[CW] Mobile CW Operation.

[Lawrence Makoski]

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Look, there's too much legislation out there telling us how to live our
lives by forcing us to do this; or not allowing us to do that.  It's time
the people of this nation took back control of the country from the PC
police / politicians and let us live our lives as WE best see fit.=20
Government by the people and for the people - not controlling every facet=
 of
our lives. Sorry, I'm tired of all the calls for banning "this" and "that=
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Just my two cents.=0D
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73 de Larry W2LJ=0D
http://www.qsl.net/w2lj=0D
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From: Pedro J. Santa=0D
Date: Monday, May 19, 2003 10:04:56 PM=0D
To: Fred Bennett N9TA; CW Mail List=0D
Subject: [CW] Mobile CW Operation.=0D
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Mobile CW operation by drivers should be banned, period, as should cell
phone chats unaided by headsets or "hands free equipment". I love CW more
than any other mode, but the prospect of just one (1) life being lost or
injured because the driver was pounding on his "mobile" key while steerin=
g
his vechicle is enough for me to disdain the practice. Fred sounds proud =
of
his feat--I would feel remorseful if I ever incurred in such a crassly
irresponsible conduct!=0D
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73 Pedro KP3X...=0D
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p.s. Just to save the energy of those who will surely feel tempted to jum=
p
and yell at my inflexible views on the subject, let me state I don't care
how many stories are now thrown out, in response to my comments, by
colleagues who will surely claim they've had many years of mobile CW
operation without any incidents. So what? As a kid in the 50's and 60's, =
I
rode thousands and thousands of miles in the back seat of my parents' car=
s
without seat belts, since the day I was first driven home from the hospit=
al
newborns' nursery. Again, so what? The fact I survived such a reckless ha=
bit
does nothing to justify dispensing with today's requirement that seat bel=
ts
be used on every car passenger. Mobile CW operation should be banned!=0D
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73 Pedro KP3X=0D
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From: "Fred Bennett N9TA" <Fred_Bennett@att.net>=0D
To: "CW Mail List" <cw@mailman.qth.net>=0D
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 6:49 PM=0D
Subject: [CW] CW Chuckle II=0D
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> You know you are living dangerously when you are driving down=0D
> a country 2 lane highway at 60mph having a CW/Mobile chat with a=0D
> fellow (A very nice chat I might add) when your XYL calls you on=0D
> the cell phone to give you your grocery list. You look up and realize=0D
> you must pull over NOW to hit the last IGA Grocery store on the way=0D
> home. Right hand on Bencher key.....left hand on cell phone.....DON'T=0D
> ask what I was strearing the car with !!!=0D
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> 73....de....Fred N9TA/M=0D
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