On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:48:40 GMT, "Marty B."
wrote:

73 OR 73`ss IN AMATEUR RADIO WE SHOULD USE 73 .

WHY, old man??

Same pointless nit-picking we have all heard until the point that
it is a DEAD HORSE That you are beating!

I HEAR PEOPLW ASK ME WHAT MY HANDLE IS ...HUH ?
IS THIS A CB LINGO ??

NO, OM, we hams have used the term "HANDLE" since way back
before there was anything called "Citizens Band."
Maybe you haven't been around as a radio amateur as long
as some of us!

I DO HAVE A NAME NOT A HANDLE....

Right. SOME people choose to have a "handle" too, as in "nick name."

I have one. The term handle is not as popular as it used to be among
hams but I still hear it frequently and I don't object. Why would I?
It's part of our LORE from way back!

In case you haven't listened in a few years, CBers often
say "personal" instead of "name" or "handle" these days.
They used "handle" back in the 1970s trucker CB craze days.
You may need to catch up a little, hi hi!

Oops!! You are probably offended by ham abbrevaitions
like "hi hi" too! ROTFLMAOAU!

WHAT does this have to do with trading radios? Zero.
Please move the thread where it belongs in:
rec.radio.who.cares

Lighten up a little puhleez!

73s to you and your family, old timer!