Joy,

Let me officially welcome you back to the West (left (perhaps
politically)) coast.....

All those strange noises out of your radio were specially propagated
for you out of area 51.... and Mark Drillock wiring your Acc. circuit
to your aux batt at The Bus Pilots Reunion in September......... Wiring
gremlins can attack at any moment???

Additionally, we (meaning me alone) has sped-up time for you so you
will not arrive late at Buses at the Bridge!

Enjoy San Francisco......

Phil Z.

Date:    Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:26:08 -0500
From:    Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject: weird things happening (peripheral VC)

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I've had two things weird happen in my van lately, was wondering if
either =
has happened to anyone else.

First - while driving, I'm listening to the radio, and I plug my
cellphone =
charger into the cigarette lighter to charge the phone.  All of the
sudden =
I'm getting truly weird spacey noises on the radio - like creepy sounds
fro=
m a really old sci-fi movie (think "Planet 9 from Outer Space") or
maybe so=
meone playing a theramin (sp?).  Unplug the cellphone charger and
they're g=
one.=20

Second - While not driving, I plugged in my clock-radio in the evening
to m=
y (cheap) inverter and thence into my extra battery.  Set the clock,
but in=
  the morning it's half an hour fast.  The first time it happened, I
figured=
  I'd set it wrong, but the second time I realized it wasn't me.

Anyone seen either of these phenomena before?

Joy=20

(who has finally made it to the west coast and is now having fine soup
and =
high-class beer in a pleasant gallery/caf=C3=A9/theater with free wifi
on M=
arket St in SF.  YIPPEE!!!  No more desert!  No more ice, blowing snow,
gus=
ting winds, 4-degree weather, or inability to breathe due to altitude
and h=
orribly dry air!  Let's hear it for 100% humidity, 60-degree temp,
37-foot =
elevation!)