-=> Quoting Paul Henry to Stephen Moosehart <=-

 PH> , Stephen Moosehart wrote to Paul Henry:
 
 SM> Good point.  I certainly don't mind pleasant surprises.  Why, next
 SM> thing you know, I may find the long lost snugglebunny of my youth!

 PH> Don't know if that qualifies more as a sign of the amooosclypse. ;-)
 
 SM> I've never had both the money and time, together, but that's something
 SM> I've wanted to do for decades.  (I do a little SWL, tho.)  So, did you
 SM> go the whole route and learn Morse Code?

    Morse code while going out...is still nice to know.   Railway
familys at picnics have morse code contests, even while not being
in Ham Radio.

 PH> Yup. I am still working on my advanced, which will qualify me to run
 PH> repeaters (and other unattended equipment), run high power (1KW), and
 PH> attract snugglebunnies. But I am otherwise fully-functional from DC to
 PH> Daylight. It's really not difficult to get your licence these days.
 PH> Industry Canada makes available exam testing programs you can download
 PH> to test how you are doing with your studying, etc.

    You can also use your computer for packet... 2meters VHF and there
is also some on hf.

    Repeaters are okay, but wait until you start getting one going.
Maybe might want to just volunteer to maintain one first before
getting your feet wet.
 
 SM> I think I am still "scarred" by the demise of OS/2, eh? 
Anyroad, I'm
 SM> not sure how much longer I'll be able to call myself a computer
 SM> hobbyist.  Why, I'm actually running M$ Windows quite a bit of the
 SM> time.  Very embarrassing, eh?

 PH> Indeed. I've stopped really paying attention to the latest inovations
 PH> in hardware. Instead, I'm concentrating on software, mostly servers,
 PH> and content. I've been working on an interactive novel, using wiki
 PH> technology hosted off my web server. I do find some of the toys
 PH> interesting, however -- digital cameras, ipods, external HDD. Much more
 PH> interesting than processor specs, and much more real-life useable.

 PH> Hey, another question on the origin line question... does your gateway
 PH> strip everything including the tearline, or just the origin line? I
 PH> could add some of my origin line wit to the tagline library, or the
 PH> tearline. It's been a while since I did fido coding, so don't expect
 PH> some nifty tool to do auto-origin duplication.


 PH> ... Law of Research: Enough research will tend to support your theory.
 PH> -!- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5
 PH>  ! Origin: Excuse me, but could I have my bomb back? (1:249/112)

 73 Peter  VE3WBZ



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