[Boatanchors] Query about 73 & 88

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bry Carling" <bcarling at cfl.rr.com>
To: "Charles Ring" <w3nu at roadrunner.com>; "W2HX" 
<w2hx at w2hx.com>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Query about 73 & 88


> Oh boy... This is almost as bad as worrying about ”which 
> ear” a guy has his ear ring in. I have been comfortable 
> sending the ladies an 88 since long before I became a 
> radio amateur, grin.
>
>
    Both abbreviations were originally meant as signatures 
to telegrams.  Best Regards is of course pretty general. 
Love and Kisses does not have to be sent to a female, for 
instance a wife might sign a telegram to her husband with 88 
or say one going  "Happy Birthday Bry   88 Mom"
     Of course CW is like the Internet, you really don't 
know the sex of the person you are talking to unless they 
tell you.
     These days I have ear rings in both ears, probably from 
too much CW.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com