Lessee. Doesn't serve his country in the armed forces. Doesn't serve
his country as a paid "volunteer examiner." He must serve in other
ways.

Well, he pays taxes....

But he always has an opinion.

Maybe not. He just might be an evangelical engineer and his work is
tax-free.

What does "volunteer" mean to you?

Why must all of our words change their meaning to satisfy a very, very
few?

Yep, the government should do the work of the government.

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:31:48 GMT, robert casey wrote:

How many versions of the tests did the FCC have at
any one time? The rules used to say "No retests
within 30 days" so that would mean that they changed
the versions every 30 days.

Not so. There were 4 or 5 different versions of the same element,
randomly given out so the person next to you would usually have a
different version from the one that you had (most serious multiple-
guess tests work that way too).

Thirty days was enough of a break in time that examinees who didn't
know their stuff cold would forget what the questions and suggested
answers were, and the exam rooms were not overloaded with applicants
(except for Friday after Thanksgiving and during spring and winter
breaks when the place resembled the Istanbul Bazzar...)

This of course was before Dick Bash. (ooo, did I open the can of
worms again ??)

I don't suppose
the examiners had kept track to see if anyone actually
did that. Or more likely they didn't worry about it.

All the examiners whom have known over the years were pretty
laid back except for catching overt cheating. The engineers
(supervisors) would also randomly stroll up and down the aisles
usually to see what the latest "exam aids" were. ggg

--
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, bb wrote:
What about "volunteer" doesn't the FCC understand?

And if they're worried about their gas money, I think they can claim 31
cents per mile on their federal income tax returns for travel incurred
while volunteering.

WRONG: Volunteer (charitable) work only gets 14 cents per mile.

You couldn't even get that correct.

"D. Stussy" wrote


WRONG: Volunteer (charitable) work only gets 14 cents per mile.


Which, assuming you're in a 28% tax bracket, only works out to a tax savings of
$.04 per mile. You better have a damned economical car or you're losing money
on that deal!

D. Stussy wrote:
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, bb wrote:
What about "volunteer" doesn't the FCC understand?

And if they're worried about their gas money, I think they can
claim 31
cents per mile on their federal income tax returns for travel
incurred
while volunteering.

WRONG: Volunteer (charitable) work only gets 14 cents per mile.

You couldn't even get that correct.

Direct jump to "Snide Mode".

Guess you missed the part where he said "...I think"...indicating
that even he wasn't sure and was acknowledging that in advance.

Go back to your Windmill Tilting Contest, Dieter.
Steve, K4YZ

D. Stussy wrote:
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, bb wrote:
What about "volunteer" doesn't the FCC understand?

And if they're worried about their gas money, I think they can
claim 31
cents per mile on their federal income tax returns for travel
incurred
while volunteering.

WRONG: Volunteer (charitable) work only gets 14 cents per mile.

You couldn't even get that correct.

Direct jump to "Snide Mode".

Guess you missed the part where he said "...I think"...indicating
that even he wasn't sure and was acknowledging that in advance.

Go back to your Windmill Tilting Contest, Dieter.
Steve, K4YZ

"""
WRONG: Volunteer (charitable) work only gets 14 cents per mile.

Which, assuming you're in a 28% tax bracket, only works out to a tax
savings of
$.04 per mile. You better have a damned economical car or you're losing
money
on that deal!
"""

Now that's the spirit of Volunteerism! Maybe the FCC will let the
American Red Cross handle amateur testing. They allow more on mileage.
Hi!

We need to get the government back into governing/regulating and out of
charity work. They suck at it.