[AMRadio] watch what you say

[Warren Elly]

Folks...

If we have all this "civility" possible on the ham bands, how come we can't get those folks in Congress to take Bob N0DGN's advice and realize that "one can be politically incorrect, yet still hold a civil discourse" ... ??

I remember the neighbor guy whose doorbell I rang back in 1965 telling me he'd "elmer" me. He wasn't happy about my request whether I could ask his daughter out. I still got my Novice, after he taught me the code, and how to make a dipole. Never did get to date his daughter. 

73, Warren W1GUD
FLORI-DUH

On Jan 30, 2012, at 8:59 PM, w8au at sssnet.com wrote:

> At 10:36 AM 1/30/2012, Rob Atkinson wrote:
>> "Elmer" came ouf of a "How's DX" column Rod Newkirk wrote in QST in
>> the early 1970s, around 1972.  I remember the first mention of the
>> elmer thing.  I don't recall the details but we have Rod to thank for
>> that one.
>> 
>> the column was a cloying and sentimental account of the ham who got
>> Rod (or maybe someone else) started, and his name really was Elmer.
>> It caught on and after a year or two, "Elmer" had become a noun.   I
>> am not wild about it either but you can't fight everything so I mostly
>> ignore it and life goes on.
> 
> "Elmer" was a symbol for a geeky ham radio nerd with horn rimmed glasses
> who stayed out of sight playing radio instead of doing social things and was
> indistinguishable from the wallpaper on the wall.  And, like you, I 
> didn't think
> the typical ham radio "mentor" fit that description.
> 
> I know of such, but most mentors are radio club types and enjoy socializing
> as long as it doesn't interfere with the DX contests. :-)
> 
> Perry  w8au
> 
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