[OT] Re: [Elecraft] English

[Bill W5WVO]

Interesting... Never heard a horse chestnut called a "buckeye" before. (Never 
mind a "conker"!) Where do they call them buckeyes?

I'm originally from upstate NY, where horse chestnut trees seemed to be 
everywhere you looked. I think we had four or five of them just on our 
one-block-long street. Collecting huge bags of horse chestnuts was an autumn 
ritual.

Bill / W5WVO


Fred Jensen wrote:
> AFAIK, a "conker" in the Mother Country is a "buckeye" or "horse
> chestnut" here in the Colonies.  Likewise, "chuffed" loosely
> translates to "stoked" -- at least out here on the western frontier.
>
> Andrea is attending a needlepoint retreat at Asilomar later this year.
> Given our Equal Hobby Allowance agreement, I am fairly stoked ...
>
> Retreat Cost = Well Loaded K3
>
> Timing is good too, the initial units will be out, and no doubt
> someone will say something on the reflector about them.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2007 CQP Oct 6-7
> - www.cqp.org
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