Re: Great Time at Gary's

["Dan Strassberg" <Dan.Strassberg@worldnet.att.net>]

Yes, yes, and yes. I enjoyed myself thoroughly, and Susan had a good time
too, considering that most of the conversation related to aspects of radio
about which she has no knowledge or much interest. She listens avidly to
WBUR (and to no other station as far as I can tell). I think the problem
with another get-together at Gary's Ice Cream will be to get people to bring
food again. I had one of the "one size" ice cream cones and it was so huge
that it would have sufficed for supper even if I had had nothing else! (And
I had _a lot_ else, including one of those 7-in.-diameter Down East donuts
from Maine.) The ice cream cone was free for me as it would have been for
anyone else wearing a name tag, but the regular price is, I believe $2.50.
That's gotta be the biggest $2.50 ice cream cone in North America! After
Susan saw my portion, she got the kiddie size, which, I think, would have
qualified as regular size at just about any other ice cream place.

It was really nice meeting everyone. Too bad Scott and Lisa Fybush, Garrett
Wollman, Peter George, Bob Bittner, and Donna Halper couldn't make it (or at
least didn't make it while Susan and I were there).

Many thanks to Gary for his hospitality (and for those _enormous_ portions
of ice cream)!

PS to Joe Ross: Except when WTRY bombs in and wipes out WCAP, problems with
getting WCAP in Boston do not occur at night, when the pattern favors the
southeast and the signal in much of Boston and environs is quite good. Since
you left after we did (we left at approximately 7:15) and the pattern change
in August is at 7:45, chances are you were listening to the night signal all
the way home. Daytimes are different. WCAP has to protect WSUB in Groton CT
(New London) and also the AM 990 in Providence (whose calls I can't remember
at the moment). The daytime signal to the south is much weaker than the
night signal. On the other hand, the daytime signal as far north as
Manchester NH is _much_ better. The absolute worst time for listening where
I live is right after sunrise in the fall, when WCAP's signal is rather
weak, WTRY often bombs in, and so does CBV. Between the old-time rock and
roll (apparently soon to change to sports talk) and the Francais, WCAP is
usually not listenable at such times.

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Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@worldnet.att.net
Phone: 1-617-558-4205, eFax: 1-707-215-6367

-----Original Message-----
From: A. Joseph Ross <lawyer@world.std.com>
To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Date: Saturday, August 12, 2000 11:31 PM
Subject: Great Time at Gary's


I had a wonderful time, too.  It was so nice to meet so many of you.

I was delighted to discover, when I went to get a frappe, that they were
on the house for those of us with name tags.  Gary says that was his
contribution, but I still thought that was wonderfully generous, since he
also provided the venue and, I think, the grill and fuel.

I also appreciated that the sound system was not painfully loud.  It was
loud enough to hear and enjoy the music, but soft enough that we could
have conversations.  Setting the volume like that seems obvious to me, but
that doesn't seem to be the way it's usually done these days.

A couple of years ago, I tried to get WCAP in the evening from Brookline
and couldn't.  I was delighted to find that I could hear it in my car all
the way home (except on the lower deck of I-93) and then heard it fine on
the radio in my study.  Now I have something new to listen to on Saturday
nights, at least until Labor Day.

Best of luck to Gary in his difficulties.  May the matter be resolved
quickly and entirely in his favor.


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