[ADXA] Lightning Story

[w5znjoel at gmail.com]

About 30 years ago I had a bad lightning hit. I filed an insurance claim for around $12,000 for radio equipment damage. The insurance adjuster came out, look over everything and said “What is all this stuff?” I said its my ham radio equipment, my hobby! He said “well, that’s a very expensive hobby!” So I said “Hey! Do you insure anyone that is big into bass fishing for a hobby? You MUST have a great big, fast boat decked out with all the accessories and everything known to the world of sport fishing AND……..you can’t pull up to the launch ramp towing that thing with a Toyota Corola, you MUST have a high end (Eddie Bauer, Denali, etc edition) 4-whell drive truck to pull it with. What does all that cost? Around $100K?

 

He thought for a couple of seconds and said “OK, you made your point!”

 

73 Joel W5ZN

 

p.s. Stan GO……I didn’t mention to him how much golf costs, I assessed he was a golfer and didn’t want to piss him off until he approved my claim !!!!!   😊 

 

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