[Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] Offended by "Ham-mered?"

[Ronnie Hull]

Fear not Dave! Hammered is a great description! So is Kluged, boogered, retro engineered, f$@k{d up and ______ rigged ( enter your own phrase)
Those that are offended are probably the culprits
Flame away!

W5SUM

Sent from Ronnie's IPhone

> On Apr 14, 2016, at 15:14, David Stinson via BoatAnchors <boatanchors at theporch.com> wrote:
> 
> I've been told a couple of people are "offended" by
> my description of a piece of gear which has suffered
> the usually pointless, needless application of "the golden screwdriver" as having been "Ham-mered."
> 
> Well, when I remove the bottom cover of a 70-year-old
> war veteran and expect to see the nicely-laced wiring harness and other details of craftsmanship,
> like this:
> https://goo.gl/photos/4uawNGBuwBjyRN7T8
> 
> and instead, what I see is this:
> 
> https://goo.gl/photos/xJmkVRd9kc2jTNqB8
> 
> it's just a bit much.... a bit.
> Why for Pity's sweet sake cut all the lacing out and
> leave this spider web??
> 
> Although most of us *including me* were guilty of this
> sort of "sin" in our youths and would not do so now,
> I think my use of the term "Ham-mered" entirely justified.That's the only word that  describes
> what's happened to this poor modulator.
> 
> Regards,
> Dave AB5S
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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