On Mon, 23 May 2005 10:15:04 -0500, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Fred W4JLE wrote:
Welcome newby! To avoid appearing like one, 73 means "best wishes" and never
has an "s" on the end.

Hey Fred, how would you write "multiple best wishes"? :-)

Well, here in "4" land, we would say "Hey y'all, 73."

Russ - kf4wxd

Hi,

Worked a young lady in arkansas on my first fd in '95,
after the exhcnage she replied

'seventythirds' and my elmer and I just turned and
looked at eachother and said '73'rds' ??

she did have a nice voice ! bet she was real purdy too !


Well, here in "4" land, we would say "Hey y'all, 73."

Russ - kf4wxd