. We got all right. Congratulations, we finally
won. Because like at a casino, yeah, you know,
when you hit the royal flush, you know, it's
your luck to run out and it's time to go back.
After all these years. Yes, we finally we finally
found okay. Okay, now now the next the next thing,
Paul. is you have to go through the parking lot
and find license plates with ham radio call signs
from all 50 states. OK, we do have a convention
to get to tomorrow. You know that. Yeah, no,
you can't come back until you have all 50 states.
All right, I'll see you sometime next week. Just
kidding. Thank you, Paul. Paul Brown, the GCO,
the man on the street. He won. And don't forget
everybody stopped by the youth on the air booth
this weekend and asked for that photo autographed
by Neil and personal friend of personal friend
of Paul Brown. That's right. We deny GCO. All
right. Thanks Paul. All right. Seven three. All
right. There you go. Paul Brown to 89 GCO. Well,
All right, Paul's going back to, uh, to vendor
night down at four days in May down in the, uh,
on the lower level of the first floor down here.
So he's going back, uh, over there, but, uh,
before we go, let's, let's take one more, uh,
look at the weather with, uh, Eric Elwell, Katie
for BNT. Taking one last look at the weather
for hand, Vincent, we are keeping an eye out
for some storms very late tonight, but a greater
threat for some storms here in southwestern Ohio
coming up tomorrow evening. Those storms could
be strong, could include damaging winds and hail.
So we'll watch that closely for Friday evening
from about 6 p .m. to midnight. The weekend looks
dry with temperatures cooling back down to the
mid 70s. With your Hamvention weather, I'm Spectrum
News One Chief Meteorologist Eric Elwell, Katie
for BNT. All right, Eric, thank you so much.
And you can catch him on Spectrum Cable, Channel
One. Spectrum News One is the name of that channel.
And we want to thank Eric for. doing that every
year. Well, that's it for this edition of HamTalk
Live. It's been a while since we've done one
of these. So thanks for tuning in, listening.
And that's it. So that's a wrap for this edition
of HamTalk Live. Thanks to my guests, Eric Elwell,
Katie for BNT, Michael Coulter, W8CI, Paul Brown,
WD9GCO, and everybody out there in cyberspace
for listening. And I invite you back next time.
And for a list of all of our upcoming guests,
go to HamTalkLive .com and you never know, we
may do another special episode or two every once
in a while. So check that out. So for now, this
is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7375, and may the
good DX be yours. Well you came right back to
my CQ call Your Readability 5 and Strength 9
You never once mentioned your weather at all
And I didn't mention mine We talked and talked
for hours and hours I completely forgot you're
a ham I don't know your power or the height of
your tower And frankly I don't give a damn So
73's, to you and your family I'll be seeing you
further down the line You're 73's, to you and
your family I'll be seeing you further down the
line It's hard to believe that you're empty indeed
Cause you sound just like a local up here But
why don't those whistling Mediterranean's Check
if your frequency's clear In our shacks we have
talked about thousands of things About shoes,
about ships, about ceiling wax About cabbages
and kings So 73's