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Our marketing analysts said that we should make a list of our favorite web
sites, and describe a short list of Don's hobbies,
projects and interests. Well that first past was tough, since almost none can even compare
to this site. But in the interest of fair play and good sportsmanship (or
is it good marksmanship?) here are a few sites that warrant a modicum of exposure. Obviously, we at www.DonJacobs.Org
hold no responsibility for the content (or lack thereof) of any of these
sites. Good luck. Remember, you can always use your BACK key to
eventually return to the comforts of the home, here at www.DonJacobs.Org.
FYI - this page is long, probably too long. Oh well,
story of my life...
To save space, some links have only pictures OR words.
It should be pretty self-descriptive!
Badge 1721 may be coming out of retirement soon as
Emergency Management has asked Don to re-activate
 | Principle interests include ham
radio, books, antiques, cooking, pistol target shooting, dollhouse making, and a
few other things.
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| Books and Antiques - The Living Room is growing to capacity with antique
furniture and old (and some new) books. My collection of unfinished
novels is amazing. (Unfinished novels are those books that I've yet to
finish reading.) - See also, "Pictures of HQ" tab on
left.
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| Longaberger Baskets - The Living and Dining rooms
have become home to several baskets - mostly Longabergers, with a few unique
no-names here and there. (Keep those Certificates of Authenticity!)
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| Cooking - Cooking? What can I say? Necessity is the
mother of invention, right? And now I like to cook... - See also,
"Pictures of HQ" tab on left.
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| HAM Radio - General Class N2HVL - I have a Heath HW-2036 2-meter, a Heath SB-102 (HF), an
ICOM IC-730 (HF), a few 2-meter handie-talkies, and a few 2-meter mobile
rigs. Currently, I'm loading the HF rigs into a homemade, folded
dipole
inside the attic. (And it sucks!) However I did work Tokyo,
Japan on upper side band with only ten watts. Although the FCC allows
amateur radio operators to use up to 2,000 watts, I limit myself to 100 -
mostly because I'm too cheap to buy the extra equipment, but also because I
live in a condominium and the signal would REALLY piss off the
neighbors.
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| Mazda Miata ?!!! Don't worry, I
kept the sedan for practical purposes... although it's falling apart
now!
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| Target shooting & Collecting - Some people get scared by the pistol target shooting
and collecting stuff. (Would you rather someone owned a gun without being
able to hit a target? I don't think you could run for cover fast
enough!) Along with the standard hunting and targeting equipment, I
have a Bennett rifle (London) from the U.S. Civil War (orig.), Wild Bill
Hickok's brass & ivory-handled pistol from 1869 (repro.), and the Wyatt
Earp .44 Peacemaker (repro.). - See also, "Pictures of
HQ" tab on left.
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The NRA has gotten a bad name. Their goal
isn't to equip everyone with automatic weapons. (Although I'll admit -
sometimes they sound that way.) Their goal is make
certain that honest, responsible people have the right to CHOOSE to own
reliable mechanisms of self-defense. That's a constitutional right -
in fact the second MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT that our Founding Father's (read
"Founding Families") had on
their minds when forming our nation. (Paraphrasing Thomas Jefferson: We should not live in fear of
neighbor, nor Tyrant.) I don't need any automatic
weapons for self-defense. I have two strong arms. But just in
case the other dude is on something, or has a stolen gun when he breaks in, one
of my trusty 12-gauge shotguns should do just fine, backed up by the .357 Magnum,
and then the...
You know, it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye! So to
protect my computers and all the data they contain, I use ZoneAlarm firewall
software. It traps dozens of people and companies from scanning through my
systems (without even asking!) every day. If you are online, and don't
have a personal firewall, you're friggin' nuts! You'll be amazed at how
many people try to hack into your system.
Click on the banner above to get the details on securing your own system.
That's no joke! |
