Note: This "Rusty Bumpers"
column is from the May 1993 issue of "Solid
Copy", the Richmond (VA) Amateur
Telecommunications Societies monthly
newsletter. Most of the examples used by
"Rusty" have happened on the local
repeaters exactly as written, although some
of the items are exaggerated slightly for
humor. (Step 35 was written before the 1993
"no business" rule change.)
HOW TO SOUND LIKE A LID
by Rusty Bumpers, N4LID
In many areas I have noticed a tendency of people making a distinct
effort to sound like a "LID" on the local repeater. Since this appears to be
the new style in Amateur Radio, I thought I would present this incomplete
guide to radio LID-dom. The following is what I call: "How to sound like a
Lid in one easy lesson."
1) Use as many Q signals as possible. Yes, I know they were invented
solely for CW and are totally inappropriate for two-meter FM, but they're
fun and entertaining. They keep people guessing as to what you really meant.
For example, "I'm going to QSY to the kitchen." Can you really change
frequency to the kitchen? QSL used to mean "I am acknowledging receipt," but
now it appears to mean "yes" or "OK." I guess I missed it when the ARRL
changed the meaning.
2) Never laugh, when you can say "hi hi." No one will ever know you
aren't a long time CW ragchewer if you don't tell them. They'll think you've
been on since the days of Marconi.
3) Utilize an alternative vocabulary. Use words like "destinated" and
"negatory." It's OK to make up your own words here. "Yeah Bill, I pheelbart
zaphonix occasionally myself."
4) Always say "XX4XXX" (Insert your own call) "for I.D." As mentioned in
Step One, anything that creates redundancy is always encouraged. That's why
we have the Department of Redundancy Department. (Please note that you can
follow your call with "for identification purposes" instead of "for I.D."
While taking longer to say, it is worth more "LID points".
5) The better the copy on the repeater, the more you should use
phonetics. Names should be especially used if they are short or common ones.
I.E. "My name is Al... Alpha Lima" or "Jack.. Juliet Alpha Charlie Kilo." If
at all possible use the less common HF phonetics "A4SM... America, Number
Four, Sugar Mexico." And for maximum "LID points", make up unintelligible
phonetics. "My name is Bob... Billibong Oregano Bumperpool."
6) Always give the calls of yourself and everyone who is (or has been) in
the group, whether they are still there or not. While this has been
unnecessary for years, it is still a great memory test. You may also use
"and the group" if you are an "old timer" or just have a bad memory. Extra
points for saying everyone's call and then clearing in a silly way - like
"This is K2xxx, Chow, Chow."
7) Whenever possible, use the wrong terminology. It keeps people
guessing. Use "modulation" when you mean "deviation", and vice-versa. And
even if the amplifier you're using is a Class C type amp, and thus not
biased for linear amplification, be sure to call it your "linear." Heck,
refer to all FM-style amplifiers as "linears." You'll be king of the "wrong
terminology" hill. Or better yet, refer to them as "lin-e-yars."
8) If someone asks for a break, always finish your turn, taking as long
as possible before turning it over. Whenever possible, pass it around a few
times first. This will discourage the breaker, and if it is an emergency,
encourage him to switch to another repeater and not bother you.
9) Always ask involved questions of the person who is trying to sign out.
Never let him get by with a yes or no answer. Make it a question that will
take a long time to answer.
10) The less you know about a subject, the more you should speculate
about it on the air. The amount of time spent on your speculations should be
inversely proportional to your knowledge of the subject.
11) If someone on the repeater is causing interference, you should talk
about that person at great length, making sure to comment on at least four
out of six of the following: (1) His mental state; (2) His family; (3) His
intelligence, or lack of same; (4) His sexual preference; (5) His
relationship to small animals, his mother, or both; (6) His other methods of
self entertainment.
12) If you hear two amateurs start a conversation on the repeater, wait
until they are 20 seconds into their contact, and then break-in to use the
patch. Make sure that it's only a simple routine phone call. It's also very
important that you run the autopatch for the full three minutes. This way,
once the two re-establish contact, they won't even remember what they were
talking about.
13) You hear someone on the repeater giving directions to a visiting
amateur. Even if the directions are good, make sure you break-in with your
own "alternate route but better way to get there" version. This is most
effective if several other Lid trainees join in, each with a different
route. By the time the amateur wanting directions unscrambles all the street
names whizzing around in his head, he should have mobiled out of range of
the repeater. This keeps you from having to stick around and help the guy
get back out of town later.
14) Use the repeater for an hour or two at a time, preventing others from
using it. Better yet, do it on a daily basis. Your quest is to make people
so sick of hearing your voice every time they turn on their radio, they'll
move to another frequency. This way you'll lighten the load on the repeater,
leaving even more time for you to talk on it.
15) See just how much mobile flutter you can generate by operating at
handheld power levels too far from the repeater. Engage people in
conversations when you know they won't be able to copy half of what you're
saying. Even when they say you are uncopyable, continue to string them along
by making further transmissions. See just how frustrated you can make the
other amateur before he finally signs off in disgust.
16) Give out wacky radio advice. When a newcomer's signal is weak into
the repeater, tell him he can correct the problem by adjusting the volume
and squelch knobs on his radio. Or tell people they're full quieting except
for the white noise on their signal. Or....well, you get the idea.
17) Use lots of radio jargon. After all, it makes you feel important
using words average people don't say. Who cares if it makes you sound like
you just fell off of Channel 19 on the Citizen's Band? Use phases such as
"Roger on that," "10-4," "I'm on the side," "You're making the trip," and "Negatory
on that."
18) Use excessive microphone gain. See just how loud you can make your
audio. Make sure the audio gain is so high that other amateurs can hear any
bugs crawling on your floor. If mobile, make sure the wind noise is loud
enough that others have to strain to pick your words out from all the
racket.
19) Be as verbose as possible. Never say "yes" when you can say "He
acquiesced in the affirmative by saying 'yes'." (No kidding, I actually
heard that one.)
20) Start every transmission with the word "Roger" or "QSL." Sure, you
don't need to acknowledge that you received the other transmission in full.
After all, you would simply ask for a repeat if you missed something. But
consider it your gift to the other amateur to give him solace every few
seconds that his transmissions are being received.
21) When looking for a contact on a repeater, always say you're
"listening" or "monitoring" multiple times. I've always found that at least
a half dozen times or so is good. Repeating your multiple "listening" IDs
every 10 to 15 seconds is even better. Those people who didn't want to talk
to you will eventually call you, hoping you'll go away after you have
finally made a contact.
22) Give out repeater FM signal reports using the HF SSB R-S system
("You're 5 by 9 here"). Sure it's considered improper for FM operation and
you may even confuse some people, but don't let that spoil your fun!
23) Always use a repeater, even if you can work the other station easily
on simplex -- especially if you can make the contact on simplex. The
coverage of the repeater you use should be inversely proportional to your
distance from the other station.
24) If you and the other station are both within a mile or two of the
repeater you are using, you should always give a signal report. ("I'm
sitting under the repeater and I know you can see it from there, but you're
full quieting into the repeater. How about me?")
25) In the same vein as the previous step, when monitoring a repeater,
you should always give signal reports as if the repeater didn't exist.
("Yep, I'm right under the repeater. You've got a whopping signal. You're
S-9 plus 60. That must be a great rig.")
26) On repeaters with courtesy tones, you should always say "over."
Courtesy tones are designed to let everyone know when you have unkeyed, but
don't let that stop you. Say "over," "back to you," or "go ahead." It serves
no useful purpose, but don't worry -- it's still fun.
27) Think up interesting and bizarre things to do to tie-up the repeater.
The goal here is not to facilitate communications, but to entertain all the
scanner listeners out there. Do something original. Try to hum CTCSS (PL)
tones. Sing pager tones. You're getting the idea.
28) Use the repeater's auto patch for frivolous routine calls. While
pulling into the neighborhood, call home to let them know you'll be there in
two minutes. Or call your spouse to complain about the bad day you had at
work. After all, the club has "measured rate" service on their phone line,
so they get charged for each auto patch call. Your endeavor is to make so
many patches in a year that you cost the club at least $20 in phone bills.
That way you'll feel you got your money's worth for your dues.
29) Never say "My name is....". It makes you sound human. If at all
possible, use one of the following phrases: A) "The personal here is...." B)
"The handle here is...." Normally, handles are for suitcases, but it's OK to
use them anyway. Don't forget, this has worked just fine for CBers for
years. The best retort I ever heard: "My handle is pink, my name is..."
30) Use "73" and "88" incorrectly. Both are already considered plural,
but add a "s" to the end anyway. Say "best of 73's" or "88's". Who cares if
it means "best regards" and "love and kisses." Better yet, say "seventy
thirds"! Or be funny and say "seventy turds." Or talk like a 1960s CBer and
sign off with "Threeeeeeees to ya!". (By the way, 70 thirds equals about
23.3, the average CBers IQ.)
31) Make people think you have a split personality by referring to
yourself in the plural sense. When you're in conversation and are alone at
your radio, always say "We're" or "We've" instead of "I'm" or "I've" (i.e.
"we've been doing this...", "we're doing that...", "we're clear"). Everyone
knows you're by yourself, but when they ask you who is with you, make up
somebody important like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Bill Clinton.
32) Always attempt to use the higher functions of the repeater before you
have read the directions. Nothing will work, but you'll have great fun and
get lots of people to give you advice.
33) Test repeater functions repeatedly (that's why they call it a
repeater). Test your signal strength from the same location several times
every day. Concentrate on testing the things that really matter, like the
number of time the repeater has been keyed-up. That stuff is fun to track.
Test the outside temperature, or the transmitter heat sink temperature as
often as possible. The farther the temperature goes from the norms, the more
often you should test it. Also, if you get a pager set to the repeater's
output frequency, as soon as you receive it set it off every 30 seconds or
so until the battery runs down. Better yet, interrupt conversations to test
it.
34) If the repeater is off the air for service, complain about the fact
that it was off the air as soon as it's turned back on. Act as though your
entire day has been ruined because that one repeater wasn't available when
you wanted to use it. Even thought you have never donated a penny to help
out with the upkeep of it, and despite the fact that you have all 42 local
repeaters programmed into your mobile radio.
35) Find ways to get around the "no business" rule on auto
patches. Your
plan is to try and fool the repeater control operators. Invent code words
your secretary at work will understand to disguise any business talk so it
sounds like personal chatter. Or get to be friends with the local Domino's
Pizza manager. Make it so that when you call him on the patch and ask him to
bring over the "floppy disk" you need to your house, he shows-up 30 minutes
later with a piping hot large pepperoni and sausage pie. The possibilities
are endless....
36) Always make sure you try to communicate with only a handheld and a
rubber duck antenna. Also, make sure you work through a repeater that you
can hear very well, but it cannot hear you. This will put out a kind of "LID
mating call": "Well, Joe, I can hear the repeater just fine here. I wonder
why it can't hear me?" You will score maximum LID points if you are mobile,
and with the radio lying in the passenger seat.
37) If an annoying station is bothering you, make sure your other "LID"
buddies have a "coded" frequency list. Even though "CODES" are strictly
forbidden on Amateur Radio, it's really neat to practice "James Bond"
tactics.
38) Always use the National Calling Frequency for general conversations.
The more uninteresting, the longer you should use it. Extra points are
awarded if you have recently move from an adjacent frequency for no reason.
Make sure when DX is "rolling" in on 52.525 that you hang out there and talk
to your friends five miles down the road about the good old CB days!
39) Make sure that if you have a personal problem with someone, you
should voice your opinion in a public forum, especially a net. Make sure you
give their name, call, and any other identifying remarks. For maximum
points, make sure the person in question is not on the repeater, or not
available.
40) Make sure you say the first few words of each transmission twice,
especially if it is the same thing each time. Like "roger, roger" or "fine
business, fine business". I cannot stress enough about encouraging
redundancy
41) If you hear a conversation on a local repeater, break in and ask how
each station is receiving you. Of course they will only see the signal of
the repeater you are using, but it's that magic moment when you can find a
fellow "LID", and get the report. Extra points are awarded if you are using
a base station, and the repeater is less than five air miles from you.
These easy steps should put you well on your way to "LID-Hood". I hope
these helpful hints will save you some time in your quest to sound like the
perfect "LID". I should also note that these steps can also apply to simplex
operation, but nobody really cares because that pawn-shop HTX-202 isn't
going to get out too far with just a rubber duck.
73,
Rusty Bumpers, N4LID
P.S. "Rusty Bumpers" is a pen name. He maintains anonymity so he can sit
peacefully at club meetings and avoid the wrath (and breath) of the
uninformed. [Editors note - This was very popular back in the 90's and
sometimes we need to be reminded of how all of us tend to sound sometimes.
Remember "people form a visual picture of you on the way that you sound to
them." That is why you never look like you sounded when you first meet
another ham in person for the first time.]
2010.08.05 Received from WS1C on 2010.07.28 Thanks Bill
MS 150 Seeks Volunteers
|
On October 2-3, the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society will hold its Bike MS
Cycle to the Shore 2010 in which bikers will ride
from St. Augustine to the Plaza resort in Daytona
Beach on a Saturday, and return the following day.
For more information about the MS-150, go to
http://bikefln.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=BIKE_FLN_Details.
MS150 officials expect to have over 2000 riders, the
largest number ever.
This is a yearly event, and
once again, the MS-150 folks have asked local hams
to provide communication support.
Doug Carter, N4FPS, DEC
Crown District ARES, and Mike Lee, WB6RTH, DEC East
Coast District ARES, have teamed up to establish a
communications network all along the route. Besides
the 145.210 in St. Augustine (with 146.625 as a
backup) DBARA has volunteered use of the 147.150
repeater and Dave Calder has offered his 147.375
repeater as a backup. There will be a central
command post, one sweep vehicle, 15-20 SAG vehicles
and multiple rest stop stations. This year, the
MS-150 folks have also asked that ham radio
operators ride in the SAG vehicles to provide faster
and more efficient communications. In Volusia
County, there are two rest stops, and positions near
the Grenada Bridge and the Plaza Resort that need to
be manned by two ham radio operators apiece for both
days.
This event will be conducted
under the NIMS Incident Command System (ICS), using
the same protocol and procedures as if this were an
actual emergency. This is a good opportunity for
local hams to provide support to an important cause
and to receive valuable training. We will ensure
that hams, who feel that they do not have a lot of
experience but want to learn and help out, will be
teamed with an experienced one.
At least 15-20 volunteers are needed to ensure that
all of these positions are covered for both days.
For those without time and commute restraints, you
could potentially be asked to cover a position in
another county.
All volunteers will be required to participate in
one of two dress rehearsals that will be held on
August 21 and September 18. There will be other
training and participants will receive a
communication guide with helpful examples on net
procedures and traffic handling. If anyone is
interested in participating on one or both days,
please sign up by August 10.
If you are interested in volunteering, please sign
up by going to the
Volusia MS-150 Registration Link:
http://www.clayares.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_rsform&formId=11&Itemid=99999kf4vrs@clearwire.net
If you have a cellphone number and plan to use your
vehicle for the event, please complete the
appropriate fields. This is for your safety and
standard operating procedure under the ICS. This
information will not be used by anyone outside the
Communications team.
Thanks for your support!
73,
Steve W1SGC
2010.08.02
There was a problem with the link that I posted.
Here is the correct link:
http://www.clayares.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_%20rsform&formId=11&Itemid=99999kf4vrs@clearwire.net
Sorry about that. 2010.008.15 |
FLASH BULLETIN - Reverend Glenn Jones,
KJ4MNW, Heart Attack
Home Landline 386-671-1813
His internet phone number is 386-308-0195
His cell phone is 386-795-0683.
Thursday 2010.08.26: Talked with Glenn this
morning and he reported that he made a major step on Wednesday he managed to
make it from the inside out to the mail box and back without having any help
from another person. A major step to say the least.
Glenn is now at home and recovering as of Friday, 5 August
2010 as this is the first time that I had a chance to sit and chat with him
since the last time I saw him. We got his radio hooked up again since
he got home again via the telephone and he made his first VHF and HF contact
since his return. His short term memory is returning along with
another great happening the pain in his back and legs has taken a
significant decrease which is a good thing.
Received Saturday 2010.07.31 1823 hours
The reports of my demise were greatly exaggerated!
I want to personally thank each and every single one of my DBARA Family for
all the love kindness and thoughtfulness that helped bring me through the
toughest time of my life.
I could not have made it without you guys, and I just wanted to let you know
personally how much I value and Love my DBARA Family.
I will always remember the encouragement which allowed me to conquer this
situation so I could come back and be a part of my DBARA Family for the next
50 years. GOD Bless You and will be at my QTH in a couple of days.
In all sincerity and respect
Rev Glenn
KJ4MNW
Received late Friday night 2010.07.30
Hello Bob,
Just wanted to let you all know that Glenn's surgery went better
than expected, He's a little sore but doing great. There were no
complications and he will be able to use both his spinal cord
stimulator and the Defibrillator with no problems, They said he will
be home in 2 days. I'm looking forward to hauling him to the next
DBARA meeting.
Some changes are going to be made he's going to have to share his
ham shack with me and get used to me invading (his) space even if
I
have to chain him to me. I told him " You were at the golden gate
without a care in the world, You were not on my end and it was not
pretty, and you are NOT going to do that to me again!" The
cigarettes are going bye bye, for me as well, as I realize that if
he sees me smoke or even smells it on me that he will not be able to
quit, Its going to be hard.....but he's worth it.
He's still in the same room, should be in a regular room tomorrow
(Saturday), and out of the ICU. When he gets home the contact
numbers are:
Home Landline 386-671-1813
His internet phone number is 386-308-0195
His cell phone is 386-795-0683.
God Bless You ALL and Thank You So Much For All the Support.
Mary Ann Jones
Thursday, 2010.07.29 1415 hours
Arrived at the Memorial Hospital to see the Rev Glenn.
The room was curtained off like they were doing something with him so I
stood outside the door and his wife, Mary Ann, spotted my feet and came out
and got me. Glenn is wired for sound and anything else that they want
to know by remote control. He is pretty mobile but has a hard
time trying to sit up by himself with all that electronic stuff hanging on
him keeping him tethered to the bed closely. While we were sitting
around chatting about everything and nothing in particular one of his
neighbors poked his head in to say Hi. So the four of us sat around and
gabbed about one of Glenn's new ideas that he wants to try when he gets back
on his feet, a visiting the hospital ham radio oriented church ministry
idea. Sounds good in the planning stages any way.
He is slightly apprehensive about his upcoming surgery.
But who in their right mind wouldn't be. When I left he was cheerful,
alert and full of the devil. He has his handi-talkie up there by his
bed so give him a call sometime and bat the breeze with him and take his
mind of his current events and distract him.- webmaster
2010.07.28 1920 hours
Glenn had his Heart cath This Morning, There were no
blockages found, so the plan is to operate Friday and put the
pacemaker/defibrillator in. he's getting some of his short term memory back,
he no longer needs to be on oxygen. Glenn is still in the same room and will
be until after Friday, he is allowed visitors and phone calls to his room.
Joe came to visit yesterday and Glenn remembered the visit so its all good.
keep the prayers and phone calls and visits coming,
Mary Ann
10.20 AM 27 July - I just spoke to Mary Ann and Glenn.
Glenn was a little out of breath but said that Wednesday AM he was
getting a pacemaker/defibrillator implanted in his chest. He had
plenty of company for today already. I asked that he ask Mary Ann to
please keep us informed.
Webmaster Bob
From: Glenn R Jones [mailto:kj4mnw@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 11:53 PM
To: webmaster@dbara.org
Subject: Re: [DBARA] July has been a good/bad month
Hi Bob,
This is Glenn's wife Mary Ann... everything happened so fast
when I left for the hospital I grabbed Glenn's old cell phone off his
desk to take for contact numbers and it contained mostly non working
numbers and luckily Tugs was in there and was able to let someone from
the club know what was going on as when I pulled out of this the first
words out of his mouth was not, did you call my kids or did you call my
brother, it was what time is it? I'm going to miss the net....I assured
him that I got a hold of Tug.
At around 2 PM Sunday afternoon he was in his ham shack (as always)
and asked if I would make him a coffee and I did, I found him sitting in
his chair unresponsive and called 911 he had no pulse no nothing,
paramedics got him to come back once but getting him from house to
rescue he went into cardiac arrest again and he was down for 13 minutes
before the could get him back the second time, he was transported to The
New Ormond Hospital Off of SR 40, they put him on life support as soon
as he arrived, was called back and told he was not going to make it.
After tests were run it was learned that he had suffered 2 Cardiac
Arrests and a minor stroke. At 10 PM he woke up and started to come back
little by little, they took the life support off of him this morning and
he was able to talk, he has not suffered from any paralysis or speech,
he is giving the nurses a hard time and his long term memory is fine but
there is some damage to short term memory, they are unsure at this point
if it will permanent or whether it was caused by stroke or the lack of
oxygen he received between the cardiac arrests, they will be doing
another cat scan as they cannot do an MRI because of the metal implants
in his body, he is having issues with his heart rate being VERY erratic
it will beat once then a long pause then 4 beats fast so they feel he
needs to have a pacemaker with a defibrillator put in, he will be having
a test done on Wednesday to go up and look into his previous bypasses
and make sure they are not clogged or if any new clogs are present and
then they plan to put the pacemaker in. He can get calls in his room and
he was able to talk to Tug himself for a few minutes earlier today. He
is in room 511 5th Floor ICU he can have visitors, they will observe him
in ICU for a day or 2 and then plan to move him to a regular room.. I
have had strict orders from him that I am to bring his Yaesu ht when he
will return to hospital in a few hours. I would like to thank the club
for all the prayers and best wishes and support that helped a great deal
to pull him through this trying time. His Dr basically told him {Glenn,
You died not once but twice to three times if you include the
first time back in 2006....Heaven kicked your ass out and sent you back
here, your work's not done....so deal with it}.
I will keep you all posted as I can
God Bless
Mary Ann Jones
Memorial Hospital of Ormond Beach, Williamson Blvd, 676-6046 Room
511
2010.07.25: Mrs. Jones called President John LoCicero today
to report that Glenn had been taken to (an unknown hospital at this time).
As information becomes available and I get it, it will be posted to this
page. The Rev. Glenn was sick when he passed his ham examination last
year but it was something he wanted very much to do. Since then he has
gotten better, become a productive club member and is doing a wonderful job
as our new Public Information Officer for DBARA.
2010.07.26: I still don't have a hospital for Rev Glenn but his wife,
Mary Ann, called John 'TUG" and updated him. Glenn apparently had a
big catastrophe and had to be restarted with the defibrillator. The
doctor told her there will maybe some brain damage and they were going to
have to "crack his chest" and do some work on his heart to fix the problem.
If anyone needs some additional prayer support right now Glenn does.
FLASH BULLETIN - TOM
DAVIES - AA3AS -STROKE VICTIM
Good Samaritan Rehabilitation Center, 323 South Seagrave Street,
Daytona Beach, 253-6791 Room 611.
Sunday Evening 2010.08.29 @ 1930 EDT -
Caught Tom in his room without 40-11 visitors vying for his attention.
He had some super good news to relay to me. The therapist has been
working on the left arm and late Saturday evening he got the wrist to move
on its own without any assistance. Today he worked on it some more by
himself and got a little more motion out of it. That is wonderful
news. Additionally, he is getting around by himself with the use
of a wheel chair using his leg to propel himself around. Said he made
a pass through every hallway at least once this weekend. His spirits
are really up aand his speech is so clear now that it is hard to
detect any sign of a problem now. If you pay really close attention
you can catch a small word or a part of a long word messing up but it is
really difficult.
Delores is holding her own on the caregiver side of this medial mission
and I firmly believe that it is just as hard on the caregiver as it is the
patient in the long run type of recovery
Tom also relayed that he was available now during the afternoons
after1330 hours for visitors on most days.
Wednesday Evening 2010.08.18 @ 1945 hours - Been having a hard
time catching Tom in his room. This time he answered the telephone
much to my surprise. Tom was sounding a wee bit on the tired side so I
asked "what have you been doing?" He is now doing 5 hours a day of
therapy. From 10 AM to 12 then from 1 PM to 4 PM he is out of the room
and being abused by the "therapists" but he is progressing well.
Sunday, 2010.08.08 @ 1145 EDT - Talked to Tom for a few minutes,
his daughter and grand daughter were visiting and he sounded like he was
worn slam out. Apparently there is a requirement for t he
physical therapist to re-evaluate the patient whenever they get transferred
back under GS care and that was today's PT routine. Mrs Davies called just
seconds after I hung up with Tom and she was having a rest day and said, he
was doing OK gets tired easily but making progress daily.
Saturday, 2010.08.07 @ 0945 EDT - I just got off the telephone
with Mrs Davies. Tom wound back up in Halifax Medical Center on
Wednesday complaining about having more chest pains. Tests
revealed that he did not have another heart attack but that his chemical
levels were still elevated from the first round of events. He is now
back at Good Samaritan again. - Bob - -Webmaster
2010.07.27 1908: Today, Anne and Bob Ledford took a trip to Daytona Beach
and stopped by the Good Samaritan Rehab Center to visit with Tom. We
found his room to be almost SRO (standing room only). It cleared
rather rapidly as most of the crowd were "care givers" making sure Tom had
everything he needed for his comfort zone. He looks good, well as good
as he ever did, lets leave it at that. His speech is almost 100%
again. The left leg is getting better and the left arm is getting some
reflex types of motion back in it (involuntary movement in response to a
triggering action like a sneeze or yawn).
His schedule at the moment is therapy in the morning and rest in
the afternoon. He remarked, "I need to rest as the therapists
wear you out on purpose. Yea, they do! Apparently they are
really pushy which makes the difference between a therapist and a good
therapist in my opinion. - webmaster
2010.07.27@1045 AM I just talked the
Mrs. Davies, Tom is really doing quite well. His rehab schedule takes
up the morning hours and some of the afternoon. He is standing
and getting feeling back in the leg and arm now. He is
undergoing Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapies (OT,
PT, & ST) daily. [Having just finished up with this routine 3 X a week
for 3 months I know just how wiped out he feels.]
Good Samaritan Rehabilitation Center, 323 South Seagrave Street,
Daytona Beach, 253-6791 Room 611.
2010.07.26: From John
LoCicero
Talked to Tom again
today he sounds better and continues to improve slowly but surely a little
bit each day.
2010.07.25: From John
Locicero and Carolyn Truesdale.
John talked to Tom
today and he is now at the Good Samaritan Rehabilitation Nursing Home where
he is under going "rehab for his stroke." He is speaking clearly,
getting movement from the left leg but the left arm is still holding out for
more cookies before it starts to do anything at this point.
2010.07.21 - From H.
D. "Mitch" Mitchell:
Saw Tom today. Spirits are good, hasn't lost his sense of
humor. Giving nurses a hard time. Has feeling coming back to leg,
talking better, but still can't lift his left arm. Now on Coumadin, as
soon as that is regulated will be moving to rehab on Ridgewood. Maybe
tomorrow or the next day.
2010.07.19 1530 - We,
Anne and I, stopped in to see Tom; and ran in to Pat Schwartz who is
chauffeuring Robert around while his leg is acting up, Tom was sitting
up in the bed with his daughter and daughter in-law and the Doctor
having a conference so we waited out in the hall. When we got in Tom
was still sitting up in the bed and for all that he has gone through this
past week his spirits were really good. He has a good outlook on
things and is going to whip this bear! We stayed just long enough for
him to get tired and then we left him in their good care. Room
1514 in the France Tower.
2010.07.18 12:23 -
Mrs. Davies just called to say that Tom was sitting up and moving his body
parts a little better today. He is eating some and talking some what
better. They were to talk about "rehabilitation" today when she goes
to the hospital. It sounds like our former leader maybe on the mend
which is a good thing. More information forth coming I hope.
2010.07.17 K4TUG just called me
to put this out to all the members of DBARA that our former President Mr.
Tom Davies, AA3AS, is currently a patient of the Halifax Medical Center on
Clyde Morris Blvd at International Speedway Blvd as of today. He has been
reported to have had a stroke and be paralyzed on the left side.
I will be posting data to the home page of
www.dbara.org
from this point on. Unless of course he worsens. Don't forget the power of
prayer to give him that extra edge to getting over this.
Patient Welfare Line:
254-4145
