[GreenKeys] Fw: Thanks to all (don't mention vi****agra)

[gil smith]

Folks:

Atempt 3.

Been hell sending this for George -- finally found that you can't say 
vi****agra without triggering a phucking spam filter (apparently, you can't 
say f**king either).

gil


>From: "George B. Hutchison" <w7tty at readysetsurf.com>
>To: "gil smith" <gil at baudot.net>
>Subject: Fw: Thanks to all
>Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 09:55:40 -0700
>
>Gil - - -
>
>Would you please get this thru the GreenKeys system for me? It got bounced 
>by a spam filter at QTH/QSL.net
>
>Thanks,
>
>George - W7TTY
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "George B. Hutchison" 
><w7tty at readysetsurf.com>
>To: "Al Waller K3TKJ" <k3tkj at qsl.net>; "GreenKeys" <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 9:48 AM
>Subject: Thanks to all
>
>
>>GreenKeyers - - -
>>
>>I would like to say thank you to everyone who checked out and reported on 
>>their ability to access RTTY.COM. It seems that the DNS problem has been 
>>corrected and RTTY.COM is once again viewable by most.
>>
>>I do know that QSL.net is being hammered incessantly by hackers wishing 
>>to do harm to the system. The attacks number in the thousands per day, 
>>and it takes a lot of time for Al Waller just fending off the bad guys.
>>
>>I cannot but admire that he has done so much for so many. Free websites, 
>>e-mail, etc., are common on the internet, but QSL.net is exceptional in 
>>that you do not have to tolerate... and software "bargains" as a part of 
>>the package.
>>
>>Thank you Al, for all that you do for the amateur community.
>>
>>On-Going W7TTY Activities - - -
>>
>>I am working long hours doing things that make me happy, and I get home 
>>tired,  dirty and sweaty, and oft time just doze off without getting 
>>anything accomplished.
>>
>>I will once again attempt to get the teletype manual availability list 
>>done this weekend.
>>
>>I got a call from a woman whose husband is dying from a rare form of 
>>cancer that the medical community believes to be caused by exposure to 
>>carbon tetrachloride. The gentleman was a teletype repairman in the Air 
>>Force in the fifties, and they used to use carbon tet as a cleaning 
>>solvent, mouthwash, and any number of other applications. I used to use 
>>it quite often for cleaning platens and such.
>>
>>Carbon tetrachloride is a monster chemical that has long been banned but 
>>no one yet knows what the total nature of the serious harm usage of it 
>>has induced.
>>
>>The man mentioned above has been twice denied a bone-marrow transplant 
>>because no one in the federal system can find any connection between 
>>teletype repair and carbon tet.
>>
>>Should anyone out in GreenKeys land ever encounter a situation as 
>>mentioned above, War Department Tech Manuals TM11-352 (model 15), 
>>TM11-2216 (model 15 &19), and TM11-2223 (model 14 typing and non-typing 
>>reperforators) all mention it as part of the expendable supplies found in 
>>the TE-50 and TE-50-A teletype tool kits. A photograph of the TE-50 tool 
>>kit shows item 42 to be an 8-ounce can of carbon tet.
>>
>>Unless I miss my guess, those of us in the "lets get the job done using 
>>any resource available" manner of doing things probably employed many 
>>methods of dunking, lubing, etc., and carbon tet was one of the available 
>>solvents we could get our hands on with little difficulty, and I would 
>>think that some TTY shops were set up using it as the primary cleaning agent.
>>
>>My reason for bringing this up is that I find it appalling that A- It is 
>>so damned difficult to get the VA to adhere to the service contracts we 
>>we signed when we enlisted, and B- the vast resources of the Federal 
>>System are so inept, stupid, or lazy that they cannot find ANY connection 
>>between its use and its availability in the Federal Stock System through 
>>the years.
>>
>>Army Rangers live under the motto "No Man Left Behind". Well, I think 
>>that a nice corollary is "No Veteran Left Untreated".
>>
>>(Soap Box Kicked Aside)
>>
>>My trip south hauling teletype junque, machines, radios, towers and other 
>>things people cannot live without has been postponed to some time in 
>>August. My recent trip to Colorado cost more than anticipated, and I find 
>>it necessary to build up the trip treasury a bit. More on this in a 
>>future edition of my ramblings.
>>
>>A good weekend to all.
>>
>>73,
>>
>>George - W7TTY



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