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1843
EIG Newsletter No. 27
Sunday November 10, 1996
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1775 - 1996
Nonember 10, 1996
221st Birthday |
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Hope you had a great Marine Corps Birthday and Veteran's Day holiday. Another
new computer virus alert, results of the October golf tournament, and a
reminder of the informal luncheon this Friday are the only news items. A
call for volunteer marshals for the Hawaiian Open and opinions about sending
Christmas cards using snail mail are included in this issue.
PEOPLE NEWS
Antonio, Robert <antonior@schofield-emh1.army.mil>
Lucella J. Sullivan
<SULLIVAL@hqpacaf.af.mil>
There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If you
receive an e-mail message with the subject line "Irina", DO NOT
read the message. DELETE it immediately. Some miscreant is sending people
files under the title "Irina". If you receive this mail or file,
do not download it. It has a virus that rewrites your hard drive, obliterating
anything on it. Please be careful and forward this mail to anyone you care
about.
Bob & Lu
NOVEMBER LUNCHEON-
The initial informal luncheon for 1843ers will be held at the Hickam AFB
Officer's Club on Friday, 15 Nov 96. We will block off an area on the lanai
and meet between 1130 and 1300. Bring any old photos you have of past 1843
events and I will try to get them scanned for the newsletter and home page.
If you want the photos back, bring a SASE or wait for the next luncheon.
Karen
SPORTS NEWS
Harry Minakami won the October Hoonanea Golf tournament with a net 72. He
shot the net par score at the Navy Marine Golf Course on 29 October 1996.
The long course and fast greens humbled the rest of the field Jeff Ching
had a net 73 and was the only guy to challenge the winner. Net scores for
1843 people were: Bob Antonio 75, Tom Ching 77, Bill Harrington 77, Thanh
Nguyen 80, Tad Kaida 84, Bill Cabanlit 84, Mel Kong 85, Ron Nishimoto 86
and Ken Ki 89. Lots of pupus and drinks after the round were enjoyed by
all participants. November's golf tournament will be held at Hickam AFB
Golf Course on Wednesday, 27 Nov 96. Ken Ki <Ken_Ki@hula.net> is this
month's tournament chairman and will be calling you to reserve tee times.
Come out and have some fun and meet with the gang.
RETIREE NEWS
Hawaii Film Festival is on this week. Check your newspaper for schedules.
This is a great festival and can be your chance to see the newly renovated
Hawaii Theatre for free.
WANT ADS
Marshalls are wanted for the 1997 Hawaiian Open to be held in Feb 97 at
the Waialae Golf Course. Call Tom Ching at 395-3593 if interested. This
is your chance to see your favorite golf pro up close and personal. Maybe
even get to meet Tiger Woods.
- OPINIONS -
Sending Christmas cards to all your friends during the Post Office's busiest
time of the year is overloading the system. I can see sending gifts to friends
away but sending a card to a person that sits next to you in the office
or that you see everyday is a bit much. Personally wishing your friend a
Merry Christmas is nicer. Sending Seasons Greeting via EMail should be an
ecologically better way by saving the trees and fuel needed to transport
the card. What's your opinion?
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1843
EIG Newsletter No. 26
Sunday OCTOBER 20, 1996
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Scams, viruses and hoaxes...what's happening to this world? Don't worry
but be akamai and keep your guard up. A new eagle scout is announced along
with a new job website. October 29 Hoonanea golf tournament and November
15 lunch get together are provided for marking your calendars.
PEOPLE NEWS
Bill Cabanlit
<76163.1215@CompuServe.COM>
Bill Selvey's note on the Good Times virus on AOL is interesting.
I heard is was a hoax; maybe it was started by Compuserve. Anyway, I'll
have to check it out.
Aloha,
Bill C.
Karen K. Momohara
<MOMOHARK@hqpacaf.af.mil>
I TRIED SENDING THIS TO YOU, TOM, BUT I GUESS IT DIDN'T GET TO YOU IN TIME
FOR YOUR NL25. I HOPE THIS E-MAIL FINDS YOU IN GOOD SPIRITS!
The phone scam works basically like this: You get home and notice that the
message light is blinking on your answering machine. You listen to the message,
which has several wrinkles, but the best one is the caller asks you to call
a number beginning with area code 809 to receive information about a family
member who has been ill. (They may also tell you someone has been arrested,
died, you have won a wonderful prize, etc.)
In any event, concerned or curious, you make the call. Sometimes the phone
will be answered by a person who claims to speak broken English. (The idea
is to keep you on the line to build upcharges.) Or, sometimes you will just
get a long recorded message. The bottom lines is, when your phone bill comes,
you see this incredible charge, oftentimes more than $100.00 dollars!
Crooks are using the 809 numbers as "pay-per-calls" and to get
around the US Regulations and 900 number blocking. Every time you call the
number, they get a greatly inflated rebate from >the foreign phone company.
Since the 809 numbers are in the Caribbean, they aren't bound by US 900#
regulations that require them to warn you of the charge and rate involved,
and also to provide a time period during which you may terminate the call
without being charged.
The newest twist to this scam is to page people using the 809 numbers. With
the new area code changes, people unknowingly are returning these calls.
When the bill comes, there are HUGE charges for the calls.
My suggestion is that no matter how you get the message, if you are asked
to call a number with an 809 area code that you don't recognize, DON'T RETURN
THE CALL! It's bad enough that the criminal is invading your privacy, don't
let them invade your wallet as well!
Scams of this type are extremely hard to prosecute and since you did actually
make the call, neither your local phone company or your long distance carrier
will want to get involved. They'll tell you that they are simply providing
the billing for the foreign company. You end up trying to deal (over the
phone) with a foreign company that feels they have done no wrong. It can
turn into a real nightmare!
Similar article submitted by
Lucella J. Sullivan <SULLIVAL@hqpacaf.af.mil>
and
Hansen, Jeffrey, Mr, AF/SCXP" <HANSENJ@af.pentagon.mil>
TSgt Schweitzer PACAF CSS provided other area codes to be wary.
As the self appointed PACAF CSS Hoax Debunker, I called the National Fraud
Information Center, which confirmed this as true. Also, there are rumors
that there are additional Caribbean area codes coming on-line soon, which
could also be used for this scam. Here's a list:
Area Code Country
242 Bahamas
246 Barbados
264 Anguilla
268 Antigua and Barbuda
284 British Virgin Islands
345 Cayman Islands
441 Bermuda
473 Grenada
664 Montserrat
758 St. Lucia
767 Dominica
784 St. Vincent/Grenadines
787 Puerto Rico
868 Trinidad and Tobago
869 St. Kitts and Nevis
876 Grenada
However, the NFIC could not confirm that these area codes are being used
for this scam at thistime. Let's be careful out there.
Bob Antonio also sent in similar article.
Karen
Pete Harada
<harada@lava.net>
Pete Harada's 1st son (Brian) just turned 18 and got the Boy Scouts Eagle.
Been a long time since I was in 1843!.
Pete
SPORTS NEWS
Hoonanea Golf Club October tournament is scheduled for Tuesday, 29 Oct at
Navy/Marine golf course. First tee time is 1154. Call Sunny Young at 486-5070
to reserve your starting time. Sign up or drop by at 1600 to join us for
pupus.
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Peter Thipphavong and Ki Wun are in favor of Harry Abe's suggestion for
having a informal luncheon on a monthly basis. I propose Friday, 15 Nov
96 at the Hickam Officers Club lanai as the first of these lunches. More
details will be provided later.
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Bill Cabanlit <76163.1215@CompuServe.COM>
Check this site out for new government jobs: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov
Aloha, Bill C
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1843
EIG Newsletter No. 25
Sunday OCTOBER 13, 1996
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Harry Abe sends a note suggesting a monthly luncheon get together. Jerry
Harbin sends an E-mail from Cindy Lee Loy. Bill Selvey sends info on 2 new
viruses on the internet. Ron Ishimaru sends additional Lexis database details.
October golf tournament is announced in Sports News. Mel Kong sends info
on free Juno E-mail.
PEOPLE NEWS
Harry Abe
<css_abe@emh.cidss.af.mil>
Tom and Judy,
I enjoyed having lunch with both of you at the Hickam OC last week. Maybe
we should add a monthly luncheon to the 1843 social activities list. I'm
curious about the Washington Post article on Nexis-Lexis. If you have it
in your computer, can you e-mail it to me. Unfortunately, I am still not
on the internet.
Mahalo,
Harry Abe
Jerry Harbin
<jharbin@pixi.com>
Cindy Lee Loy finally got around to e-mailing me and provided me withher
e-mail address as follows:
Cindy_Lee_Loy@MTMCPAC-MAIL.ARMY.MIL>
Jerry,
How Pal! I finally got around to putting your name onto my computer addresses.
Couldn't find your address until I cleaned out my purse the other weekend.
It was nice seeing you at the mall!!
Pretend you can't see me, will you!! See how convenient it is to be in your
position! You don't have to say hi to someone you don't feel like talking
to.
Keep in touch!!!
ALOHA,
Cindy
Bill Selvey
<bselvey@pmrf.navy.mil>
This came in on e-mail this morning.
I am forwarding it just in case you may not have received this information
Bill Selvey
Hello, everyone! This message is extremely important. It is
abo a very highly intelligent virus that is being spread nationwide called
"Good Times". Once you have read this message, please forward
to anyone you care about.
There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If you
receive an email message with the subject line "Good Times", DO
NOT read the message, DELETE it immediately. Please read the messages below.
Some miscreant is sending email under the title "Good Times" nationwide,
if you get anything like this, DON'T DOWN LOAD THE FILE! It has a virus
that rewrites your hard drive, obliterating anything on it.
The FCC released a warning last Wednesday concerning a matter of major importance
to any regular user of the Internet. Apparently a new computer virus has
been engineered by a user of AMERICA ON LINE that is unparalleled in its
destructive capability. Other more well-known viruses such as "Stoned",
"Airwolf" and "Michaelangelo" pale in comparison to
the prospects of this newest creation by a warped mentality. What makes
this virus so terrifying, said the FCC, is the fact that no program needs
to be exchanged for a new computer to be infected. It c an be spread through
the existing email systems of the Internet.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300 REGARDLESS OF THE
EXTENSION
We work closely with the military and received this message from a very
reliable source in DC this morning.
A NEW Trojan Horse Virus has emerged on the internet with th name PKZIP300.ZIP,
so named as to give the impression that this fil is a new version of the
PKZIP software used to "ZIP" (compress)files. DO NOT DOWNLOAD
this file under any circumstances!!! If you install or expand this file,
the virus WILL wipe your hard disk clean and affect modems at 14.4 and higher.
This is an extremely destructive virus and there is NOT yet a way of cleaning
up this one. (Editor's note: Bill provided virus details which can be provided
on request)
Bill
<ishimarr@pac1.disa.mil>
Subject: Re[5]: Private Information On Lexis Database
What a SCAM. Hopefully no one called.
(Editor's note: Ron provided additional Lexis details which can be provided
on request)
Ron
Mel Kong
<melkong1@juno.com>
NEW
Notice my new email address? I was going to discontinue the ATT Worldnet
but my youngest claims she needs it for her science project.
Please correct Byron's email address from n221@pnet16.navy.mil to n212@pnet16.navy.mil.
In other words, Byron now works with Cal and I.
So far I like this e-mail, much more friendly to use, I think more versatile
too. Only thing I noticed so far, it seems slower. My daughter sent email
me to both accounts. I don't know when the ATT arrived but the Juno arrive
about 1/2 hr to an hr after I checked both systems, and the ATT already
had it.
See you later,
Mel
SPORTS NEWS
Ron Ishimaru shot a 76 (net 65) to win the Hoonanea September Tournament
at Kalakaua (Schofield) Golf Course. This is the second month in a row that
he has won with a net 65 even after taking a 1 stroke cut in his handicap.
Sixteen golfers played in this month's tournament and all had a great time.
The following golfers had net par or better: Francis Balmores 68; Harry
Minakami 70; Ron Nishimoto 70; Thanh Nguyen 71; Roy Kaneshige 71 and Tom
Ching 71.
Our next tournament director will be Sunny Young (Mel Kong's Guest). We
will let you know in this newsletter as to time and place of our October
tournament.
Hoonanea Golf Club October tournament is scheduled for Tuesday, 29 Oct at
Navy/Marine golf course. First tee time is 1154. Call Sunny Young at 486-5070
to reserve your starting time. Sunny called everyone this past weekend and
slots are filling up fast.
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How about Harry Abe's suggestion about a monthly luncheon get together?
The golfers see each other once a month and they enjoy the time together.
HOBBIES
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Aloha for now, Tom Ching
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1843
EIG Newsletter No. 24
Sunday OCTOBER 6, 1996
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Tim Mehlhorn signs on to our newsletter.Peter Thipphavong sends an article
from Washington Post on the NexisLexis controversy. Tim Yoshinaga sends
us his in-your-face view of theNexis-Lexis situation. Les Kouke signs on
from Colorado.
PEOPLE NEWS
Tim Mehlhorn
<mehlt@aloha.com>
Please add me to the 1843rd mailing list. Glad to see everyone trying to
keep in touch with each other.
My email address is mehlt@aloha.com.
I'm working as a contractor for PRC Inc. I was working at the 15th CS on
Hickam for a while, then US Customs for a year and now I'm moving over to
CINCPACFLT.
Take care,
Tim Mehlhorn
(used to be part of that wild and crazy CAD
section).
Thipphavong, Peter
<thipphap@shafter-emh3.army.mil>
Attached is an article from Washington Post, and is on their web page also.
Friday, September 20,1996; Page A01 (Editor's Note) If you want lengthy
article, EMail Peter or Tom and request it.)
See you later,
Peter
Tim Yoshinaga
<yoshinag@MC.LAAFB.AF.MIL>
How is everything? Everything is fine here.
In response to Bob's piece:
I heard that lexus-nexus was a you-dumb-sucker-back-in-your-face-scam that
actually tricks you into giving them your SSN and name. I don't understand
the Ed. note that says,"before providing your SSN be careful."
Shouldn't it say, "NEVER give your SSN." That's just like saying,
"be careful when giving somebody Aids" or "be careful when
pointing a loaded gun to your head." To test out my theory I used Tom
Ching's name and SSN.
If you REALLY want to get your name off of every-single database in existence
(including junk mail lists), just send me five bucks and I can do it for
you. I don't mind being inundated with requests.
Take it easy,
Tim
Les Kouke
<LKouke@aol.com>
By chance one of my projects dealt with coordinating RFSs with DISA- PAC.
Bill Harrington was at the other end of the line and he mentioned you were
the president and chief executive officer of the 1843d Newsletter! He sent
the lastest edition to me and I'm amazed of the many 43ders still keeping
in touch. Just wanted to let you know I'm still out there and wanted to
pass along my address (LKOUKE@AOL.COM). Like Joe Johnson I was in the wideband
section from 84 to 87. Went to the 1836 in Lindsey, GE and then on to Peterson
AFB, CO. Left the AF in 92 and stayed in the area working for Kaman Sciences.
I'm a project manager there and we provide E&I services for AF Space
Command. We basically follow the E&I approach and service sites around
the world. I've been to some interesting places like Thule, Shemya, Turkey,
Australia and many other sites. The workload is fairly heavy and diverse.
Steve Crowe (worked in the QRT section) will be joining us soon and I'll
let him know about your newsletter.
Its a small world in cyber space. I'd like to get on your mailing list and
keep in touch with the 1843d family. I'll keep you posted on our ski conditions
and aspens have already turned to gold. Don't forget to disconnect your
garden hoses or the freeze might burst your water pipe!!!!!!
Aloha
Les
SPORTS NEWS
Ron Ishimaru shot a 76 (net 65) to win the Hoonanea September Tournament
at Kalakaua (Schofield) Golf Course. This is the second month in a row that
he has won with a net 65 even after taking a 1 stroke cut in his handicap.
Sixteen golfers played in this month's tournament and all had a great time.
The following golfers had net par or better: Francis Balmores 68; Harry
Minakami 70; Ron Nishimoto 70; Thanh Nguyen 71; Roy Kaneshige 71 and Tom
Ching 71.
Our next tournament director will be Sunny Young (Mel Kong's Guest). We
will let you know in this newsletter as to time and place of our October
tournament.
So far no news on October Tournament. Mel Kongand Sunny Young, get busy
quick!
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I saw two movies recently. LAST MAN STANDING is an action movie based on
the Japanese movie YOJIMBO. Bruce Willis is great as a hired gun in the
1920s. Lots of gore and shooting. FIRST WIVES CLUB is a story of 3 women
who meet after their friend commits suicide because of her husband divorcing
her. They form a club and get revenge on their ex-husbands. I don't think
I was the only guy in the theatre feeling uncomfortable. Don't see it if
you are worried about your wife getting ideas. See any good movies lately???
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Article in Sunday's newspaper addresses truth in Internet. Like anything
in this world, you have to sift out the truth from the trash. Be aware that
there are many scams out there that are trying to get into your pocket.
Be Careful Out There!
FIND OUT WHY
Aloha for now, Tom Ching
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1843
EIG Newsletter No. 23
Sunday SEPTEMBER 29, 1996
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JERRY HARBIN
<jharbin@pixi.com>
I finally got around to re-registering the 1843rd Guestbook.
Please notify all so they can "Sign-In".
We lost all previous entries so those who have already Signed-In must re-do
it.
Sorry for this inconvienience, but the Guestbook Provider changed out his
Server and all previous clients lost all their entries.
PLEASE VISIT THE 1843RD HOME PAGE AT:
http://www.pixi.com/~jharbin/
AND SIGN-IN IN THE NEW GUESTBOOK
See Ya,
JERRY
NOTE FROM TOM:
Jerry wants us to resign the guestbook on our homepage.
Lu Sullivan
provides us with some updated EMail addresses.
Bob Antonio
tells us how to get your name taken out of a database. Ron Ishimaru wins
again. We got
to watch this part time magician better.
Bill
provides us with way to get a FREE Email mailbox.
See it all in this newsletter.
PEOPLE NEWS
Lucella J. Sullivan
<SULLIVAL@hqpacaf.af.mil>
I really enjoy reading the 1843rd newsletters. I printed out the e-mail
address listing. You need to ADD:
Jeff Hansen
hansenj@afsync.hq.af.mil
Maj Robert McGehee
mcgeheer@ncr.disa.mil
Laura Suehisa
SuehisaL@wpgate.hickam.af.mil
UPDATE:
Milton Matsuo
mmatsuo@seoul-psd.korea.army.mil
Bernie Himsl
bhimsl@stemserv.eiw38.af.mil
mahalo
..... lu :
"Antonio, Robert "
<antonior@schofield-emh1.army.mil>
Here is an article that is circulating at our Army installation. It is self-explanatory.
If you don't want personal information to be available to outsiders to commit
fraud or harm against you, call this company LEXIS-NEXIS
and have them remove your name from their database.
There was a TV newspot on this company which is working through the Internet.
The newscaster asked if people were aware that a company is providing personal
information on virtually anyone to everyone who can
access the Internet. I think there is ample cause for concern if the subject
is on national TV.
Please add it to your next newsletter.
Bob
Received the following and thought it was worth forwarding on to all of
you.
Your name, social security number, current address, previous addresses,
mother's maiden name, birth date and other personal information are now
available to anyone with a credit card through a new Lexis database called
P-Trax. As I am sure you are aware, this information could be used to commit
credit card fraud or otherwise allow someone else to use your identity.
You can have your name and information removed from this list by making
a telephone request. Call (800)543-6862, select option 4 and then option
3 ("all other questions") and tell the representative answering
that you
wish to remove your name from the P-trax database. You may also send a fax
to (513) 865-7360, or physical mail to LEXIS-NEXIS / P.O. Box 933 / Dayton,
Ohio 45401-0933. Sending physical mail to confirm your name has been removed
is always a good idea.
As word of the existence of this database has spread on the net, Lexis-Nexis
has been inundated with calls, and has set up a special set of operators
to handle the volume. In addition, Andrew Bleh (rhymes with "Play")
is a manager responsible for this product, and is the person to whom complaints
about the service could be directed. He can be reached at the above 800
number. Ask for extension 3385. According to Lexis, the manager responsible
is Bill Fister at extension 1364.
I called this morning and had my name removed. (Ed Note: Before providing
your SSN, be careful) The representative will need your name and social
security number to remove you from the list. I suggest that we inundate
these people with requests to remove our info from the list and forward
this e-mail to everyone we know.
SPORTS NEWS
Ron Ishimaru shot a 76 (net 65) to win the Hoonanea September Tournament
at Kalakaua (Schofield) Golf Course. This is the second month in a row that
he has won with a net 65 even after taking a 1 stroke cut in his handicap.
Sixteen golfers played in this month's tournament and all had a great time.
The following golfers had net par or better: Francis Balmores 68; Harry
Minakami 70; Ron Nishimoto 70; Thanh Nguyen 71; Roy Kaneshige 71 and Tom
Ching 71.
Our next tournament director will be Sunny Young (Mel Kong's Guest). We
will let you know in this newsletter as to time and place of our October
tournament.
RETIREE NEWS
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INTERNET
Just received free email software from Juno. Juno offers no frills free
email service. All you need is a PC-compatible computer and a modem. This
service uses the internet, but does not offer services like world wide web
access. If you don't have an internet service provider, but want to send
and receive email for free, try Juno. Modem access is just a local telephone
call. Juno's web site is at http://www.juno.com
Or you can make a copy from my floppy disk.
Aloha, Bill Cabanlit
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Aloha for now, Tom Ching
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1843
EIG Newsletter No. 22
Sunday SEPTEMBER 22, 1996
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Got a nice note from Bernie Himsl. Got new EMail addresses for Joe Johnson,
and Bill Check.
Anyone know the EMail address for Laura Suehisa, Herb Nishiguchi or Carter
Luke or anyone else connected with 1843 EIG?
On my way back from Kauai, I ran into Bob Green, who used to work in programs,
then went to the
326 AD. He was vacationing with his wife on Kauai and spent a few days on
Oahu. He had a
mild stroke and cannot hold a golf club but is otherwise pretty healthy.
He sends his best
to everyone and now lives in Phoenix, Arizona but still loves Hawaii. Richard
Suzuki sent a
change to his EMail address.
His new address is <richard.suzuki@faa.dot.gov>.
PEOPLE NEWS
BERNIE HIMSL
<Bernie.Himsl@mailgate.eiw38.af.mil>
Aloha,
Appreciate Bob Antonio's note about gasoline and bedliner not mixing. I
have a pickup with a bedliner and have been routinely filling gas cans in
the bed. I'll stop immediately and place them on the ground. Thanks Bob!!
Have some bad news to pass. Marv Misturak went in for surgery early last
week and never and died on the operating table. I don't have the particulars
- - only the sad results.
I'm forwarding your note on to Rich Mock at Space Command. I'm sure he would
like to be in the loop on 1843rd happenings.
Mahalo again for the Newsletter. It's great!!
Bernie
Joe Johnson
Joe Johnson <jjohnson@iu.net>
407-724-8355
Tom,
I'm Joe Johnson, the ex-2LT/1LT that worked in EIEGM under Randoph D.S.
Quon. I would be interested in receiving your next newsletters. I do continue
to travel to the islands on Navy Business. You see, I left the
USAF after a two-year follow on tour to Falcon AFS in Colorado Springs CO.
I then have been working for the Department of Defense at Harris Corporation
in Melbourne FL building satellites. So I rejoined the military as a
reservist, but this time the US Navy. So now I'm a US Naval Reserve Lieutenant
and will be coming to Pearl for the entire month of October to do some retrofit
work on the USS Frederick an LST. So I hope to see Jerry
Harbin, Bill and June Harrington, Ron Ishimaru, Col. Harry Abe and whoever
is left at the 1843. You can add this entry to your next newletter release.
Thanks
JERRY HARBIN
<jharbin@pixi.com>
Hey Guys,
I finally found Bill Check at Old Dominion University.
His e-mail is: check@ocean.odu.edu
SPORTS NEWS
September golf tournament is on September 26, 1996 (Thursday) at the Kalakaua
(Schofield) Golf Course. Five tee times have been reserved for our club
and are about filled.. Tournament chairman is Thanh Nguyen who can be reached
at 449-9800 (Work) and 524-7226 (Home) to reserve your space in this month's
tourney.
You may get a slot this week, if someone drops out.
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<http://falcon.miamisci.org/hurricane/hurricane0.html>
Hurricane: Storm Science is a great resource for kids who want to explore
the scientific and human aspects of these raging autumn storms. Presented
by the Miami Museum of Science, the site offers all its information in
kid-friendly terms, from first-person accounts of surviving a hurricane
to the nitty-gritty details of what makes a hurricane tick. Much of the
site is interactive; all of it is involving. This outstanding site also
includes a teachers' guide and a "hurricane hotlist" of links
to nearly a dozen other hurricane sites. Both students and teachers would
be well advised to breeze on over to this site before the next storm.
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Aloha for now, Tom Ching
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1843
EIG Newsletter No. 21
Sunday SEPTEMBER 8, 1996
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I am back from the wilds of Kauai. This along with problems with my internet
provider has caused a delay of this newsletter. Not much going on, a safety
bulletin from Bob Antonio about trucks with bed liner and filling of gas
containers in them. Announcement for a job with DISA from Bill Harrington
may be of interest to some of our readers. We have a nice note from Jim
Todt who provided us some info on one of our past commanders, Col. Fred
Brehm. We have the results on our August golf tournament and a change in
the location and day of our September tournament in our Sports News.
PEOPLE NEWS
JIM TODT
1644 Hoohalike St.
Pearl City, HI 96782-1601
I'm back now so you can start sending the new of the old gang to me instead
of John Bretz. I visited Col. Fred Brehm (ret'd) our 1843EIG Commander in
1977-79 in Gulfport, MS. He is in bad health but still active and gave me
a good tour of Biloxi, Gulfport area. The place is really "booming"
with casinos and the New Orleans crowd. Also, the southern Alabama, Mississippi
and panhandle of Florida. He (Col Brehm) would like
anyone of the old gang to visit him. His address is:
Col. Fred Brehm (Ret'd)
10 Independence Drive
Gulfport, MS 39507
Call him first at 1 (601) 736-4019. He spoke highly of the 1843rd and the
work we done. I've known him since 1947 and know he means it. Couldn't find
Ray Boots cause he was here. Seems to me that was a smart move.
Jim Todt
ROBERT ANTONIO
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Here is a noteworthy input for your newsletter. Some people who own trucks
may benefit from this safety alert notice.
SAFETY ALERT: PICKUP TRUCKS WITH BED LINERS
I want to relate an incident that happened to an individual the other day.
He was filling a small gas can that was inside the bed of his pick-up which
has a bed liner in it. The gasoline spontaneously ignited, burning him in
the process.
The investigation determined that this was caused by static electricity
buildup from the plastic bed liner. I have since learned that this is not
uncommon, and in fact there are two technical bulletins out on this. One
is from Ford Motor Corp. and the other is from Standard Oil Co. The recommendations
on both are that you should never fill a gas can in the bed of a truck with
a bed liner in it. Place the container on the ground to fill it. The Ford
bulletin also stated that placing a rubber mat under the bed liner would
alleviate this problem; however, the friend of mine had already done that
and the gasoline still ignited. This leaves the only way to fill gas cans
is to place them on the ground.
WARNING - CHEVRON ISSUES GAS-CAN ALERT
Chevron USA has reported several instances of metal gas-cans exploding while
being filled in the backs of pickup trucks at service stations. In a warningpublished
in Chevron's Marketing Bulletin 36-1904, Chevron said the insulated effect
of the plastic liners found in the back of many pickup trucks prevents the
static charge generated by gasoline flowing into a metal can from grounding.
As the charge builds, it can create a static spark between the can and the
gas nozzle. Chevron is advising that all cans should be placed on the ground
away from vehicles and people when being filled.
WARNING - DEATH/ACCIDENT ON REFUELING CANS INSIDE
BED LINERS
My daughter, an electrical engineer who is attending a seminar in Boston
this week, called me this AM to have me alert her father of possible death/injury
when fueling a gas can that is sitting in the back of a pickup truck with
a bed liner. (We own a truck with a dealer supplied bed liner and have boats,
ATVs, and a lawn mower which would mandate fueling a gas can). A flame specialist
at this seminar told me that there have been 23 injuries/deaths because
of pickup truck owners fueling a gas can/tank that is sitting in the back
of their pick-up
truck without removing it. Apparently the bed liners do not provide a ground
and the fuel generates static electricity that can cause the fumes to ignite.
This specialist said that there was pressure on the bed liner manufacturers
to put a warning label on their product. With the selling of so many pick-ups,
of which many customers buy a dealer installed liner, I thought it best
to draw attention to this claim for further investigation.
SPORTS NEWS
Ron Ishimaru wins Hoonanea Golf Club August tournament with 77 (Net 65)
Ron smoked the Makaha East golf course on a beautiful golfing day. We just
escaped the rain with only the last foursome getting wet. See my homepage
at http://www.pixi.com/~jharbin/toms_home.html
for more details on results.
ATTENTION:
September golf tournament has been changed to September 26, 1996 (Thursday)
at the Kalakaua (Schofield) Golf Course. Please change your calendars. Five
tee times have been reserved for our club. Tournament chairman is Thanh
Nguyen who can be reached at 449-9800 (Work) and 524-7226 (Home) to reserve
your space in this month's tourney. Sign up quick before all tee times are
filled.
RETIREE NEWS
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Just got info on a GS-11/12 position opening at DISA PAC, open to permanent
gov employees Oahu wide, closing date 20 Sep 96. Its a quality assurance
system engineering position. Annoc # is 96C-282 and HRO contact is Laurie
@ 474-3586. I have the announcement which I can fax to anyone who wants
it if they give me their fax #.
Bill Harrington
656-6890
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INTERNET
http://www.ora.com/reference/dictionary/
O'Reilly, publisher of those great computer books with the animals on the
cover, has produced a Net version of their "Dictionary of PC Hardware
and Data Communications Terms". Beautifully done, it contains over
900 terms covering the Internet and TCP/IP, hardware, wireless communications,
data communication, APIs, LANs, WANs, and multimedia. There are tips on
how to construct a search and the ability to do a wider, concept-based search
as well. This is an essential bookmark for everyone using a computer.
FIND OUT WHY
Aloha for now, Tom Ching
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1843
EIG Newsletter No. 20
Sunday AUGUST 25, 1996
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Not much input this week but we have a change in Email address for Jeannette
Sturges and a nice note from John Bretz. A review of the movie Tin Cup and
a golf special at Barber's Point golf course are included.
Don't forget the monthly golf tournament this Friday at Makaha West GC.
PEOPLE NEWS
Dewey V. Sturges
<dvsturges@worldnet.att.net>
The e-mail address for Dewey Sturges (Jeannette) has changed to:
dvsturges@worldnet.att.net
JOHN BRETZ
91-959 Ikulani
Ewa Beach HI 96706
Hi Tom,
Just a note to let you know that I'm receiving the 1843rd newsletters and
am really enjoying the updated info on old acquaintances. I'll forward the
letters to Jim (Todt) when he returns from ZI.
Am getting along OK but having a lot of trouble with arthritis. Spend a
lot of time on housing improvements when I'm not bothered by it.
Thanks for the letters and hope all is well with you.
John
SPORTS NEWS
The next 1843 EIG golf tournament is on 30 August (Friday) at Makaha Valley
Country Club. We have four
starting times beginning at 1121 hours. So far 16 players have reserved
tee times. Sixsomes are allowed so we can have up to 24 players. The green
fee is $25 per person which includes the cart. If you are interested in
playing, please email Mel Kong at MELKONG@worldnet.att.net. Mel is away
for a while so this is the best way to reach him.
We also have 25 Sep and 27 Nov reserved for Hickam GC. Mark your calendars.
Both times are on Wednesdays and may have free pupus at the snack bar.
RETIREE NEWS
Barber's Point is offering a special for green fees on Mondays through September.
All DoD civilians, retirees included, can play for $6 on Mondays. Call pro
shop at 682-1911 to get a tee time and check details, Times
for today (26 Aug) are all filled up but try again next week Monday.
TIN CUP
It's a great movie, especially for golfers. Kevin Costner and Renee Russo
are great together. My favorite is Cheech Marin who is funny as caddie and
friend to the driving range pro who tries to win the big one, the US Open.
See Ben Wood's column in Saturday's Star Bulletin for great review of this
movie.
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Last week for submitting nickname for our 1843 EIG. So far we only got 2
nicknames to chose from and you don't want to be known by a nickname that
is not to your liking. Send in your suggestion.
HOBBIES
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INTERNET
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, MAPPED OUT
So much has happened over the last 3,000 years, and now you can see the
latest bits for yourself with an interactive online World History Chart,
a "synchronoptic" display of human history since about the year
1000. (We could have really used this back in high school.) Follow the links
to HyperHistory for the full-fledged Netscape 2.0 experience, then follow
the map to your heart's content, viewing information by people, events,
civilizations, or geography. This is really, really cool.
http://www.hyperhistory.com/
FIND OUT WHY
Aloha for now, Tom Ching
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