[Boatanchors] skits-matic (???)

Fri, 14 Jun 2002 18:45:29 -0400

I love a bargain myself, and I'm proud of being 'thrifty' and 'frugal'. I think
this is really part of being a good ham, to be able to scrounge and find things for
little of nothing and make something from it. However, assuming it should be free
or only trying to find 'freebies' would, IMHO, be referred to as being 'cheap', and
not a really good approach to anything. I don't maind paying a fair price for
anything regardless of how frugal I may be, and I certainly expect to at least
reimburse someone for their time in copying or otherwise making something available
to me. Currently I have a deal pending with Al Parker for a R-390A tag he gave me a
year or so back and a knob he recently sent me. Rather than a cash deal, he just
wanted a swap, so I'm sending him a #80 rectifier tube for an old radio he has. He
only wanted a few bucks for the knob and gave me the tag with no stipulations or
return expected, but it's always good to repay those who are decent enough to help
out others so selflessly.

I'd be a lot more worried about the 'skits-matic' part myself. If ya can't spell
it, how ya gonna read it?? *grin*

73, Boomer  KA1KAQ

"Duane Fischer, W8DBF" wrote:

> Hank,
>
> When I first got into Amateur Radio I heard several joke about Hams being
> notoriously cheap and not wanting to pay for things. I brushed it off, as one
> hears that about many things nowadays. If the Internet has done one thing for
> radio, it has made the global sharing of information feasible. Unfortunately it
> seems to have added some degree of creedence to this unfortunate
> characterization of Hams.
>
> I often wonder why Ken Grimm continues to make BAMA available to us, but am
> certainly grateful that he does.
>
> Duane W8DBF
>
> ----------
> From: Dan <[email protected]>
> To: Duane Fischer, W8DBF <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] skits-matic
> Date: Friday, June 14, 2002 5:57 PM
>
> SIMPLE because THEY are cheap. Most would complain if you delivered it,
> installed and check it  out then expect you to bring your own cold 807
> and forget to say thanks on the way out the door.
>
> Hank
> KN6DI