Well Joe I went to a HAMFEST in Ft Worth last weekend and the aisles were to narrow for a handicap cart so I stayed about one hour and took my money home. Some of us need a buggy to ride. I hate civic center food LOL but am way overweight.
Bob W1PE -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Crawford Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 4:38 PM To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Hamfest creeps Some of these guys I see at hamfests could inspire several Bud Light "Great Men of Genius" radio ads. NOT!! I turn 55 this year, and I am trying to lose weight and stay active so I don't have to ride around in a cart. I know there are some people who are truly handicapped because of injuries or whatever, but too many of us hams eat that civic center food and spend too much time sitting down. I want to still be around for several more years messing with this radio stuff. I concur with a lot of your comments, Rick. It is too easy now to get a license. Joe W4AAB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 3:12 PM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Hamfest creeps That's sad. Are these guys really hams or want to be hams and CBers? I can remember not so long ago when a ham radio operator was a very well respected member of society who had the ability to perform magic with radios and considered to be very bright. Do you suppose the CB revolution and all of the riff-raff (not to say there weren't and are a lot of good CB operators) it exposed society to has forever tainted the image of a good, CLEAN and HONEST ham radio operator? What a shame if it has. Rick/K5IAR For several years I carried a VHS camera to Dayton and other hamfests and made it a point to tape those types of losers. Then replayed at various club meetings, etc. A friend once stated that if a bomb landed on the Dayton Convention Center the nations gene pool would be dramatically improved! One time at Dayton I had several tables set up and another ham helping. One fat creep came by in a motorized wheel chair and he was noticed helping himself to my items. We both went and confronted him and he started making a scene. It ended when we flipped him out of his chair and all sorts of goodies rolled out. Security called a cop over and they hauled him off. Carl KM1H ______________________________________________________________ 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:[email protected] 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:[email protected] 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:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
