"John Smith" wrote in message
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Kim:

Well, there ya go, the only people you would consider fitting to converse
with have proven they are a ham to you. Of course, this is going to
rather limit your social skills and world quite a bit, wouldn't be
surprized if you don't know ALL ~300,000 by name (that might be an
over-estimate.) Don't worry, why you are there doing "ham sorting" the
world goes on, we will keep you abreast of the changes which have occured
while you have been engaged in you little diversion.

John


Not at all. I've never really paid any attention to whether someone has a
call or not. Doesn't matter to me one way or the other. I am just
surprised you haven't run into that on the newsgroup yet. From someone such
as...hmmm, trying to remember who that matters to, usually...Dave Heil, I
believe I've seen razzing Len for not being an amateur radio operator.
Others...but, was just wondering if it'd ever been an issue.

Oh, and then there's those who raz about people being annonymous, etc.
Guess you've not had that happen yet, either. Although, come to think of
it...there's not that many of the "regulars" who are communicating with
you... So maybe it's still an issue, just not as noticeable as it used to
be...

Kim W5TIT