"Channel Jumper" wrote in message
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I see a couple of different types of people.

The dumb asses

the old guys -

the old hams - the guys that were licensed as teen agers,

That thinks that
the world owes them something. Wants to be the section manager or
regional manager of the ARRL.

The low life scum that thinks that it is political.

clubs where the President makes
all the rules and demands that everyone else just blindly follow them.

The followers thinks [sic] that belonging to a club will automatically
make
them ham radio operators - yet the President and the officers don't
actually teach anything, doesn't actually Elmer anyone and their only
goal is to use the club as a stepping stone - get the votes to become
the section manager etc and then the people who helped get them to where
they are at - are forgotten.

Just look at the officers of the ARRL and see where they came from, and
their age, and the people who are lining up to take their jobs.

Then you have the Vultures.

Most people cannot take traffic and are unwilling to even talk on the
radio.
They are of no use to anyone in a emergency

I recognize some of the characterizations you cite but they are uncommon.
You aver that they're all you know. Your post was so negative! I have a
hard time grasping why you've stayed in the hobby. If you have anything
upbeat to post, I'll read it.

"Sal"