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These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329 (7.3%)
Technician - 205,394 (30.4%)
Technician Plus - 128,860 (19.1%)
General - 112,677 (16.7%)
Advanced - 99,782 (14.8%)
Extra - 78,750 (11.7%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254 (49.5%)

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 291,209 (43.2%)

Total all classes - 674,792


As of July 1, 2006:

Novice - 24,877 (3.8%) [decrease of 24,452]
Technician - 282,448 (42.9%) [increase of 77,054]
Technician Plus - 37,801 (5.7%) [decrease of 91,059]
General - 132,757 (20.2%) [increase of 20,080]
Advanced - 71,749 (10.9%) [decrease of 28,033]
Extra - 108,185 (16.4%) [increase of 29,435]

Total Tech/TechPlus - 320,049 (48.7%) [decrease of 14,205]

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 312,691 (47.5%) [increase of 21,482]

Total all classes - 657,817 (decrease of 16,975)

Note that these totals do not include licenses
that have expired but are in the grace period.

They also do not include club, military, RACES
or other station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new
Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced licenses
are no longer issued.

Since April 15, 2000, FCC has renewed all existing
Technician Plus licenses as Technician. It is therefore
informative to consider the totals of the two classes,
since the Technician class includes a significant
number of Technician Plus licenses renewed as
Technician.

73 de Jim, N2EY

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wrote:
These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:

As of May 14, 2000:
i wonder if this isn't a bot posting from jim pc?

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Slow Code wrote:
wrote in
ups.com:

73 de Jim, N2EY


They cheapened the license, now nobody decent wants to get one and the FCC
is still thinking of dumbing it down even more. Pretty soon it will be
just CB'ers, lids, and retards that get licensed because testing will get
dumbed down to the point even they can get an extra, then the rest of us
will have to listen to bands that sound like 11 meters.
funny they sound that way nNOW esp the HF bands

why are you such a troll SC?
 

"an old friend" wrote in message
oups.com...

Slow Code wrote:
why is it you keep adding Ngs to threads?


Why do you feel anybody has to answer you, Mark?
You're a nobody. Nothing.

why are you such a troll SC?
 

Jolly Roger wrote:
"an old friend" wrote in message
oups.com...

Slow Code wrote:
why is it you keep adding Ngs to threads?


Why do you feel anybody has to answer you, Mark?

I don't feel anybody has to answer

OTOH SC would be will advised to answer is he could

You're a nobody. Nothing.

and yet you feel a need to reply to me, and those you don't reply to
most are replied to y some or other

Indeed if you truly thought I was nobody you would bother repling to me
your reply is proof you are lying
that and the efforts to forge my posts proves somebody thinks I am
important enough to merit such treatement

why are you such a troll SC?
 

"an old freind" wrote in message
oups.com...

Jolly Roger wrote:
"an old friend" wrote in message
oups.com...

Slow Code wrote:
why is it you keep adding Ngs to threads?


Why do you feel anybody has to answer you, Mark?

I don't feel anybody has to answer

OTOH SC would be will advised to answer is he could

You're a nobody. Nothing.

and yet you feel a need to reply to me, and those you don't reply to
most are replied to y some or other

Indeed if you truly thought I was nobody you would bother repling to me
your reply is proof you are lying
that and the efforts to forge my posts proves somebody thinks I am
important enough to merit such treatement

One last time, Mark. You are a nobody. A nonentity.
You don't count.
plonk

why are you such a troll SC?
 

Jolly Roger wrote:
"an old freind" wrote in message
oups.com...

Jolly Roger wrote:
"an old friend" wrote in message
oups.com...

You're a nobody. Nothing.

and yet you feel a need to reply to me, and those you don't reply to
most are replied to y some or other

Indeed if you truly thought I was nobody you would bother repling to me
your reply is proof you are lying
that and the efforts to forge my posts proves somebody thinks I am
important enough to merit such treatement

One last time, Mark. You are a nobody. A nonentity.

and yet you feel a need to reply to me, and those you don't reply to
most are replied to y some or other

Indeed if you truly thought I was nobody you would bother repling to
me
your reply is proof you are lying
that and the efforts to forge my posts proves somebody thinks I am
important enough to merit such treatement
You don't count.
obviously I do
plonk
promises promieses

why are you such a troll SC?
 

Jolly Roger wrote:
"an old freind" wrote in message
oups.com...

Jolly Roger wrote:
"an old friend" wrote in message
oups.com...

You're a nobody. Nothing.

and yet you feel a need to reply to me, and those you don't reply to
most are replied to y some or other

Indeed if you truly thought I was nobody you would bother repling to me
your reply is proof you are lying
that and the efforts to forge my posts proves somebody thinks I am
important enough to merit such treatement

One last time, Mark. You are a nobody. A nonentity.

and yet you feel a need to reply to me, and those you don't reply to
most are replied to y some or other

Indeed if you truly thought I was nobody you would bother repling to
me
your reply is proof you are lying
that and the efforts to forge my posts proves somebody thinks I am
important enough to merit such treatement

you have only forgered 4 posts from me this very night
You don't count.
obviously I do
plonk
promises promieses

get help sicko
 

Not Cocksucker Lloyd wrote:
assraped by an old freind wrote:
get help sicko

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Bzzzzzttt....wrong. The problem is the old farts fought changes for so
long that the population got interested in other things like computers
and Internet. I mean who the heck wants to learn old, outdated code in
an Internet world. It's not "dumbing down" it's antiquated and not
needed. Sure it's fun if you want to learn it, but why force people to
learn something that is just not necessary? It's not. The change away
from code should have been made 20 years ago.

Actually, you apparently don't even listen to 11 meters because if you
did, you would hear a very quiet band. They've left for the Internet
and cell phones.

I don't know where you come up with this stuff you have been spewing out
lately, but you are grossly out of touch with reality.

There's nothing wrong with appliance operators. Let people communicate
and communicate easily. This is the age of easy to use radios. Radios
with silicon and not old, big, hot glass tubes. The world always changes
and you have to learn to change with it.

So give up your buggy whip, get down from your horse, and learn to drive
a car. We're not going to test you on animal husbandry as it applies to
horses in order for you to get a license to drive a modern car. It's
not dumbing down, it's just evolution.


Slow Code wrote:

They cheapened the license, now nobody decent wants to get one and the FCC
is still thinking of dumbing it down even more. Pretty soon it will be
just CB'ers, lids, and retards that get licensed because testing will get
dumbed down to the point even they can get an extra, then the rest of us
will have to listen to bands that sound like 11 meters.

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J. D. B. wrote:
"Bzzzzzttt....wrong. The problem is the old farts fought changes for
so
long that the population got interested in other things like computers

and Internet. I mean who the heck wants to learn old, outdated code in

an Internet world. It's not "dumbing down" it's antiquated and not
needed. Sure it's fun if you want to learn it, but why force people to

learn something that is just not necessary? It's not. The change away

from code should have been made 20 years ago."
indeed well said

" Actually, you apparently don't even listen to 11 meters because if
you
did, you would hear a very quiet band. They've left for the Internet
and cell phones."
indeed they have and that is the fate he truly seem to WANT for the ARS
silence and it demise if he can't have it HIS way

I don't know where you come up with this stuff you have been spewing out
lately, but you are grossly out of touch with reality.

There's nothing wrong with appliance operators. Let people communicate
and communicate easily. This is the age of easy to use radios. Radios
with silicon and not old, big, hot glass tubes. The world always changes
and you have to learn to change with it.

So give up your buggy whip, get down from your horse, and learn to drive
a car. We're not going to test you on animal husbandry as it applies to
horses in order for you to get a license to drive a modern car. It's
not dumbing down, it's just evolution.


Slow Code wrote:

They cheapened the license, now nobody decent wants to get one and the FCC
is still thinking of dumbing it down even more. Pretty soon it will be
just CB'ers, lids, and retards that get licensed because testing will get
dumbed down to the point even they can get an extra, then the rest of us
will have to listen to bands that sound like 11 meters.

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"J. D. B." wrote in
:

Bzzzzzttt....wrong. The problem is the old farts fought changes for so
long that the population got interested in other things like computers
and Internet. I mean who the heck wants to learn old, outdated code in
an Internet world. It's not "dumbing down" it's antiquated and not
needed. Sure it's fun if you want to learn it, but why force people to
learn something that is just not necessary? It's not. The change away
from code should have been made 20 years ago.

Actually, you apparently don't even listen to 11 meters because if you
did, you would hear a very quiet band. They've left for the Internet
and cell phones.

I don't know where you come up with this stuff you have been spewing out
lately, but you are grossly out of touch with reality.

There's nothing wrong with appliance operators. Let people communicate
and communicate easily. This is the age of easy to use radios. Radios
with silicon and not old, big, hot glass tubes. The world always changes
and you have to learn to change with it.

So give up your buggy whip, get down from your horse, and learn to drive
a car. We're not going to test you on animal husbandry as it applies to
horses in order for you to get a license to drive a modern car. It's
not dumbing down, it's just evolution.


I know you're right.

Hams just want to be appliance operators these days and they don't want
license exams that will interfere with them getting to those appliances
even though it means being less worthy. I don't see anyone modernizing
like everyone says is happening. They just get their licenses and grab a
microphone. What percentage of hams have a computer connected to a
radio? Probably less than 30%. Hams don't want to modernize. Guess we
just have live with inferior operators on the bands from here on out.
Then again, maybe hams shouldn't be required to be knowledgable or have
skills. Requiring skills and knowledge is too old skool. Everything must
be outcome based these days, even licensing. It ain't like we have to
help out in emergencies or anything. It's Quantity, not quality.


73'sssssssssssssssssssss

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Slow Code wrote:
"J. D. B." wrote in
:


So give up your buggy whip, get down from your horse, and learn to drive
a car. We're not going to test you on animal husbandry as it applies to
horses in order for you to get a license to drive a modern car. It's
not dumbing down, it's just evolution.


I know you're right.
and yet you refuse to deal with that reality

Hams just want to be appliance operators these days and they don't want
license exams that will interfere with them getting to those appliances
even though it means being less worthy. I don't see anyone modernizing
like everyone says is happening. They just get their licenses and grab a
microphone. What percentage of hams have a computer connected to a
radio? Probably less than 30%.
well three of my radios are and my moble rigs can be interfaced to a
laptop if I feel the need

and yet I am one of the folsk YOU to have the FCC throw the bands
Hams don't want to modernize.
one fo the few thing you get right

you don't want to modernize either BTW
Guess we
just have live with inferior operators on the bands from here on out.
Then again, maybe hams shouldn't be required to be knowledgable or have
skills.
you keep drinking the product of the sour grapes and you will never
notice if any body is on the bands
Requiring skills and knowledge is too old skool. Everything must
be outcome based these days, even licensing. It ain't like we have to
help out in emergencies or anything. It's Quantity, not quality.


73'sssssssssssssssssssss

grow up if you can cowardly troll

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Slow Code wrote:
"J. D. B." wrote in
:


So give up your buggy whip, get down from your horse, and learn to drive
a car. We're not going to test you on animal husbandry as it applies to
horses in order for you to get a license to drive a modern car. It's
not dumbing down, it's just evolution.


I know you're right.
and yet you refuse to deal with that reality

Hams just want to be appliance operators these days and they don't want
license exams that will interfere with them getting to those appliances
even though it means being less worthy. I don't see anyone modernizing
like everyone says is happening. They just get their licenses and grab a
microphone. What percentage of hams have a computer connected to a
radio? Probably less than 30%.
well three of my radios are and my moble rigs can be interfaced to a
laptop if I feel the need

and yet I am one of the folsk YOU to have the FCC throw the bands
Hams don't want to modernize.
one fo the few thing you get right

you don't want to modernize either BTW
Guess we
just have live with inferior operators on the bands from here on out.
Then again, maybe hams shouldn't be required to be knowledgable or have
skills.
you keep drinking the product of the sour grapes and you will never
notice if any body is on the bands
Requiring skills and knowledge is too old skool. Everything must
be outcome based these days, even licensing. It ain't like we have to
help out in emergencies or anything. It's Quantity, not quality.


73'sssssssssssssssssssss

grow up if you can cowardly troll

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wrote:
get help sicko

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wrote:
get help sicko

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an old freind wrote:
wrote:
get help sicko

Poor, poor Markie.

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Not Cocksucker Lloyd wrote:
get help sicko

ARS License Numbers
 

These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329 (7.3%)
Technician - 205,394 (30.4%)
Technician Plus - 128,860 (19.1%)
General - 112,677 (16.7%)
Advanced - 99,782 (14.8%)
Extra - 78,750 (11.7%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254 (49.5%)

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 291,209 (43.2%)

Total all classes - 674,792


As of July 15, 2006:

Novice - 24,835 (3.8%) [decrease of 24,494]
Technician - 282,967 (43.0%) [increase of 77,573]
Technician Plus - 37,496 (5.7%) [decrease of 91,364]
General - 132,770 (20.2%) [increase of 20,093]
Advanced - 71,671 (10.9%) [decrease of 28,111]
Extra - 108,214 (16.4%) [increase of 29,464]

Total Tech/TechPlus - 320,463 (48.7%) [decrease of 13,791]

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 312,655 (47.5%) [increase of 21,446]

Total all classes - 657,953 (decrease of 16,839)

Note that these totals do not include licenses
that have expired but are in the grace period.

They also do not include club, military, RACES
or other station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new
Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced licenses
are no longer issued.

Since April 15, 2000, FCC has renewed all existing
Technician Plus licenses as Technician. It is therefore
informative to consider the totals of the two classes,
since the Technician class includes a significant
number of Technician Plus licenses renewed as
Technician.

73 de Jim, N2EY

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wrote:
These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:
gotto be a bot at work here

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an old friend wrote:
get help sicko

Poor Markie............

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Slow Code wrote:
wrote in
ups.com:

These are the numbers of current, unexpired

Total all classes - 658,032 (decrease of 16,760)



That's what happens when you dumb things down. Having a license doesn't
mean anything and they leave. Technology certainly didn't keep them in
the service.

Dumbing things down more will just let retards on HF.

well your "plan" would simply kill off the ARS

SC

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No, it's what happens when give people tests that are irrelevant to the
state of the service and the world today. It's what happens when old
timers keep the impression alive that ham radio is about code, tubes and
other worthless old "technologies". It's what happens when we try to
gate people out by making them pass the same worthless crap we had to
pass because, "well I had to do it so they should have to do it" mentality.

We already have a bunch of "retards" on HF and have for the thirty plus
years that I can remember. Testing didn't keep the low-lifes out then,
and it is not going to do it now.

Learn to face reality. The old tests are what has brought on the
problems - especially the worthless code tests.

It's not about "dumbing down" the testing. It's about the need to
modernize the testing, and our hanging onto the old and outdated for far
too long, that has caused the problems we face today.

Blow Code wrote:

That's what happens when you dumb things down. Having a license doesn't
mean anything and they leave. Technology certainly didn't keep them in
the service.

Dumbing things down more will just let retards on HF.

BC

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"J. D. B." wrote in
:

No, it's what happens when give people tests that are irrelevant to the
state of the service and the world today. It's what happens when old
timers keep the impression alive that ham radio is about code, tubes and
other worthless old "technologies". It's what happens when we try to
gate people out by making them pass the same worthless crap we had to
pass because, "well I had to do it so they should have to do it"
mentality.

We already have a bunch of "retards" on HF and have for the thirty plus
years that I can remember. Testing didn't keep the low-lifes out then,
and it is not going to do it now.

Learn to face reality. The old tests are what has brought on the
problems - especially the worthless code tests.

It's not about "dumbing down" the testing. It's about the need to
modernize the testing, and our hanging onto the old and outdated for far
too long, that has caused the problems we face today.



Having to learn CW isn't preventing you from modernizing, You're just
lazy. Now go play with your model cho-cho trains.

SC

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Slow Code wrote:
"J. D. B." wrote in
:

No, it's what happens when give people tests that are irrelevant to the
state of the service and the world today. It's what happens when old
timers keep the impression alive that ham radio is about code, tubes and
other worthless old "technologies". It's what happens when we try to
gate people out by making them pass the same worthless crap we had to
pass because, "well I had to do it so they should have to do it"
mentality.

We already have a bunch of "retards" on HF and have for the thirty plus
years that I can remember. Testing didn't keep the low-lifes out then,
and it is not going to do it now.

Learn to face reality. The old tests are what has brought on the
problems - especially the worthless code tests.

It's not about "dumbing down" the testing. It's about the need to
modernize the testing, and our hanging onto the old and outdated for far
too long, that has caused the problems we face today.



Having to learn CW isn't preventing you from modernizing, You're just
lazy. Now go play with your model cho-cho trains.
more libel you sound just liek wismen and robeson

SC

ARS License Numbers
 

These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329 (7.3%)
Technician - 205,394 (30.4%)
Technician Plus - 128,860 (19.1%)
General - 112,677 (16.7%)
Advanced - 99,782 (14.8%)
Extra - 78,750 (11.7%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254 (49.5%)

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 291,209 (43.2%)

Total all classes - 674,792


As of August 2, 2006:

Novice - 24,715 (3.8%) [decrease of 24,614]
Technician - 283,467 (43.1%) [increase of 78,073]
Technician Plus - 37,012 (5.6%) [decrease of 91,848]
General - 132,510 (20.2%) [increase of 19,833]
Advanced - 71,381 (10.9%) [decrease of 28,401]
Extra - 108,206 (16.5%) [increase of 29,456]

(percentages may not add up to exactly 100.0% due to rounding)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 320,479 (48.8%) [decrease of 13,775]

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 312,097 (47.4%) [increase of 20,888]

Total all classes - 657,291 (decrease of 17,501)

Note that these totals do not include licenses
that have expired but are in the grace period.

They also do not include club, military, RACES
or other station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new
Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced licenses
are no longer issued.

Since April 15, 2000, FCC has renewed all existing
Technician Plus licenses as Technician. It is therefore
informative to consider the totals of the two classes,
since the Technician class includes a significant
number of Technician Plus licenses renewed as
Technician.

73 de Jim, N2EY

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wrote:
These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:

As of May 14, 2000:
look like the bot has struck again

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wrote:
an old friend wrote:
wrote:
These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:

As of May 14, 2000:
look like the bot has struck again

No.
well while I may be been mistaken it certainly did look the work of a
bot

ARS License Numbers
 

These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329 (7.3%)
Technician - 205,394 (30.4%)
Technician Plus - 128,860 (19.1%)
General - 112,677 (16.7%)
Advanced - 99,782 (14.8%)
Extra - 78,750 (11.7%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254 (49.5%)

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 291,209 (43.2%)

Total all classes - 674,792


As of September 1, 2006:

Novice - 24,494 (3.7%) [decrease of 24,835]
Technician - 284,694 (43.3%) [increase of 79,300]
Technician Plus - 36,183 (5.5%) [decrease of 92,677]
General - 132,213 (20.1%) [increase of 19,536]
Advanced - 71,045 (10.8%) [decrease of 28,737]
Extra - 108,307 (16.5%) [increase of 29,557]

(percentages may not add up to exactly 100.0% due to rounding)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 320,877 (48.8%) [decrease of 13,377]

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 311,565 (47.4%) [increase of 20,356]

Total all classes - 656,936 (decrease of 17,856)

Note that these totals do not include licenses
that have expired but are in the grace period.

They also do not include club, military, RACES
or other station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new
Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced licenses
are no longer issued.

Since April 15, 2000, FCC has renewed all existing
Technician Plus licenses as Technician. It is therefore
informative to consider the totals of the two classes,
since the Technician class includes a significant
number of Technician Plus licenses renewed as
Technician.

73 de Jim, N2EY

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Slow Code wrote:
wrote in
Thanks Jim.

Maybe now everyone will see that dumbing things down was bad for ham
radio.
wht dumbing down has occured since Ham radio was dumbed down with
higher code test speeds?

73

SC

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wrote:

trolling right along

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"an old friend" wrote in
oups.com:


Slow Code wrote:
wrote in
Thanks Jim.

Maybe now everyone will see that dumbing things down was bad for ham
radio.
wht dumbing down has occured since Ham radio was dumbed down with
higher code test speeds?


You're living proof CW was a good filter for lazy lids. It didn't keep all
the lids out, but it did keep stupid ones out until they come up with the
no code tech license.

Sc

slow code:kook on parade
 

Slow Code wrote:
"an old friend" wrote in
oups.com:

wht dumbing down has occured since Ham radio was dumbed down with
higher code test speeds?


You're living proof CW was a good filter for lazy lids.
nope
It didn't keep all
the lids out, but it did keep stupid ones out until they come up with the
no code tech license.
nope witness wisemn and yourself

slow code:kook on parade

Sc

Woger:kook on parade
 

wrote:

Woger:kook on parade

woger: lying kook on parade http://www.mipsor.state.mi.us/mipsor/default.htm
 

wrote:
wrote:
On 5 Sep 2006 06:11:03 -0700, wrote:



Woger you are an FCC certified bad operator

He is? Where?
FCC NAl certify your bad operating
You are a State of Michigan (and other states) registered
child molester.

http://www.mipsor.state.mi.us/mipsor/default.htm
funny how the state disagress

slow code:kook on parade
 

woger try http://www.mipsor.state.mi.us/­mipsor/default.htm
 

wrote:

woger try http://www.mipsor.state.mi.us/*mipsor/default.htm
where the state of Michigan makes clear I am not