<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp3e28c878yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><b>Randy,</b></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Glad you liked the idea.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">We can easily add several more characters</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">and background props.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Agreed that we need several people to </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">volunteer as 'characters'. We do have </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">quite a few characters who are also known</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">as volunteers. Learn their role and off</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">they go.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">All of those recordings are fully available</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">on the internet. Someone operating a</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">cassette deck or computer with an audio</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">output to a transmitter could easily transmit</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">the desired programming when our </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">actors (volunteers) turn on a radio or desire</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">a runaway steam engine whistle to blare.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">And for anyone who wants to read about my</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">daughter's ghostly encounter, the book is</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><b>More Ghosts of Block Island</b> by Fran Migliaccio.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Melanie's story, The Woman in White at Bridgegate</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Square, is on page.75.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp3e28c878signature"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:16px;"></p><hr style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:16px;"></p><div style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Ken Carr</b> </font></font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><p style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:16px;"></p></div></div></div>
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On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 10:32:14 AM EDT, Randall Snow <pleaseleaveamessage4me@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp7caa79c8yiv1238944235"><div><div dir="ltr">Ken,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Fantastic creativity! This is definitely the sort of thing we could do to bring more life and humanity to our displays. Of course, we need a bit more following to make it worthwhile, but the idea is wonderful. The only missing thing is the 1930's gentleman radio listener glancing at his watch as he turns the radios on and off, proclaiming "1963?! Can you believe how the time flies!" We should plan for this sort of thing for next year. We could put it on the schedule and advertise it to everyone who comes through the summer and at Steam Up.</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp7caa79c8yiv1238944235gmail_quote"><div id="ydp7caa79c8yiv1238944235yqt03498" class="ydp7caa79c8yiv1238944235yqt7590734156"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp7caa79c8yiv1238944235gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 8:58 AM Ken Carr via Thursday <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp7caa79c8yiv1238944235gmail_quote"><div>
Spruce (birch) Goose and The Man in Brown: chills can be real<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Craig, I will be on the lookout for that man. My first thought was that</div><div>he might be a station operator who lived in he building. A second possibility </div><div>might be someone who once lived on this land. Are there any</div><div>gravesites here? </div><div>Spring? Isn’t that about the time we set up the TR7 transceiver,</div><div>said to be one of Mr. Merriam’s favorites? </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Len, that article opens up a host of ideas. Winter may currently be our</div><div>off season; but, we certainly could offer special events. We could</div><div>introduce a tour hosted by several properly schooled and dressed</div><div>actors. The cast:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Master Curator and Records Keeper: A bespectacled gentleman who</div><div>appears at the doorway of his tiny office. He has a distracted air about him</div><div>as he rapidly hauls out from his office some of his favorite treasures,</div><div>all the while mussing about their significance to the museum collection.</div><div>Each artifact (textbook, record book, patent grant, blue print, etc.) is</div><div>placed on a large table in front of the spectators.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The Gentleman Radio Listener: Dressed in 1930’s evening attire, reading</div><div>glasses drooping below his nose, an unlit pipe in his mouth, he is seated</div><div>in his period correct lounger while reading the newspaper. The</div><div>headline observed by our guests, reads “Hindenburg Disaster in NJ”.</div><div>Next to our gentleman is a chairside Zenith from which we hear </div><div>quiet music. Noticing our presence he suddenly says “Hello” and</div><div>begins to ask how we feel about the tragic event of May 6, 1937.</div><div>“I first heard about it on this very radio. It was last night at about</div><div>7:30.” He turns on the radio and we hear the actual live broadcast.</div><div>The Gentleman then reminisces about other events he has heard</div><div>on his radios throughout time past, present and future. As he does</div><div>this he is walking around the room and stopping at various display</div><div>radios which he describes and then turn on. Magically the</div><div>actual relevant broadcast booms from the speakers: Bombing of Pearl</div><div>Harbor, FDR Fireside Chat, Assassination of JFK, a popular</div><div>entertainment program, etc.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>And many more characters: </div><div>The Factory Boiler Maintenance Man</div><div>The Proud Engine Designer, Mr. Corliss</div><div>The Housewife to the Wireless Station Operator</div><div>Mr. Massie, the Engineer and Designer of Wireless Equipment</div><div>Mr. Armstrong, the Feverish Inventor </div><div>Mr. Edison, the nearly deaf man with an ear for music</div><div>Mr. Crosley, and many others to choose from.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Tours every 90 minutes. Register ahead.</div><div>Free to members, a <span>nominal</span><span> fee for guests.</span></div><div><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span>Regarding ghosts, my daughter, Melanie, saw one.</span></div><div><span>The experience resulted in her immediately exiting her residence</span></div><div><span>and lodging with her boyfriend (now husband) at his mother’s </span></div><div><span>house. The details are to be found in a book about ghosts</span></div><div><span>on Block Island, that same place that our PJ station had</span></div><div><span>constant contact with. And we are back where we began.</span></div><div><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><p style="font-size:15px;margin-top:0px;">On Sunday, October 31, 2021, 12:15 PM, Craig Moody via Thursday <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote><div id="ydp7caa79c8yiv1238944235gmail-m_7013339874762791311yiv4294751862"><div>I actually saw something once when I came down the stairs from the transmitter room by myself. It was in the Spring of this year. As I turned left into the room on the main floor I was caught off-guard by a distinct full-size shadow-like male figure dressed in a dark brown overcoat standing in the center of that room with his hands in his coat pockets. It was just to the left of my direct line of sight, just in the area of my forward peripheral vision. When I looked at it full-on it was no longer visible.</div><div>My first though was that it was Bob, judging by the height and slightly hunched stature. I never would have said anything because I’ve pretty much kept those things to myself. Everybody has their opinions of this kind of thing, but there have been many such occurrences in my lifetime.</div><div>To me, it’s a pretty cool thing when it happens.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Craig</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="ydp7caa79c8yiv1238944235gmail-m_7013339874762791311yiv4294751862yqt62604"><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 11:53 AM Lens Email via Thursday <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);">On the occasion of Halloween, has anyone seen Massie’s ghost in station PJ?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Len<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.flyingmag.com/story/news/ghosts-museum-education/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.flyingmag.com/story/news/ghosts-museum-education/</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone<br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Thursday mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Thursday@newsm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thursday@newsm.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://newsm.org/mailman/listinfo/thursday_newsm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://newsm.org/mailman/listinfo/thursday_newsm.org</a><br clear="none"></blockquote></div></div></div><div id="ydp7caa79c8yiv1238944235gmail-m_7013339874762791311yqt55513">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Thursday mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Thursday@newsm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thursday@newsm.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://newsm.org/mailman/listinfo/thursday_newsm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://newsm.org/mailman/listinfo/thursday_newsm.org</a></div></blockquote></div><div><blockquote><div id="ydp7caa79c8yiv1238944235gmail-m_7013339874762791311yqt55513"><div><blockquote><div id="ydp7caa79c8yiv1238944235gmail-m_7013339874762791311yqt55513"><a shape="rect" href="http://newsm.org/mailman/listinfo/thursday_newsm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></div></blockquote></div></div><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div>
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