[Boatanchors] A good idea ---- Lamenting about the down hill spiral

[Peter Markavage]

The "good old days" had their "special times" for those who were there to
enjoy them. Those "special times" have come and gone; you can never
really repeat them. The new people on the block will have their own
"special times" to reflect back on when they have their "good old days"
memory discussions.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:54:51 -0500 "Jim Liles" <james.liles at comcast.net>
writes:
> Hi all:
> Rather than being whimsical about the times when we put a Regency 
> converter, Johnson adventurer ,dynamotor, and straight key on the 
> passengers seat of the ford and miraculously carried on a QSO 
> without hitting a tree or driving over the neighbors hog, take a 
> moment and share those home brew days with the rest of us.  I was 
> licensed in 1953 and was lucky enough to experience the 1957 solar 
> cycle.  Let's hear about the mods that are being applied to the 
> radio's where you can touch a discrete component.  What have you 
> built recently.  As time goes by, we have a tendency to lament the 
> days of old when we were young and a whole world of experiences lay 
> ahead.  They still do, they are simply different.  They are not 
> gone, we have simply stopped doing those things that we found to be 
> exciting.  The folks that are coming later than us are trapped in a 
> world that is moving so rapidly that they can't and don't have the 
> time and luxury to slow down and enjoy those special times.  Guess 
> we can forgive the appliance operators, they were born a generation 
> or two too late.  We were lucky!             Kindest Regards Jim 
> K9AXN 
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