RadioBanter - View Single Post - Time for the _REAL_ Radio Ham to make a stand?

December 27th 05, 12:25 AM posted to uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.policy

wrote:
Gareth Alun Evans (G4SDW) wrote:
You are hoist by your own petard.

Nah - that's not being hoisted by one's own petard.

When you bang on about youngsters starting at the entry level into the
hobby, referring to them as "retards", and then someone reminds you
that you had a G8 callsign for 12 years and that you were already an
adult when you received it .... that's being hoisted by your own
petard.

When you bang on about the gentlemanly traditions of amateur radio,
then someone reminds you that you were arrested for harassment ....
that's being hoisted by your own petard.

When you bang on about amateur radio being a technical pursuit, then
someone reminds you that you tried to flog an FT101E because you
couldn't tune it up without written instructions ..... that's being
hoisted by your own petard.

73
Mike G4KFK

Well written.

So there you have it. Gareth Evans, the worlds first Retard Petard!

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