Kim W5TIT wrote:

"JJ" wrote in message
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LOL!! My wife, who seldom makes any comment on anything pretaining to
amature radio, just walked into the room, looked over my shoulder and
upon seeing kim's call sign displayed in the newsgroup header said, "who
would be issued a call sign like that?" After explaining it was a vanity
call sign and the person requested it, her comment was, "what kind of
idiot would ever choose such a call sign?"
I ask her if she thought it was vulgar. "Not really vulgar, just
suggestive and totally lacking in taste, I suppose some people have to
get attention anyway they can".


You, your wife, Larry Roll, my good friends here in this area who enjoy the
fun of my callsign--anyone--has the right to believe and think as they do;
and the opinion of my callsign is an absolutely correct one--for each and
everyone who has one.

Sort of an inclusive, "it means all of those things", huh?

And, for me, and those who either think nothing of my callsign, think it's
fun, wouldn't have selected it but don't see it is a main distraction, we
are just as correct.

You're sort of a thermos bottle for amateur radio. It keeps things hot
or it keeps things cold!

Your wife, JJ, probably also has the opinion that people who dance for a
living;

Modern dance? Jazz? Ballet?

who are in magazines like Hustler, Playboy and Playgirl; who lead a
risque life, etc., are all "totally lacking in taste." I don't and I am
certainly not in any minority.

No you aren't, Kim. You and the entire Springer Show audience are in
agreement.

The difference between people like "us" and people like "you" is that we
don't expect anyone to live up to anyone else's expectations or standards.

But you've already told me that my view of you thumbing your nose at the
world is correct. Wouldn't this latest position of your be at odds with
that claim?

I have no problem at all with your opinion, the opinion of Larry Roll, the
opinion of your wife. I do, however, take great exception to crossing the
line and deciding that it's quite OK for sneering, resorting to desperate
other measures trying to make someone feel embarrassed, etc. Whether you or
anyone else realizes it, there are people--such as myself--who have risen
way above letting the opinions of others get in the way of living life
beautifully. But, it takes a lot of work and self-reflection to get there.
And, there are more people who won't ever get there than who are there--and
it is for those people that each and every time someone acts like an asshole
toward another, I will have no problem mimicking the behavior right back at
them.

....but you have no objections at all to offending folks who believe your
choice of vanity callsign is tasteless and offensive.

So, tell your wife that I totally respect her opinion--but that is as far as
it goes. I don't "need" the attention of anyone.

Your post on thumbing your nose at the world indicates otherwise. So
does your choice of callsigns.

Dave K8MN