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Free E-books. Where?
Following the thread about p-books versus e-books, where does one find all these free e-books? And what does the DRM refer to?
I've looked for free e-books but I find few of my favorite authors. WEB Griffith, James Patterson, Steve Martini, J A Jance, David Baldachi, Joe Buff, Dale Brown, Tom Clancy, Lee Child, Barry Eisler, Harold Coyle, Robert Heinlein, etc.
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Rick Y
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05/24/12 12:20pm |
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Where to convert wire recording to digital?
I've recently acquired seven spools of wire recordings made by my family back in the 1930's and 40's and I have no way to play them so I need to get them converted. Anyone have any idea who does this type of conversion and what the approximate cost might be?
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Rick Y
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05/24/12 12:16pm |
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RE: First Skydiver to Land WITHOUT a Chute!
Well, it sure LOOKED like he had a parachute hanging down when he was hugging his wife and the story said he had one in case of an emergency so I guess he wasn't that much of a daredevil after all. Or, at least, he's a smart one. :)
As Mowermech said, he wasn't the first to survive a fall from an airplane. I remember a story from WWII where a member of an aircrew fell, I think, tens of thousands of feet, without a chute or, at least, with a nondeployable one, but the buffeting of very strong winds from a storm helped to slow him and then he also landed on a snow covered steeply sloping field which brought him safely to a stop. I suspect his pants, whether damaged or not, were subjected to a gross indignity.
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Rick Y
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05/24/12 12:13pm |
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RE: First Skydiver to Land WITHOUT a Chute!
Well, it sure LOOKED like he had a parachute hanging down when he was hugging his wife and the story said he had one in case of an emergency so I guess he wasn't that much of a daredevil after all. Or, at least, he's a smart one. :)
As Mowermech said, he wasn't the first to survive a fall from an airplane. I remember a story from WWII where a member of an aircrew fell, I think, tens of thousands of feet, without a chute or, at least, with a nondeployable one, but the buffeting of very strong winds from a storm helped to slow him and then he also landed on a snow covered steeply sloping field which brought him safely to a stop.
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Rick Y
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05/24/12 10:43am |
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Another WWII Vet is gone
My uncle, MSG Loys Robert "Duke" Young, passed away this morning at 10:30. He fought across France and Germany in a tank battalion, earning the bronze star for valor and a purple heart. He didn't talk much about the war but he was always among the first to stand and remove his hat when the national anthem was played. I'll miss him.
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Rick Y
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05/23/12 02:37pm |
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RE: Can you identify this military ribbon
Does he have either of these ribbons?
http://www.semperfico.com/px/images/american-defense-service-medal.jpg
http://i.tfcdn.com/img2/VqkW1UwAY5r8r0kiLSe_PLWoOD4xLyU-PTOtpJgho6SkwEpfPzW5Qi8zNzE9tVg3MTexKj9PLzk_Vx8iou-pb2xYZGmZnFwcXumjl1WQDgA*/fyVMtP8A
The bronze stars are oriented with the points pointing into the red color so apparently that means the red bar is on top with the blue underneath. I wish I could post a picture but don't currently have access to a digital camera. It is, however, a very simple ribbon as such things go. As I have said, the top half is one color and the bottom half is another. Using the star point rule it is red on top and a dark blue on the bottom. It has five bronze battle stars running horizontally across the border between the red and blue.
The 201 file for the officer says that he was in the following battles and campaigns: European Theater, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe. The file also says that his decorations and awards are: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Distinguished Unit Badge, European African Middle Eastern Theater Campaign Ribbon, and American Defense Service Medal. All of these decorations are present in the items loaned to me.
The closest I have found (and what would seem to be a logical ribbon for him to have considering he served into 1946) is the WW II Army of Occupation Rlbbon. However, it's red & blue colors are vertical and it has on both outside ends an additional white color. Very frustrating!
It would appear that he, and my maternal grandfather were in units attached to the same armored division.........He has the upper, American Defense Service ribbon, but not the lower one you show. He was in the 94th Armored Bn, 4th Infantry Division and also in the 4th Armored Division. Major Jacob Milton Murdock, III (grandson of Jacob Milton Murdock Sr and nephew ( not son) of Jacob Milton Murdock Jr.)
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Rick Y
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05/22/12 03:37pm |
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RE: I still read books, the kind without batteries!
Until the price of e-books becomes reasonable I'll buy p-books. I have a couple of e-book readers and use them for library books and other free books. But when I can buy a mass market paperback cheaper than an e-book, then I do what common sense dictates.This is my attitude. There is no logical reason for e-books to cost more than p-books. Considering the fact that I use sources such as Goodwill and Paperbackswap.com, e-books cost me about three times as much as my p-books.
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Rick Y
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05/22/12 11:09am |
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RE: Can you identify this military ribbon
The bronze stars are oriented with the points pointing into the red color so apparently that means the red bar is on top with the blue underneath. I wish I could post a picture but don't currently have access to a digital camera. It is, however, a very simple ribbon as such things go. As I have said, the top half is one color and the bottom half is another. Using the star point rule it is red on top and a dark blue on the bottom. It has five bronze battle stars running horizontally across the border between the red and blue.
The 201 file for the officer says that he was in the following battles and campaigns: European Theater, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe. The file also says that his decorations and awards are: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Distinguished Unit Badge, European African Middle Eastern Theater Campaign Ribbon, and American Defense Service Medal. All of these decorations are present in the items loaned to me.
The closest I have found (and what would seem to be a logical ribbon for him to have considering he served into 1946) is the WW II Army of Occupation Rlbbon. However, it's red & blue colors are vertical and it has on both outside ends an additional white color. Very frustrating!
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Rick Y
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05/22/12 10:59am |
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RE: Can you identify this military ribbon
Engineer, that was a good place to look but no cigar. I tried both sites and neither they nor the original sites I looked at had any ribbons with two colors, one color atop the other, much less the specific one I am looking for. I looked at a site showing French medals/ribbons which are authorized for wear by the American military but no joy there either. :(
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Rick Y
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05/21/12 07:06pm |
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Can you identify this military ribbon
I have been doing some genealogical research for a friend of my granddaughter. He gave me many things including some military insignia, ribbons, medals, etc from his maternal grandfather who was a major in the artillery in WW II. The gentleman earned the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Croix de Guerre avec Palme. I've identified each of this ribbons except for one which is a two color ribbons, one color lying atop the other. It is either dark blue over red or red over dark blue. It also have five battle stars affixed to it. With the battle stars I am guessing it is an area of operations type of ribbons but I've already located his European-African-Middle Eastern ribbon with the five battle stars on it which his 201 file says he earned. I can't post a picture, sorry, but it is just a simple two-color ribbon as I described above. The gentleman served from 1941 to 1946. Can anybody help?
By the way, this is an interesting family. This war hero's grandfather made the first amateur auto trip in 1908 across the USA in a 1908 Packard Thirty. He wrote a small book about the trip which was published by Packard and I have a copy included in the items. Also, the grandfather adopted his grandson thus making the boy his own mother's brother and his grandparents son. :) The major was also the victim of a kidnapping. Very interesting family to research.
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Rick Y
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05/21/12 06:06pm |
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RE: Grand kids!
:) You gotta love 'em!
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Rick Y
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05/18/12 09:40pm |
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RE: grand son update
Great news!
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Rick Y
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05/17/12 10:14pm |
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RE: whats your career?
I've done a variety of things such as police officer, teacher, oxygen therapist, but the last fifteen years before I retired I was a crime scene technician. Some people have jobs (plumber, carpenter, mechanic, electrician, etc) where their friends and neighbors are able to make use of their skills but I never had anyone ask me to lift a print, study a blood spatter, use an alternate light source, etc. Always made me feel a little guilty when I took advantage of someone else's knowledge and couldn't trade back. Of course, feeling guilty never stopped me from asking my BIL to help me out with some home project. :)
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Rick Y
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05/15/12 09:37pm |
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RE: composite decking
Be aware that the allowed joist spacing is usually smaller with composite decking as opposed to 1.5 inch thick real lumber decks. This depends on the particular product you choose, but typically, 16" spacing is required for standard installation. 45 degree diagonal installation may require 12". The spacing can also be shortened for some products if they will get very hot. Some old style 1.5 inch thick real lumber decks may have been built with 24" joist spacing.Yes, our original deck was built with 24" joist spacing. Made it simple for me to just add joists in between and end up with 12" spacing. It has a good solid feel to it. We're pleased.
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Rick Y
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05/15/12 03:14pm |
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RE: Bragging a little.........
You've got reason to be proud. Enjoy it.
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Rick Y
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05/14/12 08:57pm |
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RE: composite decking
Just finished yesterday replacing our wood patio with the composite. Obviously no data on how quickly it might fade although it does carry a 25 year warranty against fading which means that by the time it does I'm not going to be too concerned or, probably, even aware. If nothing else, at least I won't have to be resealing it every year. Just a light power wash to get rid of any potential fungal/mold growth.
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Rick Y
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05/14/12 10:51am |
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RE: grand son
Thoughts and prayers for the GS and also the grandparents and parents.
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Rick Y
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05/14/12 10:46am |
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A Wise Grandchild
My 8 year old GD was doing cartwheels across the living room. I asked her if she could teach me to do a cartwheel and her response was, "No!" My wife asked her, "Oh gee, why can't you teach Pop Pop to do a cartwheel?" and she replied, "'Cuz that would NOT be a pretty sight!"
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Rick Y
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05/12/12 08:19pm |
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RE: passing of Richard Clemens
Loved all of Rockwell's painting that I ever saw. His paintings were the type that made true the old axiom that "a picture is worth a thousand words".
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Rick Y
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05/10/12 10:54am |
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RE: One Question, Do U Wanna Get UR Palms in a Sweat?
It is not the helmets (Though I have a story there too) it's the safety harness that protects them. here are 3 stories. All involve ham radio.
Story one: Ham clmibs a 100' tower, wrench he is using slips, hits him in the head and let's cee, s=1/2 AT^2 = 16t^2 = 100, so T squared = 100/16 or 6.25 thus t= sqrt(T squared) or 2.5
So 2.5 seconds he reached the ground.
Story 2: Ham climbs a 100' tower wearing and using a safety harness. Wrench he is using slips and wacks him in the head knocking him out, 3.5 hours the fire dept placed him, still alive and in fairly good condition, on the streatcher, he recovered fully.
And that is why when I climbed the 100' tower I mentioned climbing above, I wore a harness.
True story #2; I climbed only a 10' tower, so I was only about 3 feet off the ground, to string some tunnel lights.. I put on hard hat (helmet) first, as I got to the top and pushed the end of the string through the tower my "Ground man" ask why I was wearing the hard hat.. As I "Tossed" the end around the tower, switched hands on the tower and tried (And failed on the incoming pass) to catch the end thus allowing it to slap me up-side the hard hat (no injury) the ground man's question was aswered,,, I caught the lights on the outbound pass, passed the end over the run to "Tie it off" and returned safely to ground.
Why I wear a hard hat when I climb a tower.So, apparently, it IS the helmet which would have saved the first climber so he would not have been knocked out and fallen due to a lack of being harnessed to the tower, the second (no info here whether he was wearing a helmet or not but presumably not or he might not have been knocked out and thereby needed his harness)put at risk due to not wearing a helmet, and in the final story, you were protected by a helmet. By the way, the last story is labeled as the second TRUE story so which of the preceding two was false? :)
My great thanks for the example of calculating the time of a fall based on the distance of the fall and the acceleration of gravity as measured on Earth. It always make a day better to have not merely lived the day but rather to live the day and and also learn one of the arcane secrets of the ancients. :)
Hammily yours,
KG7TL
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Rick Y
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05/10/12 10:44am |
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