RadioBanter - View Single Post - It's the Economy, Stupid! (Was Ham-radio is a hobby not a service)

March 13th 04, 02:42 AM

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Then outside the disaster arena, there's all the marathons,
walk-a-thons, bike-a-thons and myriad other public events for which
hams routinely provide communications. Our club supports 4 or 5 of
these per year.

Those are good practice.

By the way, the Los Angeles Marathon was a success on Sunday,
record turn-out, everything run just fine.

What was your finishing time, Len? How were course conditions?

Well, Len? You said "everything run just fine".

Yes.

What was your finishing time, Len? How were course conditions?

Or were you DNS?

Everything RAN just fine...using the word "ran" (or "run") as in
an adminstrative action or organizing, starting, keeping it going, and
finally take-down.

How do you know?

You are mighty peevish again, perceiving personal insults at the
slightest provocation.

Not me. You're the one shouting and calling names.

My marathon PR (personal record) is 3 hours 57 minutes 37 seconds.

Have you written the Guiness editors yet?

You sound jealous, Len.

What's your marathon PR, Len?

I don't do Public Relations any more,

Good. Your style here indicates you'd be very bad at it.

Consider that Sports CARS are in Road Races...on roads.

They're not allowed in the LA Marathon.

The L.A. 2004 Marathon was on the STREETS of Los Angeles,
on on any "roads." :-)

They're called road races, Len.

As suspected, you were not involved in the LA Marathon in any way except as a
distant spectator. Same as your involvement as in amateur radio.

Well, Len, once more you've lived up to your profile and shown us your purpose
here. As if there was any doubt. Plonk time again.