Well, I copied that! Loud and clear. Does this constitute a QSR? Sorry,
don't have a card to send. (Visited a HAM operator in Cub Scouts....remember
that much anyway.)
Thanks!
Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Albright" <n5ksk3@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Small purchase
>
> > It was raining. I got wet. Does that make you feel any better? ;-)
>
> No. ;)
>
> >
> > Could you translate the transcript for me and most of the rest of the
> gang?
>
> > > FB THR MICKEY
> > > WHO SAYS OFS AND OMS DON'T MIX?
> > > 73S, QSL?
> > >
> > > DE N5KSK
> > >
>
> Ok:
>
> Fine Business THeRe MICKEY
> WHO SAYS Old FartsS AND OMS (we know what those are!) DON'T MIX?
> 73S (Best Wishes), QSL? (DO YOU COPY, YOU HARD OF HEARING OF???)
>
> DE (This is) N5KSK (me!)
>
> Interestingly enough, "OM" is hamspeak for "Old Man" (synonymous with
"OF")
> which is any ham *guy*. Ham *gals* are ALWAYS "YLs", or "Young Ladies".
I
> personally detest hamspeak, although I understand and can converse in it
> when necessary... going even further OT in explanation, the abbreviations
> are a holdover from the morse code days... some people still actually
speak
> that way on the radio, all caps and everything...
>
> So. I guess I am just an OF of an OM who likes both YLs and OMs.
Confused
> yet? I am!
>
>
>
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