A Blog and Web Site About The McDougall Family
Rod Dinkins, AC6V (SK)(ARRL.org) AC6V, who has one of the largest Amateur Radio web sites is SK. His site is listed under Favorite Ham Radio Links on my Favorite Links page. His site is www.AC6V.com. See more about AC6V at ARRL’s site.
Read MoreMy family and I moved to our current QTH (location) November 2004. Our new home had a lot of extra space in which we could build some needed rooms. The area was an open space of about 26? by 50?. We made the first 16? of the 50? area into a nice family room. With […]
Read MoreIf you are interested in Homebrew (home made) electronic equipment, you should listen to “Soldersmoke“. It is a podcast done by Bill-N2CQR in Rome, Italy for Amateur Radio operators interested in homebrew electronics. I got mentioned in the latest episode, episode #77. I was traveling for my job along the Gallatin River near Big Sky, […]
Read MoreCarol, here is the key to my heart. I could not let Valentines Day go by without expressing my love for MY valentine, my lovely wife Carol. We had a romantic, candle lit dinner under dim lights. We then slow danced to some very romantic music. And where were all of our great children? They […]
Read MoreLast weekend, our family took a trip to my parents in Butte where we have our taxes done. While there, a conversation came up of my childhood curiosity with electrical things. At an early age, I was told, I would take tail lights off the cars and take doorbells on the house apart. I remember […]
Read MoreYou might have read the post below of Katie and Ana both on crutches for different accidents. Ana sprained her ankle a couple of days ago and has been limping around ever since. When she saw that Katie had crutches, she decided she needed some too. Today, at her Sunday School class at our Church, […]
Read MoreFor all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read this: If Microsoft Made a Car
Read MoreKatie and Desire’ went on a ski trip with the school and both had lots of fun until Katie crashed and burned right at the bottom in front of everybody. She apparently was going to fast and ran into a “Slow Down” sign. We spent the afternoon in the emergency room and fortunately nothing was […]
Read MoreI was going through some recent pictures and found these from our Church’s Christmas program. Even though they are late, I thought they would be cute to share. Click HERE to see them.
Read MoreAfter many years of working with management and being management, I have this weird liking of Dilbert. It doesn’t help that I am somewhat nerdy myself (like Dilbert). Sometimes the most ridiculous Dilbert strips are the most real, and that is scary. I’ve added a Dilbert widget to the sidebar on the right. Click it […]
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