Re: [OT] Re: [Elecraft] English
On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 18:11:48 -0600 Bill W5WVO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting... Never heard a horse chestnut called a buckeye before. (Never mind a conker!) Where do they call them buckeyes? I'm originally from upstate NY, where horse chestnut trees seemed to be everywhere you looked. I think we had four or five of them just on our one-block-long street. Collecting huge bags of horse chestnuts was an autumn ritual. Bill / W5WVO Ah but..conkers aren't just the horse chestnuts themselves, it's also the game played with them once you've collected them! Is this also the case in the US? Do small boys have their pockets full of string and conkers and proudly declare that (with no help from vinegar/varnish or drying in the oven ...honest...) that they today they are playing with a 25-er...come on have a go if you think you hard enough! Further guidance can be found here--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conker I live in the Shetland Islands, where there are no trees to speak of, and no conkers, so haven't been able to play for some years! Cheers, John GM4SLV ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [OT] Re: [Elecraft] English
Buckeye is also the term used in the mountains of Western North Carolina. I have never heard them called a horse chestnut. I only know of one use for them; when I was a child an elderly neighbor always carried one in his pocket to prevent constipation. As I remember it, the wood is very coarse and grainy and not useful for much of anything. Our foresters treat them as trash trees and usually just fell them and leave them lay. I have read a lot on this reflector about the K3, but am not motivated in the least to purchase one. I'm extremely happy with my K2/100 and plan to make do with it. One of the big attractions of the K2 for me was being able to start with a pile of parts and end up with a beautiful little rig that I had assembled myself. Best wishes to Elecraft on the success of the K3, but I don't plan to be an owner. 72, Jim - W4BQP ARES EC, Spartanburg Co., SC Chris Kantarjiev wrote: Buckeye is an Ohio term ... though I've no idea how much farther it may have spread. 73 de chris K6DBG ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
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Yes - but in Buffalo, New York - after we picked up 10 or 20 horse chestnuts - we'd dry, and get them all polished. Drill a hole in center, and string the chestnut - with a shoe string or a limp piece of horse hide string. Then my buddies - watch out. They eat some kind of chestnuts in downtown New York City, in steaming hot carts - must be another type? Fred, N3CSY It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
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John GM4SLV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I live in the Shetland Islands, where there are no trees to speak of, and no conkers, so haven't been able to play for some years! - Let me know if you become desperate, this place hoaches with Conker trees! 73, Geoff GM4ESD ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
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On Sat, 9 Jun 2007, Fred (FL) wrote: or a limp piece of horse hide string. Then my buddies - watch out. They eat some kind of chestnuts in downtown New York City, in steaming hot carts - must be another type? Yep...most likely imported from Italy...they are sweet. Every now and again my mother cons me into making chestnut flour for her...makes marvelous pastry. Many cultures use chestnuts for foodI bought a pound of Korean chestnuts last year...they were gigantic compared to the Italian ones. Thom,EIEIO Email, Internet, Electronic Information Officer www.baltimorehon.com/Home of the Baltimore Lexicon www.tlchost.net/hosting/ Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
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Gosh, have the Christmas Carols of my youth become that passé? Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping on your nose, Yuletide carols being sung by a choir, And folks dressed up like Eskimos Made famous here in the USA in the 50's by Nat King Cole... Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thom LaCosta Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 5:14 AM To: Fred (FL) Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [Elecraft] English On Sat, 9 Jun 2007, Fred (FL) wrote: or a limp piece of horse hide string. Then my buddies - watch out. They eat some kind of chestnuts in downtown New York City, in steaming hot carts - must be another type? Yep...most likely imported from Italy...they are sweet. Every now and again my mother cons me into making chestnut flour for her...makes marvelous pastry. Many cultures use chestnuts for foodI bought a pound of Korean chestnuts last year...they were gigantic compared to the Italian ones. Thom,EIEIO Email, Internet, Electronic Information Officer www.baltimorehon.com/Home of the Baltimore Lexicon www.tlchost.net/hosting/ Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month _ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
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I am sitting here sipping my coffee and merrily reading my email when I come upon a word I don't know. As dad always told me, Look it up! So being a dutiful son I used what is putatively called an English dictionary. Well, somehow this word was not included within it. OK, I give up, what does hoaches mean? From context it appears to mean there are a plethora of nuts in your area. Looking at the source of this email why does this not surprise me? Hoaches anyone? Kevin. KD5ONS On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:56:49 -0700, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John GM4SLV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I live in the Shetland Islands, where there are no trees to speak of, and no conkers, so haven't been able to play for some years! - Let me know if you become desperate, this place hoaches with Conker trees! 73, Geoff GM4ESD ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
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Kevin Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sitting here sipping my coffee and merrily reading my email when I come upon a word I don't know. As dad always told me, Look it up! So being a dutiful son I used what is putatively called an English dictionary. Well, somehow this word was not included within it. OK, I give up, what does hoaches mean? From context it appears to mean there are a plethora of nuts in your area. Looking at the source of this email why does this not surprise me? Hoaches anyone? Kevin. KD5ONS -- Scottish expression loosely translated as meaning lots of , covered with , swarming with , to get back to a radio topic It's hoaching with QRM. Might come from Norse, not sure. 73, Geoff GM4ESD ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[OT] Re: [Elecraft] English
Interesting... Never heard a horse chestnut called a buckeye before. (Never mind a conker!) Where do they call them buckeyes? I'm originally from upstate NY, where horse chestnut trees seemed to be everywhere you looked. I think we had four or five of them just on our one-block-long street. Collecting huge bags of horse chestnuts was an autumn ritual. Bill / W5WVO Fred Jensen wrote: AFAIK, a conker in the Mother Country is a buckeye or horse chestnut here in the Colonies. Likewise, chuffed loosely translates to stoked -- at least out here on the western frontier. Andrea is attending a needlepoint retreat at Asilomar later this year. Given our Equal Hobby Allowance agreement, I am fairly stoked ... Retreat Cost = Well Loaded K3 Timing is good too, the initial units will be out, and no doubt someone will say something on the reflector about them. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2007 CQP Oct 6-7 - www.cqp.org ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
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Think Buckeye State and http://ohiostatebuckeyes.cstv.com/genrel/university.html I just learned what a buckeye is, too. And my parents were from Iowa and didn't know. Al ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
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Bill, Well, Ohio *is* the 'Buckeye State' - when I grew up in Ohio, they were called buckeye trees by everyone, it was only later that I learned they were also horse chestnut trees. 73, Don W3FPR Bill W5WVO wrote: Interesting... Never heard a horse chestnut called a buckeye before. (Never mind a conker!) Where do they call them buckeyes? I'm originally from upstate NY, where horse chestnut trees seemed to be everywhere you looked. I think we had four or five of them just on our one-block-long street. Collecting huge bags of horse chestnuts was an autumn ritual. Bill / W5WVO ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[OT] Re: [Elecraft] English
Buckeye is an Ohio term ... though I've no idea how much farther it may have spread. 73 de chris K6DBG ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
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Apparently not much (to the east anyway), since Ohio is practically in the back yard of where I grew up near Rochester... Truth to tell, I knew about Ohio, the Buckeye State, etc., but I always figured a buckeye was probably a flower or something. Lots of state sobriquets refer to flowers that grow there. Anyway, that's my excuse, and I'm stickin' to it. :-) Bill Chris Kantarjiev wrote: Buckeye is an Ohio term ... though I've no idea how much farther it may have spread. 73 de chris K6DBG ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
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Buckeye was the common term in Eastern Iowa in the 50s, so it spread at least that far from Ohio. I only learned about the Horse Chestnut a few years ago. ... de Craig AC0DS ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
