Yes Charlie, Yep. Shields up! I was one of those geeky guys who rode a bicycle and had to put up with all the garbage from the jocks in cars with all the remarks.
In time, I learned to overcome the problems caused by this bunch. (Gaining a 5th degree black belt in Judo and being able to bench press 325 pounds at age 17 kinda helped the situation too!) I changed tactics by going on the defensive. It worked. ...In the case of folks wanting to elinate our niche of the amateur radio hobby, a strong defense here might help too. Lobbying the local League staff and SC's, and educating other hams as to the existance of AM'ers might be helpful. 73, Mark Cobbeldick, KB4CVN Monroe, VA --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Mark: Yet another opinion... Some of these AM haters are very much > like the > big car drivers in high school who would haul around a gaggle of guys > who would laugh at a practical good mileage car and make fun of the > operator. > Same mentality....dumb and dummmber. (no.. I couldnt afford a car). > > Also, I think some of the folks are just plain jelous (sp), They cant > build > AM or maintain or operate it but they "shore can buy leenears". > > Its a class conscious society, if I cant have it neither can you. > > Shields up. Charlie, K0NG . > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
