Let's also close this offshoot thread in the interest of getting list SNR back to a reasonable level.
Eric List moderator, when I'm alert and awake.. elecraft.com _..._ On May 19, 2013, at 9:18 PM, Phil Hystad <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, both the Ken Kesey reference and the Jim Jones People's Temple > reference are valid sources for the phrase "I drank the Kool Aide", or > "...drinking the Kool Aide". Real truth can be found only through Google! I > drank the Google Kool Aide. > > > On May 19, 2013, at 7:38 PM, Bruce Beford <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> If you mean Ken Kesey, then no, I don't think that's the relevant reference. >> Ken Kesey (and the gang of Merry Pranksters) used LSD laced Kool-Aid to >> promote communal tripping. >> >> The Jonestown example was far darker, a case of blindly following a >> misguided trust to oblivion. It was after that incident that "drinking the >> Kool-Aid", took on a whole new meaning... >> >> It remains a cautionary tale, with a sober lesson that people should think >> for themselves. >> >>> I thought the reference was to Ken Keasey and The Merry Pranksters from >>> the '60s. >>> Kevin. KD5ONS >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
