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[wb5cew at bellsouth.net]

  Dave,

  I wonder if there are any railroad oprs on here that worked for the ICRR, or other lines 
  into NOLA. In '56-58, I was depot agent at Woodville MS, and sent and received tgms
  from NS ofs in nola, and the Wire Chief was an opr who signed BO. We would ragchew
  a lot, when I had time. He taught me to make the letter O quickly, on a bug, by making the
  first dot with the dash paddle. And he told me when you were having a hard time with an
  opr, to send "ohelcoul" which sounded fast and meant "oh hell, come on you lid." A lid
  was a poor opr who couldn't operate very well, like me. He was at one end of our line,
  and I was on the other end. BO and VO.

  Larry
  wb5cew

-------------- Original message from "David Ring" <n1ea at arrl.net>: -------------- 


> VO, 
> 
> That's the best American Morse key twister I've ever heard. 
> 
> There was a good one for International Morse (but not as good as 
> yours) about "six Greek sleek steel vessels desperately seeking 66 
> feet deep seas." 
> 
> 73 
> 
> DR 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 10:52 PM, wrote: 
> 
> > Dave, when you are practicing Morse, try sending "Mississippi sissies r 
> sissier than tennessee sissies, es shipping peppers up the upper Mississippi." 
> > 
> > 73 de VO 
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