• New conference suggestion

    From David Smith@1:123/180 to All on Monday, December 05, 2022 09:10:07
    Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I was thinking about starting a new conference for Procrastinators (Not sure if the spelling is right I'll check it later). Haven't come up with any details yet I'll work on that later...

    Maybe someone can send me some info about how to start one and I'll try to work on it at some point...

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to DAVID SMITH on Monday, December 05, 2022 17:02:00
    Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I was thinking about starting new conference for Procrastinators (Not sure if the spelling is right I'll
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    it later). Haven't come up with any details yet I'll work on that later...

    Maybe someone can send me some info about how to start one and I'll try to
    or
    on it at some point...

    I will work on finding that information for you... at some point... :D

    Mike


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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to David Smith on Tuesday, December 06, 2022 01:36:00
    David,

    Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I was thinking about starting a new conference for Procrastinators (Not sure if the spelling
    is right I'll check it later). Haven't come up with any details yet
    I'll work on that later...

    Maybe someone can send me some info about how to start one and I'll try
    to work on it at some point...

    You have all the time in the world to do both. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to Mike Powell on Tuesday, December 06, 2022 01:36:00
    Mike,

    I will work on finding that information for you... at some point... :D

    That's like a "When You Feel Like It Net" for ham radio. The stations
    checkin in on whatever band, mode, or time they feel like doing so.

    Then, the Net Control/Logging station will note the checkin in the same
    time frame...when they feel like it...which could be...never. :P

    One can't be "fashionably late" for a net...and that definitely applies
    to medical appointments, job interviews, etc. In the case of a medical appointment, if you're more than 10 minutes late, you have to reschedule
    (it may be 6 weeks to 6 months before they can get you in), and you have
    to pay a hefty no-show fee (which could be $100 or more). In the case of
    a job interview, it means that you likely won't be offered that position.

    As a side note, there was this place looking for a Morse Code operator.
    There were 4 guys already there, when a fifth guy showed up. He hadn't
    been there long, when he got up, and walked in through a door. Confused,
    the other guys thought he'd be turned away...but moments later, the door opened, and this gentleman is standing with the young man, who had just
    moments before, walked through the door. The gentleman said "Thank you
    for coming, but the job has been filled!!".

    Incredulous, the other guys said "Wait a minute!! We've been here for
    over an hour, and this guy shows up late, is not seated even for 5
    minutes, then he walks through the door!!".

    The gentleman replied "I'm sorry...but all the while you've been sitting
    out here, in the background there has been a Morse Code message noting "If
    you can copy this, come inside...the job is yours!! The young man did what
    the message noted, so the job is his!!". :)

    Years ago, I asked a fellow ham radio operator what his secret to the learning of Morse Code was. He said "I learned all the dirty words first!!".
    I laughed, and said "Well, you can't say them on the air...but, if it
    helps, more power to you".

    A few months later, this one club was teaching Morse Code class over
    the VoIP mode of Echolink, and the characters they first taught formed
    the S expletive. I thought "I'll be d@mned!!" <G>...but, when you looked
    at the dot and dash pattern of ... .... .. -

    it then made perfect sense. :)

    The best one I heard was with 4 guys sitting around a restaurant table
    in Annapolis, Maryland, telling each other dirty jokes in Morse Code, or
    in CW (Continuous Wave) as amateur radio operators refer to it.

    This drop dead gorgeous, curvaceous, female <WHISTLE!><G>...walked up
    to them, and sternly admonished them "You boys need to watch your
    language. I teach CW at the Naval Academy across the street!!", and then
    turned around, and walked out!!

    They were as red as tomatoes and strawberries...and that's a true
    story!! <G>

    Daryl, WX4QZ

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