I was gonna say that!!! (but, you did say it better!)

But glad you clarified, certainly is close to my take on the whole
thing--you think you might be the only one who has ever told them the
truth--of how it all looks in others eyes? If not, you suppose the
problem is that they didn't believe the first guy? grin

Warmest regards,
John
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From: "John Smith" on Tues 7 Jun 2005 13:13

Len:

Naaa, a bunch of toothless old farts wrote that, don't be fooled...
these are the same men who confuse a hobby license with a Phd... they
take themselves much too seriously and expect other too... now, you
can
be a dern fool and pay attention to all that, or ignore it all and
seek
truth...

"John Smith," ya gotta know da TERRITORY!

This place be da BLOG of the Mighty Macho Morsemen, serving
the nation through amateur radio!

First of all, only one in here apparently is "toothless," that
of the Cursing Tomb Sentinel who never shows any teeth in his
mighty photo portraits and "action" candids. [he of the
"seven hostile actions"]

Then we have the NO-Serving (except through morsemanship
which is their true representative of U.S. amateur radio)
who make jolly good laffs and pointy fingers at those of
us who have served our country in the military.

There are the apparently brain-damaged who are confused and
curse those of us who know the truth...because we have done
things not described by the official voice of radio, ARRL.

One of the greatest of the apparently brain-damaged was in
firm conviction of the ARRL Handbook as being "a standard
book on every [electronic] engineer's desk." He got very
upset when asked to prove that statement. Being a
"lecturer at the University of Hawaii" (instructor at a
junior college attached the university) he was unfamiliar
with engineering per se but was a champion of morsemanship
and once heard a ship "scream" through CW.

There have been many others, some no longer with us. They
all have variations on the common dreams of wish-fulfillment
and self-importance. They are a SERVICE TO THE NATION for
taking up the hobby of amateur radio, "proving it" by
pointing (heatedly) to the FCC's definition of "Amateur
Radio Service." Unfortunately they overlook the simple fact
that EVERY radio type and kind in Title 47 C.F.R. is called
a Service ("service" in Title 47 is a regulatory term).

They have their "academic certificates" in the form of FCC
amateur radio license forms (suitable for framing) and thus
are BETTER than PhDs. They are nearly all claiming they, as
amateurs, are BETTER than professionals. Of course they are
...in their minds. Some have passed a morse code test at
high rate and that is even GREATER than their "academic
achievement" license certificates. They are RADIOTELEGRAPHERS!
The nobelest achievement in their world. Never mind that
actual jobs of radiotelegraphy are akin to chicken having teeth,
they have FANGS of expertise and bite all who dare accost them
in this newsgroup. They are CHAMPIONS, they are HEROES,
they are a bit nuts with self-love, self-promotion, self-
righteousness that doesn't stop.

"The truth is out there" is more than a TV show catchphrase.
It is reality of the rest of the radio world. Few of these
mighty macho morsemen have the courage to find out...they
await their revelations in the pages of QST where they are
spoon-fed what a few in Newington think is what they ought
to know.

So, to coexist in this Morsemen's BLOG, one has to "agree"
and kiss their figurative asses, take their unflogging
cursing and denigrations. Morsemen RULE RADIO in this
little BLOG. Morsemen must be fed a steady emotional diet
of gratuitous (and unwarranted) praise for their mighty
efforts and skills. THEY know all. Like already.

Get the picture? :-)