In article .net, "Dwight
Stewart" writes:

"N2EY" wrote:

"Dwight Stewart" writes:
(snip) haven't seen one person of the
child rearing age group voice a single
complaint about this in this newsgroup.

Yes, you have.

Okay, how about in the "typical" child rearing age group.

What age group is that? I know people ranging in age from '20s to '50s who are
raising small children.

The days when the nests were all empty by the time Mom and Dad hit 50 are long
gone, Dwight. And that's in "typical" America.

How old are you now? 49?

Yup. My birthday is qrz.com.

How many young, impressionable, children do you have running
around your house?

Why does that matter? You may have noticed that I don't talk about my domestic
situation here.

Suppose, just suppose, that I have 5 children ranging in age from toddlers to
teenagers. (I don't, but that's not the point). Would you then say I was right
and Kim's call was inappropriate?

Larry is not exactly a young spring chicken either.

He's a little older. So what? And Larry and I are not the only ones.

People have all kids of family situations these days. Blended families,
"second" families, adoptions, people raising or helping to raise their
grandchildren, etc. etc. etc.

How do you know how old somebody's
grandchildren or children are, Dwight?

Speculation based on typical child birth trends in this country.

And your source is?

How old are these "old men"?

Lets see. You're about 49. Larry has to be pushing about 50. I'm 50. Who
else?

Do you consider that to be "old"? I don't. I consider it to be "middle aged".

I run 35-40 minutes every morning. Last week my running log shows 268 minutes
for the week. You know any "old men" who do that?

I simply say it's inappropriate for
ham radio, that's all.

Do you think it's appropriate?

Kim's callsign or the word alone?

Both. I say neither is appropriate.

Kim's callsign is only as vulgar as you,
the person hearing it, makes it.

Have I *ever* said it was vulgar?

And I didn't say you said it was vulgar.

You and Kim keep using the term "vukgar" rather than addressing whether it's
"appropriate".

So your values have to be everyone
else's?

Don't be silly. I never said that either.

It's implied by your statements.

73 de Jim, N2EY