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E S L I C E S
The Weekly Reader of the "22
CREW"
RADIO CLUB OF JHS 22, POB 1052, NEW YORK NY
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WEEK 47 OF 2008-OUR 28TH YEAR
THE BEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR...
WAS
BETTER!
NOTHING BEATS THE
HOLIDAY SEASON IN NYC AND THE BEST WAY TO START IT OFF IS THE THIRD FRIDAY EVERY
NOVEMBER AT NYAC-NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB AND THE RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA'S ANNUAL
MEETING.
WE PICKED UP
WALTER-WA4LT AROUND 3PM ON THE 21'st AND HEADED INTO THE BIG APPLE.
TRAFFIC WAS ALMOST NON-EXISTANT SO WE GOT TO STOP AT POB 1052 AND GET THE
MAIL. WY8I WAS IN THE MAIL BUT MORE ABOUT HIM LATER IN SLICES
48.
FROM POB 1052 IT IS
JUST 58 BLOCKS UPTOWN TO NYAC
BUT....GETTING THERE
EARLY....WE GOT TO DO OUR TRADITIONAL STOP AT PETROSSIAN JUST ACROSS THE
STREET. "PET" IS AN INCREDIBLE RUSSIAN RESTAURANT THAT HAS BEEN AT THE
SAME LOCATION SINCE 1920
AND OUR SAME SEATS WERE
EVEN WAITING FOR US:
PLUS IF YOU LOOK REALLY
CAREFULLY YOU CAN SEE US LOOKING AT YOU IN THE MIRROR:
TIME FLIES WHEN THINGS
ARE GOING SO WELL AND THE SUN SETS ALSO ...TIME TO GO ACROSS THE STREET TO
RCA 99 AT NYAC:
WENT INSIDE AND THE
PLACE WAS JUST AS WE LEFT IT LAST YEAR...IN FACT IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE JUST
THERE. THE STATUE IN THE LOBBY THAT IS NYAC'S LOGO LOOKED JUST AS GOLD AND
GOOD AS EVER:
UP TO THE NINTH FLOOR
WE WENT, OFF THE ELEVATOR AND GREETED BY OUR GOOD FRIEND CONNIE
CONTE:
CONNIE IS ON THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND REALLY THE POWER AND THE FORCE BEHIND MAKING THIS EVENT
THE SUCCESS IT IS EVERY YEAR.
CONNIE'S SON ANDREW IS
NOT A HAM BUT HE IS A SCHOOL TEACHER AND GOOD FRIEND OF THE "22 CREW". WE
ALL GOT TO SIT AT THE SAME TABLE BUT WE DID GET TO CHAT BEFORE THE EVENTS OF THE
EVENING GOT UNDERWAY:
THANKS TO MAYOR
BLOOMBURG YOU CANT SMOKE INDOORS ANYWHERE IN NYC BUT ... OUTDOORS IS JUST FINE
AND OUTDOORS WE WENT WITH WALTER...WELL NOT REALLY OUTDOORS BUT OUT ON THE HUGE
BALCONY WITH ALL THE OTHER SMOKERS WHO WERE FREEZING .. 29 DEG HERE FRIDAY
NIGHT:
WHERE WALTER IS
STANDING IS LOOKING DOWNTOWN TOWARDS TIMES SQUARE ON 7TH AVENUE...AND IF YOU
LEAN A LITTLE FURTHER OVER THE EDGE:
YOU GET A GREAT VIEW OF
TIMES SQUARE...AND IF YOU LOOK DIRECTLY ACROOSS THE STREET YOU GET A GREAT VIEW
OF A LOT OF PEOPLES LIVING ROOMS:
AND IF YOU TURN AROUND
AND LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT YOU GET A SPECTACULAR VIEW OF CENTRAL PARK:
SADLY THERE IS NO FLASH
BULB MADE THAT COULD LITE IT ALL UP BUT YOU GET THE PICTURE!
HOWEVER 29 DEGREES
IS COLD SO BACK INSIDE AS THE 5PM TO 7 SOCIAL MEET AND GREET WAS JUST WINDING
DOWN:
ANDY FOUND WALTER AND
WE CAUGHT THESE TWO IN A DEEP INTENSE DISCUSSION ABOUT HAM RADIO:
BUT 7PM COMES AROUND
REAL FAST AND ANDY FOUND OUT THERE IS ALWAYS TIME FOR ONE MORE:
5-7 WENT REAL FAST AND
WHEN THE LITES DIMMED WE ALL HAD TO FIND OUR WAY TO OUR ASSIGNED SEATS.
OUR ASSIGNED SEATS WERE AT TABLE 26:
AT TABLE 26 WALTER AND
I WERE JOINED BY CONNIE AND ANDREW AND ANDY'S XYL PLUS THIS LADY:
THATS VIVIAN CARR, ON
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT RCA AND A GOOD FRIEND AND SUPPORTER OF THE "22
CREW"... WE PREDICT RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW THAT 2009 WILL SEE VIVIAN AS PRESIDENT
OF RCA...WRITE THIS DOWN SOMEWHERE AND SEE IF WE CALLED IT
CORRECTLY
PLUS A FEW NEW FRIENDS
AT 26:
REMEMBER THE PEOPLE
ABOVE AT OUR TABLE ... THIS WAS THE BEGINNING BUT A FEW HOURS LATER AS THE
SPEECHES WERE IN FULL FORWARD GEAR THAT LADY JUST DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO GO TO
DREAMLAND:
ANYONE SEE MY
BLANKET?
THE FEATURED SPEAKER,
DR. PAUL JACOBS:
DID GO ON FOR QUITE A
WHILE BUT IF YOU LISTEND YOU LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT WIRELESS AND CELL TECH
THAN YOU KNEW BEFORE YOU GOT THERE.
WE HAVE TO SAY OUR
FAVORITE THIS YEAR WAS RADIO TALK SHOW HOST BARRY FARBER SEEN HERE RECEIVING THE
JACK POPPELE BROADCAST AWARD FROM JACK'S DAUGHTER JUNE
POPPELE:
BARRY HAS LONG BEEN A
FAVORITE OF THE "22 CREW" ON NY AM TALK RADIO AND IT WAS A THRILL TO SEE
HIM RECEIVE THIS MUCH DESERVED AWARD FROM OUR GOOD FRIEND AND SUPPORTER
JUNE.
NEXT YEAR RCA WILL
CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY IN WASHINGTON DC. THIS WILL BE A 3 DAY
EVENT. AS OF THIS WRITING WALTER AND I ARE NOT PLANNING ON BEING IN
ATTENDANCE. WE WILL HOWEVER BE BACK AT NYAC FOR 101 IN 2010 AND WE HOPE
YOU WILL JOIN US.
THE STAFF AT "APPLE
SLICES" THANKS YOU FOR READING THIS SPECIAL EDITION. WE WILL BE BACK NEXT
WEEK WITH 48, A FULL EDITION, AND REGULAR FORMAT.
THIS WEEKS SKED
THURSDAY....HAPPY THANKSGIVING. AS 47 GOES TO PRESS WE PLAN ON
ATTENDING THE PARADE. YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US. CONTACT US THIS
WEEK FOR MEETING POINTS AND MORE DETAILS.
DING
DONG