{"id":15876,"date":"2014-05-02T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=15876"},"modified":"2014-05-02T22:15:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-03T04:15:00","slug":"steam-and-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2014\/05\/02\/steam-and-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam and Blues\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok so how does that go together?&#160; Well you have to be here to experience it but today was a volunteer <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>day<\/strong> for me.&#160; The local Amateur Radio club volunteers to <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>run<\/strong> the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>gates<\/strong> for the Pawnee Steam <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>show<\/strong> every <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>year<\/strong> and this year, since I am retired, I had volunteered to help.&#160; I did this same thing 2 years ago and had a great time , although it was a 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