You may laugh, but below are my TRUE responses:
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul van der Eijk Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 7:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Dx4win] Smile Al posted this; I thought it was funny, so I repost :) Paul --------------------------------------- You Know You're a Ham if : - You buy electrical black tape in ten packs.: YES, OFCOURSE! - You've stripped wire with your teeth. YES. IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY TO DO IT? - You've told your son that, "One day, all this will be yours", and he doesn't respond.: YES, BUT I COULD READ HIS THOUGHTS IN THE QRM.. - You'd rather help a buddy put up a new tower than mow the lawn.: YES, IT IS ALL NATURAL.. - You've grabbed the wrong end of a soldering iron.: OH YeeeeS ! - You start giving out RST reports when you are on the telephone.: NOT YET - The propagation forecast means far more to you than the local weather forecast.: OF COURSE.. - The microphone or visual aids at a meeting don't work and you rush up to the front to fix it.: VERY OFTEN - You tell the XYL, when she notices a new rig in the shack, why that has been there for years.: GOOD TO KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE ! - Your watch is set only to UTC.: ONLY IN THE SHACK, BEFORE RETIREMENT - At night, when you pray, it starts off something like: CQ CQ CQ GOD DE (your callsign).: I PRAY GOD THAT DX RESPONDS.. - You ever had to patch your roof after an antenna project: YES, AND WASH OFTEN MY BALCONY FROM THE BIRDS' SHIT (TOWER CLOSE TO HOUSE) - Ham radio magazines comprise more than 50% of your bathroom library.: ALL OF THE LIBRARY - You ever put a GPS tracker in the XYL's car, just so you could watch her on APRS.: NO APRS USE YET HERE - You and the XYL took a cruise so you could visit the radio room: YES, AND THE RUSSIAN CAPTAIN THOUGHT I WAS A SPY WHEN I ASKED HIM TO SEE IT DURING THE LAST MONTH MOSCOW-ST. PETERSBURG CRUISE - You ever tapped out HI in Morse on your car horn to another ham.: NO. I ALWAYS PLAY "73 DE F6GNZ" - You ever had an antenna fall down.: NO. ONLY TOWER WITH ALL THE ANTENNAS - Your teenager refuses to ride in your car because it looks like a porcupine.: THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT HIM A CAR - You know the Latitude and Longitude of your home QTH.: AND A QRA LOCATOR - You go into the local Radio Shack store and the clerk asks you where something is.: NO RS STORE HERE... - YOU LOOK OFTEN TO THE SKY TO SEE IF DX CONDITIONS ARE GOOD: ADDED AS I DO IT :) ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com _______________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
