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September 20th 04, 12:58 AM
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N2EY wrote:
In article , Dave Heil writes: Mike Coslo wrote: N2EY wrote: In article , (Steve Robeson K4CAP) writes: Subject: Who peed in the pool From: Mike Coslo Date: 9/17/2004 8:11 PM Central Standard Time Message-id: Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote: Subject: Who peed in the pool From: Mike Coslo Date: 9/16/2004 6:49 PM Central Standard Time Message-id: That's what get's his goat. The really sad thing is that Lennie COULD be in that same boat...but just hasn't got the guts to be anything other than what he is now...bitter and angry. What makes you think Len is bitter or angry? I don't see that at all. Hard to say, Jim. I don't think posts such as his come from a sense of being in harmony with the world, tho'! Len wants to change amateur radio's regs. Len isn't a ham but has proclaimed a decades long interest in amateur radio. Len has posted here for years yet he hasn't done anything about actually obtaining an amateur license. Len says he doesn't want an amateur license. All true. Now - has Len ever said he wanted to make amateur radio better? Well, when you put it that way - no he hasn't. He takes swipes at the ARRL, hams who would like to see morse continue, hams who use morse and hams who prefer morse to other modes. He ridicules the traditions of amateur radio. He belittles the activities of hams who participate in emergency communications and traffic handling. Think about why someone would behave like that. I think he wants that ham ticket but I think he'd rather die than (I love this now famous line) "jump through hoops" to obtain one. If that is his wish, I'm sure he'll have it his way. I don't think Len wants a ham license at all. Agreed 100 percent. Yeah, I think Leonard's world is empty. He doesn't achieve the respect here which he feels is his due as a former PROFESSIONAL. Perhaps. Or maybe he gets a form of pleasure from behaving the way he does here. Haven't you known people who got great pleasure ruining others' fun? People who could take *any* activity and tell you it was bad for you, ruined the environment/economy/society etc., and was a waste of time? You've probably been blessed, as I have, to know people of all ages who are full of life, enthusiasm and joy. These people give off positive energy - they're just plain fun to be around, even when there's hard work to be done. Then there are folks who are just the opposite. They're full of criticism, anger, nastiness and tearing-down of others. Sometimes they try to mask it with "humor", but the mask doesn't always work. They give off negative energy. Which would you rather be around? Think of this: Suppose we all were in the same area, and wanted to do a Field Day effort. Who would you rather have as leader, given only these choices: Mike, Steve, Brian or Len? I recall a series on "This Old House" some years back where the project involved building a new timber-frame structure. The actual timer framing was done by a team of workers led by a master timber framer. Most of the workers were amateurs who had *paid* to be there, learning something about the art and being part of the experience. Now in case you didn't know, timber framing is a very old craft. Modern timber framing is a mixture of very old and very new techniques. For example, the plans are CADD generated and the timbers come from a modern sawmill. But the finish cuts are all done by hand, with very sharp chisels that are in the personal care of each worker. Modern comealongs and slings are used, but the real work of timber frame erection is done by manual labor. The team of timber framers worked for a week to cut all the joints and assemble all the bents. On Raising Day, everyone involved in the project worked from dawn-till-done, and the whole frame was raised before the sun went down. And a small evergreen tree was lashed to the top of the last bent, a tradition that is still honored by ironworkers raising skyscrapers. So *that's" what that is about! Never know where you are going to learn something. The point of this long story is that the master framer led his team with pure positive energy. Everyone involved wanted to be there, amateur and professional alike, and it wasn't just a job but an experience. Now of course somebody will point out that modern methods could cut the timber frames in a fraction of the time, and the whole thing put up by a small crew with a crane. But it wouldn't be the same, would it? It is the joy of the shared task. Not all that many people know about it, or don't know that they *do* know it, but it is available to all. A lot of engineers know about it, and certainly soldiers that do the fighting know a version of it. Portions of it can be awfully difficult, but there is the moment when you stand back, and you think "WOW, look what WE did!" Beats beer served by Hiedi Klum... sometimes! ;^) I enjoy the shared labor a lot. For some reason there are people that don't like me because of that. Perhaps your above mentioned description, fits... 8^) For all his toil in presenting his long, increasingly eccentric material, he has won over a single ardent admirer, "William". I'm sure he's proud. The question is - proud of what? Darned if I know... - Mike KB3EIA - |
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