[CW] FCC TESTING

[Donald Chester]

>From: "Constantine Thomas" <constant.thomas@snet.net>
>
> > >Don doesn't do humor.  He is a French linguist.
> >
> > No, that's not true.  I guess I am too thick to get it.  What is a #22
> > pencil?
>
>An exaggeration to promote humor.

Bonjour mes amis,

When I was in about the 6th grade I used to use a #6H pencil, a speacial #6 
made for drawing.  I assume the "H" stands for "hard", as if #6 isn't hard 
enough already.  I liked it because it stayed sharp all day long, but it 
drove the teachers nuts trying to read my work.  It also tore to shreads the 
cheap newsprint paper workbooks are printed on.  Not to mention that it made 
an effective weapon.  Most people don't even know what the "#2" on a 
standard lead pencil refers to. Of course, real lead hasn't been used in 
pencils for over 100 years.  They all use graphite.  More than once, high 
school students have asked me if they would get lead poisoning after being 
stuck with a pencil.

The FCC examiner must have been a real glutton for punishment.  A graphite 
pencil harder than #2 might stay sharp longer, but it sure is hard to read.  
Maybe he liked it that way so he could easily find an excuse to fail the 
applicants.

73, Don K4KYV

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