In article . com, "William"
writes:

Must be that "real military experience" talking.

Heh heh heh. Interesting series of posts under two threads.

The first set, almost all from anonymous posters, decry any and
all nostalgia largely because they had NO such experience in
their life...but, they want to hurt those who HAVE had such
experiences in some way. :-)

The next set comes from the PCTA extras who also NEVER
served in any military who are bitching about the nostalgia in
regards to military experience. They "Must" make their
feelings known although they don't realize that others will read
a much different take on their postings. :-)

One of the more convoluted postings comes from another PCTA
extra who NEVER served (he says "he serves in 'other' ways but
never explains those 'other' ways). He glories in the past and the
emotion of symbolism...PROVIDED such symbolism features
morsemanship and plays up the morse myths of olde tyme radio.
Strangely, this never-serving PCTA extra wants to chide those of
us who have served on our behavior towards others. :-)

The next set of postings will all be about the Glory of Morse and
The Sea (it has already started, in fact). Those "sewer pipe"
folk (whatever that means) haven't really accepted any other radio
users/operators who served on land or in the air WITHOUT needing
all those mighty macho morsemanship skills. We "landlubbers"
(term used as a sort-of pejorative by swaggering sea-goers) are
supposedly nobodies due to the lack of morsebeeping in our
military records. We should not associate with their high
holinesses of the on-off keying ham hocked morse legions.

The Morse Myths are alive and well in the Archaic Radiotelegraphy
Society (aka the ARS)! The Beeper Brotherhood continues...



ex-RA16408336, U.S.Army 1952-1960

"Len Over 21" wrote

Those "sewer pipe" folk (whatever that means) haven't
really accepted any other radio users/operators who
served on land or in the air WITHOUT needing
all those mighty macho morsemanship skills. We "landlubbers"
(term used as a sort-of pejorative by swaggering sea-goers) are
supposedly nobodies due to the lack of morsebeeping in our
military records.

What's the matter, Len? Are you feeling left out of the conversation?

Contrary to your pedandic whining, I have nothing but positive regard for anyone
who served in any Armed Force, regardless of the color of their uniform, their
NEC (MOS to you), and whether or not they know what a sewer-pipe Radioman is (I
could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you).

3, de Hans, K0HB