Subject: Ham Radio Addiction Syndrome
From: "Lloyd"
Date: 11/13/2004 7:30 AM Central Standard Time
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Simple Test for Ham Radio Addiction Syndrome (HRAS)
1. Can you go without ham radio for 90 days?
Nope.
2. Have you gone more than three days without bathing?
Nope. I have a waterproof rig and can take it in the shower with me. I
sign "maritime mobile" when I do...
3. Are the clothes you wear dirty and smell?
Nope. I clean them while I am in the shower. Why waste water? And what
idiot would talk on his HT in the shower while nekkid...???
4. Do you take your meals in the ham radio shack?
Yep. They taste better there than in the shower. Don't get soggy quite
as easily, either.
5. Have you constructed a separate building behind your home
for ham radio?
Hmmmm....didn't "construct" it, but had one of those prefab barns for a
couple years! Finished the interior, had AC, 110/220 AC...Cozy...No kids...
No shower in the barn, though.
6. Do your neighbors hate you because of TVI?
Nope...I am an Amateur...NOT a CBer!
7. Do your kids or grandkids wonder if they have a father
or grandfather?
No more than your parents wonder who your real mother is....
8. Have you ever done a family activity which does not involve
taking your ham radios with you?
Yep.
9. Have you forced your xyl & kids to get their tickets? Be honest.
Nope.
10. Do people stare in awe at your car or truck because it has so
many stupid looking antennas on it?
What does a "stupid looking" antenna look like?
11. Do you come to this forum to bicker with other hams?
Lennie's not a Ham...I wonder about you.
If you were honest and answered two or more of these questions
in the affirmative, chances are good that you suffer from HRAS.
Help is available from fellow hams who have recovered from HRAS.
The help needs to go to the idiot who took the time out of his life to
create this "questionaire"...
Steve, K4YZ