WD6AXM TX (146.085 MHz) recordings for 2026-03-11

Speaker A: Kk6vzd mobile w e6a x n repeater. Hello, Chris. Guess who it is.
Speaker B: You're back. You're still there.
Speaker A: Yeah. What is this? Just like herpes or something? Won't go away.
Speaker B: Okay, all right. So, all right, so, 13 days.
Speaker A: Well, how do you feel about it? Are you happy or what?
Speaker B: I think every time I leave and another day is over, I'm just a little bit happier than I was the day before.
Speaker A: Well, what's the reaction of your co workers? Are they glad you're going or don't care?
Speaker B: I don't know. Well, with all the changes, I have not worked with most of them for very long. So I think the actual real answer to that is they don't care.
Speaker A: Well, that seems to be a common attitude these days. You know, try to get somebody to do something for you in a business. Good luck.
Speaker B: Yes. Now, I have to say that the people I've supported over the years, the ones that are still around my customers, they have all expressed, you know, the opinion, the statement that they're going to miss me very much.
Speaker A: Well, that's good, you know, a positive comment, you know, that that's almost like friendship.
Speaker B: Yes, it is. Yes, it is. Yeah. And, you know, probably, you know, had my druthers. I'd rather have that positive attitude from my customers than my co workers.
Speaker A: Well, I'd say in general, you can't trust co workers, you know, because they've got their own agenda. They're glad you're leaving because it'll be good for them somehow.
Speaker B: Now they could go about their business without listening me to say, well, we used to do it this way.
Speaker A: Oh, well, you're a bad boy.
Speaker B: But some of the ways that we used to do things was better than the way that they're doing things now. And there have been a couple of times where I've just made that comment, like, I don't know why in the world we changed because this was working really well and it made more logical sense.
Speaker A: I think it's a common element that management makes decisions sometimes that are just wrong.
Speaker B: Yeah, well, yeah, so, yeah. Yeah, 13 days. Yeah. I went to breakfast this morning with a guy that I used to work with, one of the ones that was forced out. It's nice that we're still able to get together, you know, and enjoy one another's company.
Speaker A: Well, it's gonna be over soon
Speaker B: then.
Speaker A: You'll see, you know, you'll have a whole new set of different kinds of worries. And on that note, what's for dinner? Got any idea?
Speaker B: Tacos we had. My wife had a birthday party for me on Sunday. We had a couple of friends over and we had a taco bar. So some of that left over. So yes, that's what I'll be having.
Speaker A: Ah, I like tacos. You know what I did is bought some pre made meatloaf from Raley's. Okay. You know, in a package, it's cooked and everything actually was kind of good, you know, very tasty. And you can make tacos, burritos or open face sloppy joe kind of thing. Although the money.
Speaker B: Yes, yes, yes, actually, that does sound good. But what was it, about $12 for that?
Speaker A: Hey, you gotta learn to think and talk like an old man. And hey, protein is very important. This guy, this older guy buys a new watch and he goes to his friend and says, hey, look at this, Charlie, I got a brand new watch. Look at this. Johnny says, what kind is it? Oh, it's about 10:45.
Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, you know, actually being one of the older guys at work, I think the next closest guy is probably 15 years younger. And you know, you get, you get to this point in life and I know you know this, you can get set in your ways and your beliefs and stuff. And I have my, what I call my rant. And every once in a while those come out about, you know, the way things used to be. And I've told everybody at work, I said, you know what, you want to call me a kajer, an old fart, and I geezer or whatever, go right ahead, because I am.
Speaker A: Well, I think what you might find is you have to go to the doctor a lot, right? Once they get a hold of you, they, you know, they have this program, an agenda, and it's good for them to get you in there, give you all kinds of treatments, make you feel terrible and then tell you you got something wrong. They like it.
Speaker B: We'll see. You know, the guy that I was having breakfast with this morning, he actually doesn't live too far from me. He only lives three or four blocks away, but we've never socialized with one another. But he was talking about, he goes out walking in the evening with get down for more. So I might just say, hey, you want a partner? I'll do that with you.
Speaker A: Well, do you have a regular doctor or do you use. I don't know, I'm Kaiser or what do you do?
Speaker B: Oh, I have a doctor here up at Sutter Health. But you know, I get a regular. I get a doctor and they stay put for about three or four years, and then they. So I gotta get another doctor. And they stay put for about three or four years, and then they move on.
Speaker A: My doctor's over there at Sutter Health in Yuba City, off a bridge. They moved him, you know, when I used to live in Yuba County. But they have some kind of a deal where you can keep the same doctor since I've known the guy for about 12 years.
Speaker B: Wow, that's really astounding. I've never had a doctor that long.
Speaker A: Hey, it's a new world just for you.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker A: New things coming. But, you know, it's almost funny, though, that you get into this different age bracket. Men get into your 70s, you croak,
Speaker B: You know, things are already breaking. You want to hear something interesting? I got out of shower the other day and decided to help things along with a. With a hair dryer. Drying myself. I'm, you know, blowing up my legs, and I can't feel the wind. I can't feel the freeze on my. On my lower leg. Like, what in the world? So I point the thing at my arm. Yeah. I feel all sorts of breathe, but I point it at my legs again, and I can't feel it.
Speaker A: WP6A X N repeater. You know, if I had to write the Hollywood script, it goes like this. Joe Blow retires and then becomes diabetic.
Speaker B: Oh, it's the other way around for me. I'm already diabetic and now I'm retiring, so things are probably just going to get worse.
Speaker A: Well, welcome to the club here. And I wish there was an old man net somewhere. You know, get on, ask the questions. You know, when do you take your stool softener? Do you take it all at once or through the day? I mean, you think, ha, ha ha, that's funny.
Speaker B: No, it's not. I don't know.
Speaker A: I've never taken stool softeners before. But, you know, old guys,
Speaker B: we'll have to start the old fart net all by ourselves. I think about that.
Speaker A: Oh, well, I'm destined.
Speaker B: I got home. I got to go to choir practice tonight, so I gotta go check the mail, get inside and take a short rest before I go back out again. So I will talk to you later. Have a great evening. 73 KK, 60 ECD. Clear
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Speaker A: Ko6 muh. Looking for Michael out there. W16H.
Speaker B: W16H. This is Kilo Oscar 6 Mike Unicorn Hotel. This is Michael W E6A X N repeater.
Speaker A: Hey, Michael, how are you this morning? And congratulations on that new call sign.
Speaker B: Doing good this morning. Just tried doing AO 91 out there and, well, the satellite seems to be dead.
Speaker A: Yeah, well, it takes some effort to get to a satellite. Or are you trying to bounce off the satellite repeater or what you doing?
Speaker B: Trying to bounce off the repeater this morning? Yeah, its beacon was also dead, so I think it's finally hit the dust.
Speaker A: Yeah, well, you've been studying up. Do you have one of those, like, a handheld yaggy that does dual bands?
Speaker B: I honestly tried doing it on a rubber ducky this morning. My yagi is still being built out inside the garage, so. Yeah.
Speaker A: Well, that's exciting. You've got a whole lot of capabilities to play with now, so congratulations on that license. And I just wanted to say, I don't know if you heard me on Monday night when I congratulated you, but I said Gridley instead of Biggs. And later I thought, oh, I got that wrong. But I was also trading emails with somebody named Michael from Gridley, so that messed me up.
Speaker B: No worries, no worries. I heard you out there that evening. I was actually snooping in just to kind of get a feeling for what the nets are like. Just kind of like, sorry to snoop, but yeah, I just kind of want to get a feeling for, like, what nets are actually like.
Speaker A: Yeah, there are definitely different styles. You know, that Monday night net, that's pretty much what you get. You know, sometimes somebody will chime in with something for sale or they need some help. But mostly it's a kind of a roll call and status about club meetings and things. But then there's one on Thursday nights that the Aries Group, so the Emergency Services Group, and it's a little different style, but pretty similar. And then Sunday nights is the Oroville Amateur Radio Society, and they're a little bit more. It's a small group, but they share a little bit more about what they're doing and what's going on. So, yeah, if you get a chance, listen in on all those and chime in and see what you like.
Speaker B: Got it. Well, thanks for the advice. I actually have to go ahead and go now. I have to get back to my schoolwork because I'm homeschooled. My break's almost over. But nice talking to you. Thanks for being my first contact. Seven three.
Speaker A: Yeah, well, I'm proud to be your first contact. And good luck on today's work. And have fun on the air. I'll talk to you later. W6P and H.

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