RadioBanter - View Single Post - How long are you going to contiue with your bullshit about Michigan

August 25th 05, 12:20 AM

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From: Frank Gilliland on Wed 24 Aug 2005 00:18

On 23 Aug 2005 18:27:27 -0700, wrote in

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Author and screenwriter Ernest K. Gann's semi-autobiography
"Fate Is The Hunter" described how a guy faked his way into
being #3 (seniority) pilot on a new airline starting up between
San Francisco and Hawaii around the 1950s (Gann was #2 and an
airline pilot since before WW2).* This fake had "self-taught"
himself how to fly while in the State Department during WW2
going to and from South America. He's faked his way into
this new airline but had NO time on four-motor aircraft nor
could he fly well with the autopilot off. After an FAA
check-ride resulted in such a poor demo, the FAA found out
he had NEVER gotten an Air Transport rating! Fake went bye-
bye but later got onto another beginning airline doing the
same thing...but killing himself and passengers.

How does that saying go..... "fake it till you make it". Apparently he
didn't make it.

Sometimes an imposter can hang around a long time if he's got
a knack of diverting attention from himself to others. That
is what Dudly does in here.

He spends long hours at it.

For a while, Dudly was "communications officer" of a
Tennessee State Guard unit with a "title" of "1st Lieutenant."
[TN State Guard is NOT affiliated with federal National Guard]
Had his picture in the State Guard web pages. For a while.
Then it wasn't there anymore. Stebie claimed he "had to move"
and other things. But he quit mentioning his "commission"
soon afterwards. Sound suspicious? :-)

He'll do any-damned-thing to get into a uniform, including becoming a
nurse. Then he claims he doesn't wear a white dress.

There's Dudly's famous foray into civilian electronics
"engineering" for a few months...as a Purchasing Agent. A
Purchasing Agent just doesn't DO a single bit of engineering
yet Dudly could "tell us all about it from his 'experience.'"
Didn't last a half year. Even then he would get confused on
which "division" he was in. Why so SHORT an employment?

Didn't he work at a "You've got questions, Steve's got blank stares"
location?

Perhaps Dudly really has a private pilot's license. But,
having once been keen on private flying as a fun thing to do,
and then being around aviation while engaged in designing
civilian and military avionics, I've NEVER heard a private
pilot refer to themselves as "pilot in command!" That's a
USAF thing for high-rankers entitled to wear wings with the
laurel wreath around the star above the shield on their wings.

Hey, hey, hey! I had an anemometer with a star and a laurel wreath
around it but it didn't entitle me to be "Weatheman In Command."

Pffft.

It was the "master meteorologist" badge.

He is in a TN CAP unit "flying missions" involving search-and-
rescue. Ahem. Like there's a LOT of flying around TN? :-)

Steve likes to volunteer for things where there's nothing to do...
"A" NCOIC, for example.

Dudly LOVES uniforms. On himself. Scrubs, cammies, or a
one-piece "flight suit." Doesn't matter...as long as it
makes him look IMPORTANT. He be a "somebody."

He's "somebodies buddy."

That "somebody-ness" is not unusual in the hobby of amateur
radio. Licensees are "federally-authorized" and they have to
pass a TEST! Some consider themselves VITAL to the nation
in emergencies when "all else fails" and they can save the
day by heroic morsemanship...the only mode that gets through!
[geez]

They dream up incredible disaster scenarios where only Morse Code will
get through. Hi!

* In the book, not in the shortened black-and-white movie of
the same title name. It's in Chapter 16 (or "XVI" as typeset),
character name given as "Dudley."

That might be a good nickname for Steve -- "Dudly the Dud", or maybe
"Dudly Didn't-Do-Right".....

You've got it. I opt for just "Dudly."

Wonder who's tied to the RR track?

Too bad cause he's obviously a smart guy -- just really
screwed up.

Stebie has an Extra. He's also said his nine-year-old can
pass it. Doesn't say much about the mentality or maturity
required to pass an amateur test.

What makes you think he's even a ham? It's clear that the person
claiming to be K4YZ in this newsgroup isn't Gunny Robeson.

Well, there IS a Steven James Robeson in the FCC database for
amateur radio licensees under granted callsign of K4YZ. From
there on we have NO evidence to support Dudly's claims of USMC
service other than his "word."

He doesn't even have a Marine haircut.

There IS a registry with the state of Tennessee for a Licensed
Practical Nurse (LPN) with the name Steven James Robeson. Not
for an RN (Registered Nurse) as would be common in California
for ER (Emergency Room) work.

Maybe he hangs around just in case they need a mop-up.

Agreed that there are differences
between states on medical organization/procedure but it is
UNLIKELY that "lower-ranking" nurses would be directly involved
with ER work. [I know some medical people in California,
including two MDs, who say that is unlikely] We don't know if
Dudly is employed right now or even where he is employed as an
LPN...not unusual since our "renowned historian of amateur lore"
in here refuses to give the name of his engineering employer.

Ambulance driver.

If the
-real- Gunny Robeson is K4YZ then this imposter is stealing both his
military history -and- his amateur status.

Not an idle matter for military. They DO have rather complete
information on military personnel and agencies who can investigate
fully. For amateur radio it can be an idle matter since amateur
radio is essentially a hobby, a personal radio activity done for
recreation. Amateur radio is NOT a "vital service for the
nation" regardless of the fantasies of some individual hams.

Corroborating evidence would be old documents. Paper isn't as
ephemeral as electronic data but it can be faked.

Ask CBS.

However, it
is fairly easy to see where old forms have been "touched up" to
insert other data. A DD 214 form has been relatively unchanged
in 50 years, for example...the major change being in that old
military records were typed in by manual typists...as were old
government forms such as license certificates. It is almost
IMPOSSIBLE to fake/substitute/distort old books and periodicals
that were printed in thousands of identical copies and
distributed to subscribers, libraries, and stores. Nearly all
old documents can be scanned, digitized for distribution as
proof of something...or xerocopied at a nickel a page.

All I asked for was a copy of his letter of appointment to "A" NCOIC
Okinawa MARS.

From now on I'm going to
call him "Dudly" just to make the distinction between the real K4YZ
and the newsgroup imposter. (The NIS should have fun with this guy!)

NIS? I'd suggest NIH (National Institute of Health). Nut case.

pea nut

NIMH = National Institute of Mental Health.