"gareth" wrote:
"Michael Black" wrote in message
news:alpine.LNX.2.02.1601111547210.15034@darkstar. example.org...
I suspect a difference to watch is whether the kid shows an interest in
the hobby, or are doing it because someone in their family is a ham and
steers them,

There you have it, in a nutshell, for there is on record here in Brit of a
would-be prominent amateur saying to his child that his parental love was
dependant on that child sitting the exam.

This is where the RSCB fail, they try to sweep in as many as possible
off the streets, rather than letting those, as you described yourself, with
a real interest to gravitate towards us.

The problem is, deranged headcases like you, OM, exert an
anti-gravitational effect and actively repel newcomers, old and young, away
from the hobby.

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