an_old_friend wrote:
I have always agreed that Jim and other got screwed back then

I do not think I was "cheated" or "screwed" back then because
the requirements changed. I knew they were changing, so I just
went and passed the tests.

Some, like W4NTI, were out of the country and didn't know the
change was coming.

but (he and others) are still whining about it after 37 years

I wasn't "whining". I was simply relating what happened, to
show that I was there and knew the dates that the new rules took
effect.

History is part of policy.