Marge Simpson's sister is a ham!
John Mallick
Marge's cigarette-puffing, Gorgon-like sister is lamenting her lonely life and lack of a
child, she says something like "I still have my ham radio". The picture shifts to a radio
with a zillion knobs with some foreign-sounding voice coming out of the speaker; the
translation sub-title said "I have a ham radio."
Is this ARRL-approved advertising? :-)
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John A. Mallick WA1HNL
GE Corporate Research and Development
Schenectady, NY 12301
Robert Swirsky
>I don't know how many of you caught "The Simpsons" last night, but during one scene when
>Marge's cigarette-puffing, Gorgon-like sister is lamenting her lonely life and lack of a
>child, she says something like "I still have my ham radio". The picture shifts to a radio
>with a zillion knobs with some foreign-sounding voice coming out of the speaker; the
>translation sub-title said "I have a ham radio."
>
>Is this ARRL-approved advertising? :-)
>
I enjoyed seeing her radio.
The only other Ham Radio reference I've ever seen on a television sitcom was
an episode of Hazel. It went like this:
The kid in the Hazel household (I forget his name after 20 years)
befriends a new neighbor who is an amateur radio operator. Shortly
after, everyone in the house starts experiencing TVI.
The new neighbor ham is blamed for the TVI and a feud starts.
Eventually, the ham traces the cause of interference to an electric
blanket (!) in Hazel's house, and everyone apoliges to each other.
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73 & 88
Robert A. Swirsky AF2M
"Another EXTRA for NO-CODE!"
John Reynolds
>
>The only other Ham Radio reference I've ever seen on a television sitcom was
>an episode of Hazel. It went like this:
(sitcom plot deleted)
>Robert A. Swirsky AF2M
>"Another EXTRA for NO-CODE!"
My favorite Ham Radio references were on the "It's Gary Shandling's Show"
series. There's a scene where he's on the roof of his condo next to a
*huge* tower talking to his (platonic) girlfriend, Nancy. Gary says,
"You girls don't understand anything technical; you probably think an
SB-220 puts out 2KW".
There was also a line in another episode where he looks into the camera
with a bored expression and says something like, "I could be home working
JA's on 10 meters."
John Reynolds NZ7J
Tektronix TV Division
Beaverton, OR
Bill Mayhew
factored into the plot of many episodes.
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Rootstown, OH 44272-9995 USA phone: 216-325-2511
w...@uhura.neoucom.edu (140.220.1.1) 146.580: N8WED
Dan Tasman
>I don't know how many of you caught "The Simpsons" last night, but during one
>scene when Marge's cigarette-puffing, Gorgon-like sister is lamenting her
>lonely life and lack of a child, she says something like "I still have my ham
>radio". The picture shifts to a radio with a zillion knobs with some
>foreign-sounding voice coming out of the speaker; the
>translation sub-title said "I have a ham radio."
Two weeks ago on Beverly Hills 90210, there was a scene early in the show where
Brandon and Dillon were chatting next to their lockers. An adjacent locker had
a Yaesu sticker on it. Very subtle ham reference, if it is.
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Dan Tasman dta...@dante.nmsu.edu
(callsign pending ...) mol...@rever.nmsu.edu
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Michael G. Katzmann
>but during one scene when Marge's cigarette-puffing, Gorgon-like
>sister is lamenting her lonely life and lack of a child, she says
>something like "I still have my ham radio". The picture shifts to a radio
>with a zillion knobs with some foreign-sounding voice coming out
>of the speaker; the translation sub-title said "I have a ham radio."
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Yes, now you mention it, they DO look like some of my local radio club
members!
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Michael Katzmann > Broadcast Sports Technology Inc.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ < Crofton, Maryland. U.S.A
Amateur Radio Stations: >
NV3Z / VK2BEA / G4NYV / AAR3VK < opel!vk2bea!mic...@uunet.uu.net
Keith Poole
part of the (old) Yugoslavia they are in. In addition, YU5XTC handles
cards for some of these stations. He is located in Stip, which is in
Macedonia. Given that Macedonia is not recognized by the USA or Europe
(because of objections from the Greek government), how do I address mail
to Stip?
Thanks and 73.
Keith Poole (K7MOA/3)
Randall Rhea
Hams are made fun of on TV and movies quite a lot. We're seen
as wierd techno-nerds. The Simpsons' episode is no exception.
The general public has no idea why we would want to operate
a radio transmitter, or deal with all those wires and knobs.
73 DE KK6MY techno-nerdy and proud of it!
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Project Manager, MIS Sales/Marketing Systems uunet!pyramid!infmx!randall
Tom Skelton
Poole) writes:
>Macedonia. Given that Macedonia is not recognized by the USA or Europe
>(because of objections from the Greek government), how do I address mail
>to Stip?
Just a guess...I would recommend: Stip, Macedonia, Yugoslavia
Any international postal experts out there?
73,Tom WB4IUX
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Bruno Bienenfeld
from the log of AA6AD
WKOE...@esoc.bitnet
>>(because of objections from the Greek government), how do I address mail
>>to Stip?
>
>Just a guess...I would recommend: Stip, Macedonia, Yugoslavia
I'm not an international postal expert but...
The Macedonian government insists on the use of the name Macedonia but has
consented to adding "Skopje" to the name of the state under certain circum-
stances in order to avoid confusion in cases where it is desirable to make
a clear distinction between the former Yugoslav state and the Greek province
(or whichever term they prefer). Skopje is the capital of the new state.
So I would recommend the following form:
Name
City
MACEDONIA (SKOPJE)
Europe
Please omit the name "Yugoslavia". It does not exist anymore. Nowadays, I would
not even put it on a letter to an addresse in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia-
Hercegovina, even though the government there still uses the old name.
Yugoslavia (translated "South Slavia" = the land of the Southern slavs) has
never been a homogeneous entity but was held together artificially by force
over the decades.
73, Wolf.
DL3ZBJ, AB6EL, VK6BGV.
Sharon M Gartenberg
Regarding how to address mail to the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia:
>Please omit the name "Yugoslavia". It does not exist anymore. Nowadays, I would
>not even put it on a letter to an addresse in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia-
>Hercegovina, even though the government there still uses the old name.
>
>Yugoslavia (translated "South Slavia" = the land of the Southern slavs) has
>never been a homogeneous entity but was held together artificially by force
>over the decades.
>
In my opinion, there has been enough misinformation about the
situation in what is/was Yugoslavia without adding to it. You
may personally feel that Yugoslavia was an artificial entity,
and you may feel that ``Yugoslavia'' is an inappropriate name
for the 2 republics that are left. I can understand
that viewpoint. Nevertheless, it is absolutely false that Yugoslavia
``does not exist anymore.'' UN sanctions, for example, are imposed
against the new Yugoslavia -- which, by the way, is a federation of
Serbia and MONTENEGRO, not Serbia-Hercegovina (you have confused the
new Yugoslav federation with the republic of Bosnia & Hercegovina).
In addition, you may not want to write `Yugoslavia'' on a letter to
Belgrade, but ``Serbia'' is not an internationally recognized
destination country. Probably the letter would have an equal chance of
arriving with either ``Belgrade, Serbia'' or ``Belgrade, Yugoslavia''
on it. However, I find it hard to believe that the U.S. post office
would successfully route a letter to anywhere in Montenegro if the
address were simply a city and ``Montenegro.''
I do agree that ``Yugoslavia'' should be left off an address
to the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia. Macedonia is in a rather
odd international limbo, because the world does not seem to consider
it part of Yugoslavia anymore (I do not believe Yugoslav sanctions
apply to Macedonia, for example), yet the world does not recognize
its independence. I'm not sure if ``ex-Yugoslavia'' is a wise idea
to differentiate it from Greek Macedonia, considering the political
sensitivities.
73,
Sharon KC1YR
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Sharon Machlis Gartenberg
Framingham, MA USA
e-mail: sha...@world.std.com
Chuck Hutchinson K8CH
former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia may be addressed Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia. Updated addressing instructions will be issued
when the republic adopts a final recognized name."
That's what the PO says...
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