Ginnie, I'll have to pass on the role of guest speaker. Evidently you have never heard my voice. I have to speak softly so as not to scare people, especially kids. It's a gruff, deep, bass and I can project it quite some distance. I don't use a radio at fires other than to talk to the dispatch operator. My men can hear me better when I don't use a radio. My voice is so deep that it causes me problems. Over the radio, people have a hard time understanding me because of its depth. If I raise it an octave so people can hear better, they think I'm excited and, if I so excited, then it must be a really tough fire and then they get excited and excited people make stupid mistakes. My solution is too speak as little as possible but in a slow tempo. Compared to a stereo system, my voice is probably between a woofer and a sub-woofer. Still want me to speak? Al At 02:06 PM 1/1/2002, you wrote: >You are so right Al. Talent is no longer a criteria for success in music. >BTW, I haven't heard from Mac, maybe I was the first one to tell him he is >old and its just sinking in. hmmm. Guess I had better apologize. >For our next fan club meeting, we would like you as our guest speaker. We >need people to sign up soon as the booth only holds 12-15. > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >Check out these COMMUNITY LISTS: MyStErY, Horror, SAHM, M-W-C, Nost-TV, >Palm-Gen, and Westie > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237