Your secret is safe with me, John.
On Nov 28, 2007 3:12 PM, John Flood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Todd, > > Don't tell the XYL I'm worth ten bucks or she will try to sell me on ebay. > > John Flood > KB1FQG > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <amradio@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:50:44 PM > Subject: [AMRadio] Ham Radio Humor > > After all of the excitement and activity recently over band plans and > such, a little comic relief seems in order. This was sent to me by > MrMike, W1RC: > > The Talking Dog! > > During a recent trip my wife and I were on we drove around the back woods of > East Texas . On one back road I saw a sign in front of a broken down shanty > style house: "Talking Dog for Sale ." Well I needed a break so I stopped to > see what the deal was. I went into the backyard and see a nice looking > Labrador retriever sitting there. > > "You talk?" I ask. > > "Yep," the Lab replies. > > Well after I got over the shock of hearing a dog talk, I asked "So, what's > your story?" > > "Ah shucks there ain't much to tell. Is that a VUU screwdriver antenna on > your truck out there?" > > "How did you know that," I ask? > > The Lab looks up and says, "Well, I'm a ham radio operator. I got my Ticket > when I was a young pup and in no time at all I had my 5 band DXCC in Phone > and CW. > > The CIA heard about me and asked me to do some spy work for them. I would > hang around the communications centers and with my keen hearing I could copy > the transmissions. Because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping, I > was one of their most valuable spies for eight years." Copying high speed CW > all day really tired me out and I knew I wasn't getting any younger. > > So, I decided to settle down. I retired from the CIA (8 dog years is 56 CIA > years) and joined a ham radio club. In fact I won first place in the > Oklahoma QSO Party two years in a row. Then I sired a mess of puppies and > got away from Ham Radio for a while. I sure miss my radio. Why don't you buy > me and I'll be your CW operator in the Texas QSO Party? > > I said "let me see what I can do." I went back in and ask the owner what he > wants for the dog. > > "Ten dollars," the guy says. > > "Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so > cheap?" > > "Because he's a liar. He never did any of that stuff. He's just a No-Code > Technician." > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
