A joke for the Winter Solstice season, largely known
as "Christmas" because the Christians have shown their
true mettle over the years by burning at the stake those
who opposed them, and yet who have parasitised so
much of their opponents' beliefs such as Yule Logs,
Holly, Ivy, sacred sites and the choice of this time to
year, all as a means of insidious propaganda.

What a truly nasty sect are the Christians! (They even
went so far as to torture those who claimed to be
Christian but who objected to rule from
Rome, seeming to lose sight of the fact that the origins are
not in Rome but in Palestinianstan!)

If the Christian god really exists, then he must have a pretty
sick sense of humour - sending that Tsunami last Boxing
Day. He must also be pretty thick - in an age that has
encompassed the postal service, carrier pigeons, heliographs,
semaphore, telegraphy, telephones, radio, television, GSM,
GPS, Satellite TV, and the Internet - when he wants to
communicate with humanity he sends a tsunami? That God
seems as thick as those who believe in him!

Anyway, to keep this on topic, taking the lead from
the title of the thread.....

Q. If the answer is, "Cockrobin", what is the question?
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A. "What's this up my arse, Batman?"


And, one final question remains to be answered....

What is Ham Radio?

Ham Radio is a technical pursuit for those who
are interested in the science of radio wave
propagation and who are also interested in the
way that their radios function. It has a long-standing
tradition of providing a source of engineers who
are born naturals.

Ham Radio awakens in its aficionados a whole-life
fascination with all things technical and gives
an all-abiding curiosity to improve one's scientific
knowledge. It's a great swimming pool, please dive in!

This excitement causes a wish to share the experience
with ones fellow man, and shows itself in the
gentlemanly traditions of Ham Radio.

Radio Hams are in a unique privileged position in that
they can construct and operate their own equipment! No-one
else has this privilege. Users, such as broadcasters,
the po lice and armed farces, CBers and mobile phone
users have to purchase ready-made gear. Manufacturers
are not licensed to operate their gear. Radio Hams
are qualified to design, build and then
operate their own pieces of equipment. They do this
with gusto, and also repair and modify their own
equipment. This is a privilege well worth the effort
to gain, and one to be jealously guarded.

The excitement that drives a Radio Ham starts with
relatively simple technologies at first, perhaps making
his own Wimshurst machine and primary cells. Small pieces
of test equipment follow, possibly multimeters and signal
generators. Then comes receivers and transmitters. It is with
the latter that communication with like-minded technically
motivated people takes off. The scope for technical
development grows with the years
and now encompasses DSP and DDS. There is also a great deal
of excitement in the areas of computer programming to
be learnt and applied.

The technical excitement motivates Radio Hams to compete
with each other to determine who has designed and manufactured
the best-quality station. This competitiveness is found in DXing,
competitions and fox-hunts.

-----OOOOO----

However, beware! A Ham Radio licence is such a
desirable thing to have that there are large
numbers of people who wish to be thought of
as Radio Hams when, in fact, they are nothing
of the kind! Usually such people are a
variation of the CB Radio hobbyist; they buy their
radios off the shelf and send them back to be
repaired; they are not interested in technical discussion
and sneer at those who are; they have no idea how
their radios work inside and have no wish to find out;
they are free with rather silly personal insults;
they have not satisfied any technical qualification
and their licences prevent the use of
self-designed-and-built equipment.

These CB types engage in the competitive activities
with their Cheque-Book-purchased off-the-shelf radios
in a forlorn effort to prove that they are Radio Hams.

No _REAL_ Radio Hams are deceived by such people!

-----ooooo-----

One infallible way to disambiguate the CB Radio Hobbyist
from the _REAL_ Radio Ham is to solicit their view of the
difference between CB Radio and Ham Radio. A Radio Ham will
perceive Ham Radio to be a technical pursuit and will
perceive CB Radio to be a social communications facility
no different in essence to a land-line telephone or a
GSM mobile in the hands of a 6-year-old. Thus a Radio Ham
could also hold a CB licence safe in the knowledge that
such a licence says no more about him than having a land-line
telephone, whilst continuing to regard Ham Radio as a separate
technical pursuit.

A CB Radio hobbyist, on the other hand, sees no difference between
a Ham Radio licence and a CB Radio licence. To him, they are
sisters-under-the-skin. Wrongly, the CB Radio Hobbyist then
tries to classify himself as the equal of the Radio
Ham when, in fact, he is nothing of the kind. A sure sign of
a CB Radio hobbyist is if he holds, or has ever held, a licence
issued under the gangrenous degeneration that is the
M3/CB Fools' Licence scheme.

-----ooooo-----

One group of people who claim to be of the standard of
Radio Hams but who are in reality nothing more than an
apology for the failure of a CBer are those class B
licensees who falsely proclaimed that they were against
the use of a Morse Test to control access to the HF
bands, until, that is, a test was introduced at their
intellectual level, the intellectual level of 6-year-olds.

6 year-olds simply lack the mathematical tool kit to
enable them to handle even the simplest algebraic manipulation
for Ohm's Law and thus, the disgraceful Class Ber's in
the aforementioned category are not Radio Hams by any stretch
of the imagination!

Remember - A sure sign of a CB Radio hobbyist is if he holds,
or has ever held, a licence issued under the gangrenous
degeneration that is the M3/CB Fools' Licence scheme!

Pierian Spring wrote:
A joke for the Winter Solstice season, largely known
as "Christmas" because the Christians have shown their
true mettle over the years by burning at the stake those
who opposed them, and yet who have parasitised so
much of their opponents' beliefs such as Yule Logs,
Holly, Ivy, sacred sites and the choice of this time to
year, all as a means of insidious propaganda.

cuting the bull****

why do you bother asshole

If you wish to be ever perceived as a Childish Broadcaster (CBer),
then carry right on with the Childish Broadcasting (CB) such
as you utter below.

Grow up!

Stupid boy.

an old friend wrote:

cuting the bull****

why do you bother asshole

an old friend wrote:
Pierian Spring wrote:
A joke for the Winter Solstice season, largely known
as "Christmas" because the Christians have shown their
true mettle over the years by burning at the stake those
who opposed them, and yet who have parasitised so
much of their opponents' beliefs such as Yule Logs,
Holly, Ivy, sacred sites and the choice of this time to
year, all as a means of insidious propaganda.

cuting the bull####

why do you bother ###hole

Good question, Markie.

Perian, why DO you bother Markie?

Steve, K4YZ

K4YZ wrote:
an old friend wrote:
Pierian Spring wrote:
A joke for the Winter Solstice season, largely known
as "Christmas" because the Christians have shown their
true mettle over the years by burning at the stake those
who opposed them, and yet who have parasitised so
much of their opponents' beliefs such as Yule Logs,
Holly, Ivy, sacred sites and the choice of this time to
year, all as a means of insidious propaganda.

cuting the bull####

why do you bother ###hole

more the forgery that you are famous for stevie and the one of the
reasons for the flamewar

Good question, Markie.

Perian, why DO you bother Markie?

why isn't stevie smart enough to ask the right person

asshole

Steve, K4YZ

an old friend wrote:
K4YZ wrote:
an old friend wrote:
Pierian Spring wrote:
A joke for the Winter Solstice season, largely known
as "Christmas" because the Christians have shown their
true mettle over the years by burning at the stake those
who opposed them, and yet who have parasitised so
much of their opponents' beliefs such as Yule Logs,
Holly, Ivy, sacred sites and the choice of this time to
year, all as a means of insidious propaganda.

cuting the bull####

why do you bother ###hole

more the forgery that you are famous for stevie and the one of the
reasons for the flamewar

There's no forgery here, Markie.

I simply choose to not promulgate your profanities.

Good question, Markie.

Perian, why DO you bother Markie?

why isn't stevie smart enough to ask the right person

I DID ask the right person, Markie.

You said (to Pierian) "why do you bother ###hole"

And I agreed...I asked Pierian why he was bothering you...That WAS
your question...

###hole

Sober up, PaganBoy. You're talking about yourself again.

Steve, K4YZ

Pierian Spring wrote:
A joke for the Winter Solstice season, largely known
as "Christmas" because the Christians have shown their
true mettle over the years by burning at the stake those
who opposed them, and yet who have parasitised so
much of their opponents' beliefs such as Yule Logs,
Holly, Ivy, sacred sites and the choice of this time to
year, all as a means of insidious propaganda.

What a truly nasty sect are the Christians! (They even
went so far as to torture those who claimed to be
Christian but who objected to rule from
Rome, seeming to lose sight of the fact that the origins are
not in Rome but in Palestinianstan!)



Readers may like to be reminded that Gareth was once a very devout Christian
(look up the archives).

What happened, Gareth baby? Did they make you an outcast? Where you not
wanted?

Awwww
--
huLLy
Mobile phone 07976 123278
ICQ 136-987-925

huLLy wrote:

Readers may like to be reminded that Gareth was once a very devout
Christian (look up the archives).

What happened, Gareth baby? Did they make you an outcast? Where you
not wanted?

Awwww

Having thought about this, I suspect that he wandered into church one Sunday
so drunk that he threw up all over the vicar. Ah yes, everything else just
falls into place now...
--
huLLy
Mobile phone 07976 123278
ICQ 136-987-925

"Pierian Spring" wrote in message
oups.com...

Snip ****

**** off, Evans.

In whatever guise he appears, the incurable CBer Not-Ham, a
self confessed criminal pirate, is as childish and as foul as ever.....

Insofar as he is a criminal, then we pay him no further heed.

guv wrote:
"Pierian Spring" wrote in message
oups.com...

Snip ****

**** off, Evans.