[ADXA] Lightning Story

[WB5JJJ]

I guess it's a "size matters" philosophy in play.  Small is cheap looking,
big is expensive looking.

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73's
George - WB5JJJ
HoIP - 100105
Cell - 479.857.7737


On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM <w5znjoel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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>
>
> 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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