Another Self-Humiliating LenniRiffic Rant
Steve,
I'm afraid that you may be treating our friend Len rather harshly. After all, he is both a septagenarian and an ex-military man, who served his country with great pride and dignity in the post-WW II era. But now, he is getting on in years - and may be suffering from dementia, or Tourette's syndrome (the obscene outbursts are a definite indicator that this may be at play), or a whole host of other maladies which affect the aged, and may negatively impact his ability to relate to society. But, we do owe him a debt of gratitude for his service to his country, defending North America from the Communist menace back in the 1950's. He is probably quite frustrated that, although once a respected member of society, he has been cast aside like the comms equipment he once lovingly cared for. Surplus. Forgotten. Unwanted. $199.98 plus freight from Ohio. (as is - Used / Tested is extra). We need to remember that Len may be someone's grandfather, or brother, or husband, or ice cream delivery man, and that although he is very much Semper Fi, life unfortunately is not. Perhaps that is why he lashes out. Tries so hard to associate with those he wishes he was - hams, electronics technicians - like that doofy kid from Peoria you knew back in grade school, who wanted so badly to play football with the kids in his new school, but was treated like an outcast by the kids, because he wasn't from your town. Perhaps he just wants to be a part of life again. Life is infinitely more complex than it was in Len's day - imagine trying to program a Samsung VCR with only R-808 third-tier maintenance training to fall back upon - My God. And yet, in some ways things have become simpler than could ever be imagined - who would have believed that a group of 1950's soldiers trained to operate a complex 1 KW microwave transmitter could be replaced with a single button marked "COOK"? That is disconcerting, I'm sure. Ah...to be useful again. To be renewed! To escape from the "Island Of Lost Toys". But he doesn't know how - the journey is arduous and difficult, and it has been so long...so very long...and lonely... We should help him find his way! Extend the hand of friendship to our lost brother. Buy him a MFJ Morse Code Oscillator With Key for Christmas. Or something..... :) 73, Leo On 22 Sep 2003 09:44:08 -0700, (Steve Robeson, K4CAP) wrote: In article , (Len Over 21) writes: Sonny, I've probably done MORE in radio already than you've done in your entire "career" as a hambone...er Ham. WHOA, PUTZBREATH! Where are YOUR accomplishments in AMATEUR RADIO...?!?! You have PLAYED for years at ham radio, using ready-made equipment, not really understanding what goes on behind your ready-made front panels. Where are YOUR accomplishments in amateur radio, your name posted as anywhere involving advancing anything of the amateur state of the art? On FIDONET? Words, self-glorifying yourself. On this newsgroup? More words, more self-glorifying of yourself...plus an extreme amount of patronizing "I am your moral superior" preacher without a church. GEEEEEEEZUS, Lennie! Pretty deep in the POT/KETTLE/BLACK mode today, aren't ya? I've done some searches on "Leonard Anderson" and "Amateur Radio" and with the exception of YOUR self-glorifying, self gratifying pronouncements of moral superiority of all OF Amateur Radio, the search comes up a BIG FAT ZERO. Yes...we all know about the few articles you wrote in "Ham Radio"...It still amounts to only a fraction of zero. (BTW...Several of us were gathered at the "CQ" magazine booth at the Huntsville, AL Hamfest last month, and your name was the subject of great laughter and joking...So there lies YOUR contribution to Amateur radio!) Any you've done what? Playing with your radios, doing your beeping thing the same as what was done by amateurs a half century ago or a full century ago? What kind of "new technology" is on-off keying code use? Who are you trying to fool other than children, fool? This forum is about AMATEUR RADIO. It is NOT about Army relay stations in the 1950's, PLMRS, the IEEE or your SWLing of the aeronautical bands and an expired student-pilot permit over four decades old... Morse Code communications is a part of Amateur Radio. That is a fact. And despite the amount of effort you put in to trying to make Larry look like that's ALL he does, you fail miserably. YOU are STILL a liar. YOU are STILL unlicensed. YOU are STILL an outsider looking in. Please wipe the drool off of the window when you're done. It's embarrassing. And..oh yeah...You're STILL a PUTZ. Have a Nice Day. Steve, K4YZ |
WHOA, PUTZBREATH! Leo, an obvious PCTA, said this in a previous thread.. and I quote.. "Not intellectual enough to make his point by rational arguement, he resorts to name calling and other juvenile tactics to 'get his way'. " oops. A PCTA just did that, not a NCTA type. Add "hypocrisy" to the list of the PCTA flaws in tactics and debate skills. Clint KB5ZHT |
How so? I have never stated my position one way or the other with
respect to mandatory Morse testing. I have stated that I did get my 5 WPM to get on to HF because I had to by law, and that using it for QSOs is beginning to grow on me. That doesn't mean that I think everyone should have to do it! So, does that make me pro or con, for mandatory testing? Where's the obvious? Hmmm - there's that old reading comprehension problem again.... I think that you just like to stir things up, Sir - your diatribes appear to serve no other useful purpose. Of course you are aware that the future of Morse testing will be decided at the government level, by committees of civilized people - and not within this group. As such, your energies and passionate rants are for nought, as they will not sway the decision makers one bit. Like complaining with the guys on the loading dock about the boss - won't change anything, but I bet that would make someone one feel more important and in control, huh? (know the feeling?) Leo On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:21:09 -0500, "Clint" rattlehead at computron dot net wrote: WHOA, PUTZBREATH! Leo, an obvious PCTA, said this in a previous thread.. and I quote.. "Not intellectual enough to make his point by rational arguement, he resorts to name calling and other juvenile tactics to 'get his way'. " oops. A PCTA just did that, not a NCTA type. Add "hypocrisy" to the list of the PCTA flaws in tactics and debate skills. Clint KB5ZHT |
Perhaps you're right, Mike - the Morse-based callsign thing was
certainly a little-known fact. There must have been budget cuts at the FCC, though, and the project was cancelled the project there were no funds to buy the magic decoder rings that were required :) I expect that he'll be back here later to add his .02 again - you gotta admit, this guy is a master debater! 73, Leo On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 14:28:45 -0400, Mike Coslo wrote: Leo wrote: How so? I have never stated my position one way or the other with respect to mandatory Morse testing. I have stated that I did get my 5 WPM to get on to HF because I had to by law, and that using it for QSOs is beginning to grow on me. That doesn't mean that I think everyone should have to do it! So, does that make me pro or con, for mandatory testing? Where's the obvious? Hmmm - there's that old reading comprehension problem again.... I think that you just like to stir things up, Sir - your diatribes appear to serve no other useful purpose. Of course you are aware that the future of Morse testing will be decided at the government level, by committees of civilized people - and not within this group. As such, your energies and passionate rants are for nought, as they will not sway the decision makers one bit. Like complaining with the guys on the loading dock about the boss - won't change anything, but I bet that would make someone one feel more important and in control, huh? (know the feeling?) Leo, you are being much too hard on the lad. For the price of irritating some of us, he has given us an education about things that the most cerebral of us didn't know... Like the special calls that were assigned to the hams that didn't take any Morse CW test. Perhaps they were forced to use those 1/4 wave Dipoles. Maybe that's why we didn't know about them? 8^) - Mike KB3EIA - |
Oops, my bad, cut and paste error - that should have read:
....and the project was cancelled because there were no funds to buy the magic decoder rings that were required :) And I almost forgot, we learned that, on the Gulf Coast of Texas, there are redcoats forcibly marketing 8-track tapes. Apparently, you do not need to listen to them (the tapes, not the redcoats), but you do have to purchase them - because they tell you to! Bummer - that must play hell with local tourism! So much for vacationing in Galveston next summer - looks like we're going back to Orlando again instead. I hate 8-tracks - they always used to stick and wow in the winter. Then again, I haven't seen redcoats since we went to Fort Henry in Kingston, ON a couple of years ago, and I'm pretty sure that they were actors. A real live redcoat would be cool! Hmmm - if the 8-track is cheap, I guess we could just throw it away after we get a picture with the redcoat. We'll see. Reference: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=re...s.co m&rnum=1 (I wonder if some of these folks realize that 'Google Groups' archives all newsgroup posts indefinitely - do a quick search on Google Groups for KB5ZHT, and have a look a few through the 293 hits it finds. (Not exactly what you would want someone to find if he strayed of QRZ and looked you up one day!) This has been going on for a while, huh? 73, Leo |
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gotta admit, this guy is a master debater! a masterbater? :) Clint KB5ZHT |
In article , "Clint" rattlehead at
computron dot net writes: WHOA, PUTZBREATH! Leo, an obvious PCTA, said this in a previous thread.. and I quote.. "Not intellectual enough to make his point by rational arguement, he resorts to name calling and other juvenile tactics to 'get his way'. " oops. A PCTA just did that, not a NCTA type. Add "hypocrisy" to the list of the PCTA flaws in tactics and debate skills. Clint, you have to consider the ANONYMITY of this mighty, opinionated nobody. He (or she) hasn't the courage of their conviction to releal their identity. |
Clint, you have to consider the ANONYMITY of this mighty, opinionated nobody. He (or she) hasn't the courage of their conviction to releal their identity. And i'm telling you, guy, you can BET on this.... he's just a friend of some sort to one of the PCTA's who has asked him to jump in here on thier behalf and appear as hypothetical observer. I've seen this tactic before. You have to consider how hypocritical HE is (attacking our syntax and grammer, while not saying a THING about the PCTA group's choice of words or grammer). But that's just fine. I don't mind debating with him either, it's even EASIER to beat for this reason because his heart and mind aren't really into it... and if he ISN'T a ham, then it'll show through eventually but i'd hazard the guess that long before it gets to that point you'll mysteriously see him *vanish*. Clint KB5ZHT |
Leo wrote in message . ..
Instead of buying one, can I borrow your copy when you are done with it? Where should it be sent? To whom should it be addressed? |
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