We used to stick old metal hangers in our old boxy televisions
to act an antenna. It sort of worked but not very well.
Some of the Fathers would go on the roof of the house and move the
antenna around for a better picture while their children would yell
up to their Dads that the picture was getting better or worse.
Maybe someone was suppose to put all of the chairs on a truck
or something like that and they just decided to say "the hell with it"
and just decided to throw all of the chairs into the swimming pool.
And then they promptly quit their job.
As of this writing, Billy Alfred is alive and well in Florida. I was privileged to be his sideman on trombone for a few years with The Doug Richards Trio, which often backed up Donna Singer.
When this picture opened, my mind immediately started playing the theme song for "Gilligans Island". I guess I've had too much coffee today. Anyway, love the perspective of this shot. It would, indeed, make a great reef, TonyC. but is great just where it is with no need for dive gear to see it.
Medcraft of Skippack, Pa. manufactured the B24, series III, ECT machine shown here in the photos. Medcraft was a division of Hittman Corporation which had several other divisions. One of which was the Nuclear Battery Division of Columbia, Maryland. I know this as I worked for Medcraft at the time this unit was being manufactured. Medcraft made a number of medical devices including EEG machines, EKG machines, remote heart monitoring stations (the RM-400), a cardiovascular diagnostic center (the CDC-70) and a wearable heart monitor/recorder called the Accutape 24. So named as it recorded for 24 continuous hours on a C-180 cassette tape using pulse width modulation. At the end of the 24 hour recording cycle, the tapes could be reviewed for abnormalities or cardiac events using the CDC-70 station discussed above. The B24, series III, ECT machine was the only piece of equipment that was not patient tested after manufacturing was complete prior to shipping to a customer. There was, however, a dummy load which can be seen inside the lid which was used to set up the machine prior to patient use and also for machine diagnostics.
to act an antenna. It sort of worked but not very well.
Some of the Fathers would go on the roof of the house and move the
antenna around for a better picture while their children would yell
up to their Dads that the picture was getting better or worse.