[Elecraft] OT: It's IT Cookies

[w6jd at comcast.net]

They are very good! Worth a trip! Besides we need the tourist
dollars.

73,
Doug, W6JD 

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "VE3GAM Allen McRorie" <ve3gam at rogers.com> 

> just saw a program on Food Network the other day, apparently there is 
> a chocolate covered ice cream cookie called "It's It" in San Francisco, 
> they looked pretty good 
> 
> Al 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Morrow" 
> To: 
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 2:28 PM 
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Use of "ITS" vs "IT'S" (OT) 
> 
> 
> > Ron wrote: 
> > 
> >> Every time I write a phrase using _its_ or _it's_ I have to 
> >> stop and think about it. 
> > 
> > Other very common errors are: 
> > (1) Misuse of "your" and "you're", 
> > (2) Misuse of "their" and "there" and "they're", 
> > (3) Misuse "to" and "too". 
> > 
> > We all make such errors on occasion, but when any individual 
> > native English speaker commits these errors persistently, it 
> > reflects badly on that individual even in informal communication. 
> > For the sake of personal pride, I try to avoid these errors, 
> > even though I know that the message would still be understood. 
> > 
> > Keith wrote: 
> > 
> >> I'm just glad that CW is for the most part a punctuation-free 
> >> mode! 
> > 
> > Morse has a rich assortment of punctuation, including one for 
> > the apostrophe (.----.). I learned many 30 years ago while 
> > preparing for my commercial radiotelegraph license exam. When 
> > Notice to Mariner bulletins (NAVAREAs and HYDROLANTs) were still 
> > being sent in Morse on the maritime HF bands, one came across 
> > frequent use of the open parenthesis (-.--.), close parenthesis 
> > (-.--.-), and colon (---...). Today I still write "=" whenever 
> > I hear the -...- (BT) combination. Even Army MARS Morse bulletins 
> > 25 years ago sometimes used them, most likely due to inexperience 
> > on the part of someone using a Morse keyboard to prepare the 
> > broadcast. The general membership did not seem to like such 
> > surprises in the text that they were trying to copy! 
> > 
> > Mike / KK5F 
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