May Day
I have been following the election so closely by being physically there and lapping up all materials available that it has taken its toll on me. I have no time to write. It is such a heavy responsibility bestowed upon me. No one can say they know until they have done due diligence. Add on the years of doing these things and you can say I am a veteran. Come on, this is better than the World Cup - close to home and once every 4-5 years. What is May Day? It is an international radio signal used by air crafts and ships in distress. It is used with voice radio transmission when in serious danger. Morse uses an SOS in lieu but Mayday is transmitted on guard frequency. The pilot is required to repeat the word "Mayday" thrice followed by the call sign then the nature of distress and the intention with aircraft or ship position. This call sign originated in 1923 - a senior radio officer in London Frederick Mockford was asked to think of a word to indicate distress which mu...