IMOHO, if it don't keep you warm on a long winters night it ain't a
boatanchor.








On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:20:54 -0500, K3HVG wrote:

I like the term "classic". It certainly describes the equipment more
accurately and adds a touch of dignity... unlike the term B/A!! Hi!!

My first connection with the term-in-question would have been in 1959.
Having just traded a WRL DSB-100 double-sideband rig even for a
BC-610E/BC-614/JB-70 from an AF Sgt, just returning from Guam, my local
(sage)ham radio dealer informed me that "Nobody uses those old
boatanchors, anymore!" Sounds like he picked up on that CQ mag article,
maybe?


Caveat Lector wrote:
Well apply your "Classic" to these definitions - Websters

classic


1 : serving as a standard of excellence : of recognized value

2. TRADITIONAL, ENDURING characterized by simple tailored lines in
fashion year after year a classic suit

3. historically memorable

4. noted because of special literary or historical associations