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Cecil Moore[_2_] December 6th 07 06:29 PM

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Richard Clark wrote:
How much power was applied to the network?


The minimum that my IC-756PRO would deliver,
probably around five watts. The exact power
did not need to be known in order to obtain
the phase measurements.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Richard Clark December 6th 07 06:45 PM

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On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:29:29 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Richard Clark wrote:
How much power was applied to the network?


The minimum that my IC-756PRO would deliver,
probably around five watts. The exact power
did not need to be known in order to obtain
the phase measurements.

1W? 5W? 10W?

Richard Clark December 6th 07 06:46 PM

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On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:27:06 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Richard Clark wrote:
What was used as the phase reference?


Channel 1 was used for the phase reference for

What was the load for Channel 1 input?

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Richard Clark December 6th 07 06:47 PM

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On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:29:29 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

The minimum that my IC-756PRO would deliver

What load did the source drive?

Cecil Moore[_2_] December 6th 07 06:50 PM

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Jim Kelley wrote:
That's true only if you assume the desired feedpoint impedance must be
the lowest possible value. And I think, as you have pointed out on more
than one occasion, the current maximum is not usually located at the
feedpoint, where it would otherwise be if the current minimum is located
90 degrees away.


The standing-wave current envelope on an ideal
transmission line is sinusoidal and the "current
maximum" is the current anti-node in the sinusoidal
envelope at which point the voltage is in phase
with the current. A loading coil is not an ideal
transmission line and its "current maximum" is not
caused by standing waves. The "current maximum" in
the coil is caused by adjacent coupling between the
coils and does not occur at a purely resistive point.

The current envelope at:

http://www.k6mhe.com/n7ws/LoadedAnte...s/image003.gif

Is clearly not sinusoidal. Although not shown, the
voltage at the current maximum in the coil is not
in phase with the current so in this case, the
"current maximum" is not a pure resistance, is
not the current anti-node point, and is not the
resonant point. The current at the bottom of the
antenna is in phase with the voltage and the feedpoint
impedance is purely resistive.

The coil puts a hump in the current which causes
the current envelope to deviate from sinusoidal.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil Moore[_2_] December 6th 07 07:00 PM

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Tom Donaly wrote:
I'm not an engineer, so I don't have an engineering
comprehension level.


Tom, you probably read this posting and replied
before you read my posting saying, "Way to go, Tom".
You are the only person on the newsgroup who came
up with a valid result and I salute you for that.

Now replace the 600 ohm line with a bugcatcher coil
with Z0=4000 ohms and a VF of 0.02, add a Z0=350 ohm
10 degree stinger and you will understand how base-
loaded mobile antennas work.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil Moore[_2_] December 6th 07 07:18 PM

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Richard Clark wrote:
On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:29:29 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Richard Clark wrote:
How much power was applied to the network?

The minimum that my IC-756PRO would deliver,
probably around five watts. The exact power
did not need to be known in order to obtain
the phase measurements.

1W? 5W? 10W?


Sorry, your 20 questions are up.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Richard Clark December 6th 07 07:54 PM

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On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:18:34 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Richard Clark wrote:
On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:29:29 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Richard Clark wrote:
How much power was applied to the network?
The minimum that my IC-756PRO would deliver,
probably around five watts. The exact power
did not need to be known in order to obtain
the phase measurements.

1W? 5W? 10W?


Sorry, your 20 questions are up.


OK, so you will not adequately support your claim for measurement. On
the basis of what has been revealed, however, it shows absolutely no
evidence of transmission line behavior.

Surprising enough, the sum of those details disclosed comes close to
validating Tom's measurement! Sort of a win-win outcome. ;-)

I can see how your "plausible deniability" could be part of the
Administration's white paper on the Iranian threat.

Interviewer:
"Do you really see World War 3 and mushroom clouds Mr. President?"
the Texan responds:
Sorry, your 20 questions are up.


Should we try again to see if you, like that other Texan, has a second
chance at a legacy?

1W? 5W? 10W?

Richard Clark December 6th 07 08:13 PM

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On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:54:38 -0800, Richard Clark
wrote:

Should we try again to see if you, like that other Texan, has a second
chance at a legacy?

1W? 5W? 10W?


Let's just skip this last, 5W is enough, and suggest you proceed to
the other lingering question. It may seem tedious, but it is the work
of measurement and validation. If you are not interested in valid
data, there was no point in buying that scope, much less plugging a
circuit into it. One has to imagine that you probably haven't had it
calibrated - but even there I would accept it conformed to spec and
you would still be treading water.

The risk you run in answering these questions is in your responses
revealing failure. We have already passed that milepost sometime ago,
all that remains is to find out if you drove through the sign saying
the bridge was washed out.

It would be intriguing to discover how your rig drove 5W through the
coil to a 48:1 mismatch. I can well imagine that the insane load
detector limited you to 5W, but the detected levels must have been in
the microvolts (hard to measure phase shift in the trace bloom).

However, these details are lost in the mist of memory, or perhaps you
would pull on our heart-strings about crippling arthritis with
dragging those "notebooks" open to that page only to suffer through
the tears of your poor vision. You might consider digitizing
everything so it is searchable, and enjoy the benefits of browsers
that are tailored for the impaired.

Cecil Moore[_2_] December 6th 07 09:22 PM

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Richard Clark wrote:
Sorry, your 20 questions are up.


OK, so you will not adequately support your claim for measurement. On
the basis of what has been revealed, however, it shows absolutely no
evidence of transmission line behavior.


If you want evidence of transmission line behavior
look at the EZNEC files for:

http://www.w5dxp.com/travstnd.gif

One file is a coil terminated in its characteristic
impedance. The other is the same coil unterminated.

Based on your questions, an ordinary prudent man would
assume that you are just wasting my time. Next thing
is that you will be ragging on me for the number of
postings I had to make in answering your questions.

If you want transmission line behavior evidence in
coils, look at Corum's Figure 2 in section III of
his paper.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Jim Kelley December 6th 07 09:24 PM

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Cecil Moore wrote:

A loading coil is not an ideal
transmission line and its "current maximum" is not
caused by standing waves.


It's probably true that ideal transmission lines don't exist in any
form. The standing wave in question has both a minimum AND a maximum,
whose locations are determined by the relative phase and amplitude of
the forward and reflected waves at each position.

The "current maximum" in
the coil is caused by adjacent coupling between the
coils and does not occur at a purely resistive point.


How do you propose that this occurs without having an effect on the
forward and reflected waves which comprise the standing wave?

Although not shown, the
voltage at the current maximum in the coil is not
in phase with the current so in this case, the
"current maximum" is not a pure resistance, is
not the current anti-node point, and is not the
resonant point. The current at the bottom of the
antenna is in phase with the voltage and the feedpoint
impedance is purely resistive.


It would be better if you provided some sort of demarcation between
the well known facts and the pensive speculation in your posts. :-)

The coil puts a hump in the current which causes
the current envelope to deviate from sinusoidal.


What does the IEEE dictionary have to say about 'current humps' I wonder.

73, ac6xg


Cecil Moore[_2_] December 6th 07 09:33 PM

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Richard Clark wrote:
It would be intriguing to discover how your rig drove 5W through the
coil to a 48:1 mismatch.


I already reported more than a year ago that it was
through an autotransformer. I matched the coil Z0
on both the source end and the load end.

I have no doubt that if you catch me in a misspelled
word, you will pounce on it and say it proves my
measurements were invalid. That's what nonsense
we have come to expect from you.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil Moore[_2_] December 6th 07 09:50 PM

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Jim Kelley wrote:
How do you propose that this occurs without having an effect on the
forward and reflected waves which comprise the standing wave?


It obviously has an effect on the standing wave. In no
way can Wes's current waveform be called a cosine function.
However, we know that the current and voltage are in
phase at the feedpoint and at the tip of the antenna.
It is impossible for them to be in phase anywhere else.

It would be better if you provided some sort of demarcation between the
well known facts and the pensive speculation in your posts. :-)


It's all simple physics, Jim, aided by a measured IQ of 168.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

art December 6th 07 10:24 PM

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On 6 Dec, 13:50, Cecil Moore wrote:
Jim Kelley wrote:
How do you propose that this occurs without having an effect on the
forward and reflected waves which comprise the standing wave?


It obviously has an effect on the standing wave. In no
way can Wes's current waveform be called a cosine function.
However, we know that the current and voltage are in
phase at the feedpoint and at the tip of the antenna.
It is impossible for them to be in phase anywhere else.

It would be better if you provided some sort of demarcation between the
well known facts and the pensive speculation in your posts. :-)


It's all simple physics, Jim, aided by a measured IQ of 168.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com


Ouch Cecil, I think you need to come down a bit!
We are not prehistoric mammals when compared to what you
perceive your self to be. Do you really want to be a clone of Roy
where you can flout yourself as superior to all?
You have had your fun with all those wave things that
you have foisted upon others but rubbing it in regarding
how clever you are compared to other mortals will not
allow anger that has festered to decline.
Art

Cecil Moore[_2_] December 6th 07 10:32 PM

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art wrote:
Ouch Cecil, I think you need to come down a bit!


My nephew, who is also a member of MENSA, recently
went to a job interview. On his resume, he listed
his MENSA membership. The interviewer, who would
have been his future boss said, "You're a member
of MENSA? You want my job, don't you?" My nephew
took the MENSA line off his resume. :-)
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Jim Kelley December 6th 07 11:19 PM

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Cecil Moore wrote:
Jim Kelley wrote:

How do you propose that this occurs without having an effect on the
forward and reflected waves which comprise the standing wave?



It obviously has an effect on the standing wave.


Obviously. The question is, how to reconcile that fact with your
statement:

"A loading coil is not an ideal
transmission line and its "current maximum" is not
caused by standing waves."


A current maximum would obviously be a prominent feature of standing
waves resulting from the superposition of forward and reflected currents.

In no
way can Wes's current waveform be called a cosine function.


Wes who?

However, we know that the current and voltage are in
phase at the feedpoint and at the tip of the antenna.


Assuming it's a resistive antenna, assuming we're talking about
forward current. What other assumptions are we missing?

It's all simple physics, Jim, aided by a measured IQ of 168.


;-) There.
Among the things evidently manifested by an alleged "IQ of 168" are a
narcisitic overestimate of ones own abilities and a compulsive need to
demonstrate same.

What does "its current maximum is not caused by standing waves" mean
to someone with an "IQ of 168"?

ac6xg





Jim Kelley December 6th 07 11:24 PM

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Cecil Moore wrote:

My nephew, who is also a member of MENSA, recently
went to a job interview. On his resume, he listed
his MENSA membership. The interviewer, who would
have been his future boss said, "You're a member
of MENSA? You want my job, don't you?" My nephew
took the MENSA line off his resume. :-)


Let him know that Star Trek Fan Club membership isn't something to
brag about either. :-)

ac6xg


John Smith December 6th 07 11:44 PM

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Cecil Moore wrote:

...

My nephew, who is also a member of MENSA, recently
went to a job interview. On his resume, he listed
his MENSA membership. The interviewer, who would
have been his future boss said, "You're a member
of MENSA? You want my job, don't you?" My nephew
took the MENSA line off his resume. :-)


Yes, I have seen it time and time again ... people are fired for
proficiency, IQ, skills, warm personalities, etc. I have seen gifted
individuals sabotaged, setup, conspired against, etc. Has made me very
slow to react on job performance evaluations given by others on an
individual(s.)

The idiots of the world have a mission and a lot at stake, they will
"kill" competition on sight! This is used as a strong "survival skill"
by them ... convince the nephew that there is a lot to be had by
"dummying up" at the correct times and places.

Sometimes you wonder if this is not the major force at work in large
corporations?

Regards,
JS

[email protected] December 7th 07 12:07 AM

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On Dec 6, 5:19 pm, Jim Kelley wrote:
Among the things evidently manifested by an alleged "IQ of 168" are a
narcisitic overestimate of ones own abilities and a compulsive need to
demonstrate same.

What does "its current maximum is not caused by standing waves" mean
to someone with an "IQ of 168"?

ac6xg


IQ doesn't mean a whole lot to me.. I've also been tested in
the same appx 160+ range.. Big deal.. I'm still basically a redneck
dumbass because I never applied myself much in school.
I hated school actually, and snuck away every chance I got... :/
I sure never had any interest in trying to join Mensa.
What do Mensa groups do anyway? I'm fairly sure whatever they
do would be boring to me... :(
MK


Mike Kaliski December 7th 07 01:45 AM

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wrote in message
...
On Dec 6, 5:19 pm, Jim Kelley wrote:
Among the things evidently manifested by an alleged "IQ of 168" are a
narcisitic overestimate of ones own abilities and a compulsive need to
demonstrate same.

What does "its current maximum is not caused by standing waves" mean
to someone with an "IQ of 168"?

ac6xg


IQ doesn't mean a whole lot to me.. I've also been tested in
the same appx 160+ range.. Big deal.. I'm still basically a redneck
dumbass because I never applied myself much in school.
I hated school actually, and snuck away every chance I got... :/
I sure never had any interest in trying to join Mensa.
What do Mensa groups do anyway? I'm fairly sure whatever they
do would be boring to me... :(
MK


I went along to a couple of meetings many years ago. Full of under achievers
with high IQ's complaining how they weren't being recognised or credited in
their exams/career/promotion ladder/etc.

You can coast along with a high enough IQ without having to work too hard,
but it takes hard work and dedication to achieve anything worthwhile. The
top people anywhere in the world are not the smartest, but they learned to
use what they have to the maximum and put the hours in. If you expect a high
IQ to grant you a short cut to the top, it won't and there are a whole lot
of only slightly less intelligent people who know just enough and have a
vested interest to stop you from getting there.

Mensa is merely a self congratulatory society for smart people who lack the
drive to succeed. But don't let that stop you from joining so long as all
you expect is the chance of some (reasonably) intelligent conversation at
social functions.

Well it didn't match up to my standards (or the intelligence that is
displayed on r.r.a.a.) so I didn't bother renewing my subscription when it
expired.

Cheers all,

Mike GOULI


Cecil Moore[_2_] December 7th 07 02:45 AM

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Jim Kelley wrote:
What does "its current maximum is not caused by standing waves" mean to
someone with an "IQ of 168"?


I explained it already. The current maximum in a loading
coil is caused by the magnetic flux linkage between the
adjacent coils. It is the same thing that approximately
doubles the velocity factor of the coil over what it
would be if the all the current followed the wire.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil Moore[_2_] December 7th 07 02:50 AM

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wrote:
What do Mensa groups do anyway?


They get together, discuss intellectual topics,
and then jump into bed. :-)
--
73, Cecil
http://www.w5dxp.com

Mike Coslo December 7th 07 02:51 AM

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"Mike Kaliski" wrote in

I went along to a couple of meetings many years ago. Full of under
achievers with high IQ's complaining how they weren't being recognised
or credited in their exams/career/promotion ladder/etc.


Intelligence is like talent. It is a gift.

What you do with it is what is important. Just because you have one or the
other is almost irrelevant if you don't have the other tools needed to be
sucessful.

I feel like such a piker here - I'm only 150........


- 73 de Mike N3LI -

Cecil Moore[_2_] December 7th 07 02:57 AM

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Mike Coslo wrote:
I feel like such a piker here - I'm only 150........


There may be hope. My IQ went up after I took a
graduate course in the design of IQ tests. :-)
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

[email protected] December 7th 07 03:19 AM

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On Dec 6, 8:50 pm, Cecil Moore wrote:
wrote:
What do Mensa groups do anyway?


They get together, discuss intellectual topics,
and then jump into bed. :-)
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com


Hummm. I hope they don't have hairy legs.. :/
MK


John Smith December 7th 07 03:34 AM

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Mike Kaliski wrote:

...
Cheers all,

Mike GOULI


Unfortunately, autistic people can, quite frequently, score high on IQ
tests--however, it is obvious this "gray matter" is not what one is
looking for (well, sometimes NOT all that obvious.)

However, without the proper gray matter--you can grunt all you want with
little progress ...

Regards,
JS

John Smith December 7th 07 03:35 AM

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Cecil Moore wrote:
Mike Coslo wrote:
I feel like such a piker here - I'm only 150........


There may be hope. My IQ went up after I took a
graduate course in the design of IQ tests. :-)


Ahhh, "test smart!", yep, that helps! ;-)

Regards,
JS

Tom Donaly December 7th 07 04:25 AM

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Mike Kaliski wrote:

wrote in message
...
On Dec 6, 5:19 pm, Jim Kelley wrote:
Among the things evidently manifested by an alleged "IQ of 168" are a
narcisitic overestimate of ones own abilities and a compulsive need to
demonstrate same.

What does "its current maximum is not caused by standing waves" mean
to someone with an "IQ of 168"?

ac6xg


IQ doesn't mean a whole lot to me.. I've also been tested in
the same appx 160+ range.. Big deal.. I'm still basically a redneck
dumbass because I never applied myself much in school.
I hated school actually, and snuck away every chance I got... :/
I sure never had any interest in trying to join Mensa.
What do Mensa groups do anyway? I'm fairly sure whatever they
do would be boring to me... :(
MK


I went along to a couple of meetings many years ago. Full of under
achievers with high IQ's complaining how they weren't being recognised
or credited in their exams/career/promotion ladder/etc.

You can coast along with a high enough IQ without having to work too
hard, but it takes hard work and dedication to achieve anything
worthwhile. The top people anywhere in the world are not the smartest,
but they learned to use what they have to the maximum and put the hours
in. If you expect a high IQ to grant you a short cut to the top, it
won't and there are a whole lot of only slightly less intelligent people
who know just enough and have a vested interest to stop you from getting
there.

Mensa is merely a self congratulatory society for smart people who lack
the drive to succeed. But don't let that stop you from joining so long
as all you expect is the chance of some (reasonably) intelligent
conversation at social functions.

Well it didn't match up to my standards (or the intelligence that is
displayed on r.r.a.a.) so I didn't bother renewing my subscription when
it expired.

Cheers all,

Mike GOULI


Considering that our president has the I.Q. of the slowest learner in
the slow learners class at the local obedience school, it's obvious it
doesn't take intelligence to get ahead in life. Truman and Nixon weren't
much better. From what I've read, intelligence tests were invented in
France to identify students with learning problems in order to give them
additional attention. When the test got to the U.S. it was immediately
used as a way to stratify society. One of the chief fellows behind
the American effort was a Stanford academic named Lewis Madison Terman,
who, of course, was awesomely intelligent by definition.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

Tom Donaly December 7th 07 04:28 AM

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Mike Coslo wrote:
"Mike Kaliski" wrote in

I went along to a couple of meetings many years ago. Full of under
achievers with high IQ's complaining how they weren't being recognised
or credited in their exams/career/promotion ladder/etc.


Intelligence is like talent. It is a gift.

What you do with it is what is important. Just because you have one or the
other is almost irrelevant if you don't have the other tools needed to be
sucessful.

I feel like such a piker here - I'm only 150........


- 73 de Mike N3LI -


That's o.k. It just means you think less like Terman than some of the
others in this group do.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

Tom Donaly December 7th 07 04:30 AM

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wrote:
On Dec 6, 8:50 pm, Cecil Moore wrote:
wrote:
What do Mensa groups do anyway?

They get together, discuss intellectual topics,
and then jump into bed. :-)
--
73, Cecil
http://www.w5dxp.com

Hummm. I hope they don't have hairy legs.. :/
MK


The women do.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

Dave Heil[_2_] December 7th 07 04:55 AM

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art wrote:
On 6 Dec, 13:50, Cecil Moore wrote:
Jim Kelley wrote:
How do you propose that this occurs without having an effect on the
forward and reflected waves which comprise the standing wave?

It obviously has an effect on the standing wave. In no
way can Wes's current waveform be called a cosine function.
However, we know that the current and voltage are in
phase at the feedpoint and at the tip of the antenna.
It is impossible for them to be in phase anywhere else.

It would be better if you provided some sort of demarcation between the
well known facts and the pensive speculation in your posts. :-)

It's all simple physics, Jim, aided by a measured IQ of 168.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com


Ouch Cecil, I think you need to come down a bit!
We are not prehistoric mammals when compared to what you
perceive your self to be. Do you really want to be a clone of Roy
where you can flout yourself as superior to all?
You have had your fun with all those wave things that
you have foisted upon others but rubbing it in regarding
how clever you are compared to other mortals will not
allow anger that has festered to decline.
Art


Relax, Art. Cecil has just provided us with the size of his fuel tank.
He hasn't told us if it is full or near the "E" mark.

Dave K8MN

Dave Heil[_2_] December 7th 07 04:58 AM

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Cecil Moore wrote:
art wrote:
Ouch Cecil, I think you need to come down a bit!


My nephew, who is also a member of MENSA, recently
went to a job interview. On his resume, he listed
his MENSA membership. The interviewer, who would
have been his future boss said, "You're a member
of MENSA? You want my job, don't you?" My nephew
took the MENSA line off his resume. :-)


I'd be interested in hearing why people bother to join MENSA and why
they'd attend meetings. Where's the fulfillment in standing around in a
room full of folks congratulating each other on how smart they are?

It isn't the numbers in your IQ which are important, Cecil, it is what
you do with 'em.

Dave K8MN


John Smith December 7th 07 05:03 AM

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Dave Heil wrote:

...
I'd be interested in hearing why people bother to join MENSA and why
they'd attend meetings. ...
Dave K8MN


Because they are interested in what is said, rather than who said
it--something which you will NEVER understand--give up now ...

JS

Dave Heil[_2_] December 7th 07 05:04 AM

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Cecil Moore wrote:
wrote:
What do Mensa groups do anyway?


They get together, discuss intellectual topics,
and then jump into bed. :-)


So the meetings tire them out?

Dave K8MN

Dave Heil[_2_] December 7th 07 05:06 AM

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Mike Coslo wrote:
"Mike Kaliski" wrote in

I went along to a couple of meetings many years ago. Full of under
achievers with high IQ's complaining how they weren't being recognised
or credited in their exams/career/promotion ladder/etc.


Intelligence is like talent. It is a gift.


It can be more like a curse. There's nothing quite like a number of
teachers telling Junior's parents that Junior is gifted.

What you do with it is what is important. Just because you have one or the
other is almost irrelevant if you don't have the other tools needed to be
sucessful.

I feel like such a piker here - I'm only 150........


You don't look that old, Mike.

Dave K8MN

Dave Heil[_2_] December 7th 07 05:14 AM

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John Smith wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:

...
I'd be interested in hearing why people bother to join MENSA and why
they'd attend meetings. ... Dave K8MN


Because they are interested in what is said, rather than who said
it--something which you will NEVER understand--give up now ...


You can't tell me that these mental sharpies can remember what was said,
but not who said it, "John". I'd prefer hearing a few things of worth
than a lot of things of little worth.

Dave K8MN

John Smith December 7th 07 05:37 AM

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Dave Heil wrote:

[his usual]

Dave K8MN


Means it is acknowledgment of the worth of principals, practices and
knowledge ... as opposed to hero worship which, strangly, looks akin to
the silly cheerleaders worshiping the football players in high school
(or, don't get your shorts in a tizzy over personalities)--but like I
said, I am sure all this is well above your head ...

I am sorry, I just can't put it in simpler terms for you to digest.

JS

John Smith December 7th 07 05:44 AM

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Dave Heil wrote:

...

It can be more like a curse. There's nothing quite like a number of
teachers telling Junior's parents that Junior is gifted.
...
Dave K8MN


WOW, deja vu, I have seen parents beat down children because the lesser
intellect-ed parent feels threatened, lessened, unimportant (and
usually, rightly so)--this is a sorry thing to watch in a workplace. To
watch it occur in a family is nothing less than utterly disgusting.

So much opposed to the wholesome and functional family which devotes all
to the importance of the individual and encouragement of the youngsters
to out achieve the parents ...

Where was/is child protective services when the kids need 'em?

If one is a control freak, keeping silent on these affairs allows one to
keep their illness hidden ... the terms you use are a dead give away.

JS

Dave Heil[_2_] December 7th 07 06:00 AM

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John Smith wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:

[his usual]

Dave K8MN


Means it is acknowledgment of the worth of principals, practices and
knowledge ... as opposed to hero worship which, strangly, looks akin to
the silly cheerleaders worshiping the football players in high school
(or, don't get your shorts in a tizzy over personalities)--but like I
said, I am sure all this is well above your head ...

I am sorry, I just can't put it in simpler terms for you to digest.


"John", I'm sorry you're having difficulties in making it more simple.

So you'd have me believe that you're a MENSA member? Do you attend
under your pseudonym?

Did you, by the way, mean "principles" or did you really intend the word
"principals"? That's very "strang".

Dave K8MN

Dave Heil[_2_] December 7th 07 06:07 AM

Loading Coils; was : Vincent antenna
 
John Smith wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:

...

It can be more like a curse. There's nothing quite like a number of
teachers telling Junior's parents that Junior is gifted.
...
Dave K8MN


WOW, deja vu, I have seen parents beat down children because the lesser
intellect-ed parent feels threatened, lessened, unimportant (and
usually, rightly so)--this is a sorry thing to watch in a workplace. To
watch it occur in a family is nothing less than utterly disgusting.


Wow, "John", you managed to read in some things never written by me. I
wrote nothing of parents being threatened, lessened or feeling
unimportant. I've never watched any parents exhibiting such practices
in their or a child's workplace either.

The curse is that the parents often place unreasonable expectations for
success on a child marked as gifted. You must feel like a fool right
about now.

So much opposed to the wholesome and functional family which devotes all
to the importance of the individual and encouragement of the youngsters
to out achieve the parents ...


What is so much opposed, "John"?

Where was/is child protective services when the kids need 'em?


Why would such an agency be needed, "John"?

If one is a control freak, keeping silent on these affairs allows one to
keep their illness hidden ... the terms you use are a dead give away.


I think you might have been better served not to comment on things not
written, "John".

JS



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