"Michael Coslo" wrote in message
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Dan/W4NTI wrote:



I remember hearing about years ago when "Ether" was considered the medium
of how radio was propagated. That particular theory ran into trouble
when we started sending space shots up..


Well, they figured it was ether that, or sumpthin' else.....



- Mike KB3EIA -


GROAN!!

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

Michael Coslo wrote:
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KØHB wrote:
I think belief in magic IS a necessary requirement to really enjoy Amateur
Radio.

Depends on what you mean by "magic"...


10 meters, a couple years back. I was a fairly new ham, and was trying
out psk31 and enjoying it.

On 10 meters, I saw an amateur from Oz QSO'ing with someone I couln't see.

I called, and we had a nice QSO. We were both using about ten watts.
Good Copy. From just about as far away as you can get without coming back.

Magic.

I think it goes further. The great minds said, one way or another, that
they never stopped trying to be as children. They never stopped
striving for a sense of curiosity, wonderment and enjoyment at even the
simplest of things.

Yet too many of us abandon that as we "grow up" and come to put away
"childish" things. We abandon the imaginative and creative and, too
often, we move into nothing more than the tedious drudgery of the
nine-to-five and predictable work.

How much is lost when we abandon the joy and wonder of childhood and
all that it entails.

73 de Jim, N2EY

Mike Coslo wrote:
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Michael Coslo wrote:

wrote:

Mike Coslo wrote:


KØHB wrote:


I don't question your faith. I'm sure it's genuine to you. Enjoy it, take
comfort in it, and may it be a blessing to you.

Perhaps it is a faith that cannot accept questioning? Some are likethat.


Exactly, Mike. What gets some folks particularly up-in-arms is when
someone points out the obvious contradictions in their religious
beliefs.

Seems to be the same folk that believe that depriving others of their
rights is one of *their* rights.


Yep. Such as the fundamentalist who staps on some dynamite and
deprives others of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

That's right, Brian. All fundamentalists are potentially dangerous.
Nothing wrong with faith unless it is so encompassing that you are so
"faithful" that you are willing to kill those who disagree with you and
that fundamental faith.

- Mike KB3EIA -

Arguments can be made for the potential dangers of atheists as well.

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He seems to have the clout to say it will be. Why not the opposite?

*WHY* should we all pay to rebuild a city below sea level in a
hurricane zone?

73 de Jim, N2EY


OMG!!!!!!! Howdy all and Happy Thanksgiving coming up. I know this is an
old post (from Oct) and I'll see if I can follow it to current, but just
opening messages randomly and saw this sentiment.

Hooray, Jim, for saying that. Exactly. Man, down here in the Dallas area,
people are seething (OK, maybe not seething, but they're pretty darned
po'ed) about this whole situation. We have people out of work, homeless,
distraught, etc., every day all day here. And, when the disaster happens,
suddenly compassion must go out.

Not saying the poor folks wrapped up in this tragedy don't deserve
compassion. They do. But, what in the world is the deal with this? As I
said, people are struggling every day--and it didn't take a disaster to ge
them the they live this every day for whatever reason. News around here
shows the evacuees (they didn't want to be called refugees) are thankless,
asking for more, and say they DESERVE whatever "we" can get and give for
them!!??

PAH!!! I'll tend to myself and they can, too. We've got motel/hotel rooms,
apts, homes, etc., with the folks living in them who've been sitting on
their royal you-know-whats and, now that FEMA said assistance would end Dec
1--they (the evacuees) have decided that they need to go find work, find new
homes, etc. EXCUSE ME??!! Shoulda been out there longer ago than now.

I don't know. It's one huge messed up siteeashun down heeya. And, those of
us who were forced (by way of tax dollars) to support the lunacy that's been
behind the assistance, are fed up. NO, we DON'T need to support any
rebuilding in a hurricane zone. Period. (Although a lot of trade and
commerce goes through the port...what about that?)

Kim W5TIT



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"Michael Coslo" wrote in message
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I have no problem in principle with a person building their house on
the lava dome of Mt St Helens if they are so inclined. However, I do
have a problem if he wants me to buy his insurance or build him a new
house when the present one burns up because of it's location. Same goes
for building that wonderful vacation retreat on a barrier island or 50
feet from the ocean. That land is transient, and IMO so is any human
structure built on it

Do you support paying for these peoples stupidity? (The stupidity is in
my opinion - but a pretty good case can be made for it being stupid)

- Mike KB3EIA -


A pretty good case indeed. Here's the insanity, in my opinion. The cost of
things related to this disaster are just gross. Please. I have a
brother-in-law who is down in that area doing sub-contract work for FEMA.
He is down there with his dad. His dad hasn't had a thing to do YET. Been
down there for, I think, around a month--maybe more--at $65.00 a day. The
man (the dad) hasn't worked a day in his life for years, and whines about
any arguments from his kids to get to work. The son (my brother-in-law's
brother) is getting paid somewhere around $3500.00 a month!!

You've surely all heard the rates that are being paid for rooms in cruise
ships, motels, hotels, apartments, etc. for these folks to live? Rates
those places couldn't make under normal circumstances!! When the folks were
over here at the Dallas Convention Ctr., we had an ex-coworker (bless her
beautiful, patient heart) who called us one day and wanted all of us to get
money together from everyone at her former workplace to BUY PLAYSTAIONS for
the kids...and, oh yeah, it would be great if big-screen TVs could be bought
so they could "see better." 'SCUSE ME? A) these folks are in a disaster
situation and should have had tents provided to them nearer to their home
area (we do that in foreign lands...why not here?); B) what happens to these
TVs and Playstations at the end of all this?

I wish you all could walk around on the streets of Dallas downtown and ride
the public transportation and hear the stories of the $2,000.00 credit cards
that were obtained from people that live HERE LOCALLY and simply showed up
and got one. AND, the same credit cards being used by some of the evacuees
to buy drugs, overpriced designer clothing, purses, CDs, etc. One person
was asked why they weren't buying food with it, and "oh, that's being given
to us, we don't need to buy food."

It's just gross the way all this has been handled. Stupidity. Absolutely.
I'm going to look at the newsgroup the next few days (vacation...yahoo!) and
see what's happening.

Kim W5TIT



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