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You miss the point completely, there was pride in becoming a ham, simply
because it was difficult. Once obtained, one behaved as a person worthy of being called a ham. The worst behavior I remember back then was W2OY who used to call "CQ No kids, no lids, no drugstore cowboys..." Unlike the profanity of the bands today. With the new age thinking , that finds achievement unfair to those that have not achieved, we have lowered the bar so those who were incapable of competing can be included as well. First it was "why should I learn the code it is only an obstacle to my desires", the point is all endevors in life have a price of admission, if your not willing to pay, you don't get in the show. At least thats the way it used to be, today if I whine enough about fairness someone will give it to me. Where does it end? I want to be a brain surgeon, I just don't want to spend time learning all that medical stuff, it's just not FAIR... Would you want me as your doctor? "Minnie Bannister" wrote in message ... And in some European countries a decade or three back (I don't know if it's still the same), the tests for a driver's license had questions about mechanical theory (e.g., what is actually happening under the hood |