[GreenKeys] Hal ST-5000 For Sale
Dave Mayfield W9WRL
rtty at gwltd.com
Sun Mar 9 23:06:45 EST 2008
Guys, I have found in my stash a Hal ST-5000 TU, in good order with a
manual $60.00 shipped.
George B. Hutchison wrote:
> Gil - - -
>
> I think I can speak for the majority of the GreenKeys crowd and tell
> you "OK, you made a mistake and got a bit testy. I do believe that the
> GreenKeys group does indeed forgive you for whatever horrible
> infraction(s) of decorum you have perpetrated. It is now time to use
> the mistake as a platform from which to learn and go on, as opposed to
> creating some manner of altar upon which you will be slaughtered and
> thrown to the dragons, maggots, and other flesh-eating creatures
> inhabiting the vile pit below."
>
> It would be so pleasant to have a world wherein one could stumble a
> bit without losing pride or face in the eyes of others.
>
> It seems the world is loaded with little vending machines whereat one
> can purchase a genuine "First Stone", good for generating a locus upon
> which others may cast their less qualified but equally condemning stones.
>
> Now, had you made uncomplimentary comments towards the Koran, The Kama
> Sutra, or The Farmer's Almanac, I could comprehend great torrents of
> ill-will dutifully cascading down uponst your self-generated vile
> unworthiness.
>
> I am certain that there are major brotherhoods of individuals decked
> out in turbans and brandishing machetes, or perhaps oriental fellows
> garbed in magnificent silk robes with keenly-honed Samaurai blades, or
> even Ma and Pa Kettle armed with newly-purchased Tru-Temper Hay Forks
> amassing their combined might into a chartered Greyhound Bus barreling
> their way through the storms and the dark of night heading for Arizona
> intent on chopping, slicing, and skewering your sorry backside in
> order to see that you are painfully aware of how hurt their feelings
> really are.
>
> I guess I am really fortunate in that I do not have to unsubscribe in
> order to take machines to the dump. Don House and I at one time when
> he lived at his resort in California had a trailer we in which piled
> with all manner of teletype machinery and paraphernalia which was
> destined for the dump.
>
> I held up a TM11-352 in my left hand and raised my right hand and told
> Don to put his his left hand on the book and to raise his right hand,
> and to repeat the following oath:
>
> I, Don Robert House
> Do hereby Solemnly swear,
> That the contents of the trailer beside me
> Are absolutely useless and unworthy of retention.
>
> I know of no Rice Guy (at the time)
> With Wire Brush and elbow grease
> Capable of Breathing Life into the
> Remains of the downtrodden carcasses
> Placed so lovingly in the Trailer of Doom.
>
> I hereby also commit my mind and soul
> To faithfully remain Subscribed to GreenKeys,
> And to weather the pressures of the internet Forever,
> NO MATTER WHAT!!!
>
> So help me Kleinschmidt.
>
> Don was openly weeping as he slowly edged the trailer from his garage
> to the highway below. I don't know if the tears were brought on by the
> demise of the equipment or if it was because he was frying the brakes
> of his truck as he went down the hill, but they were real,
> crocodile-style tears.
>
> Gil - Keep up the good work. The unwashed for the most part know
> little of the mess that the internet has become. Al Waller id doing a
> damned fine job keeping QTH.net as clean as it is. It drives you and
> the other moderators nuts, I am sure.
>
> It took eight days before SORBS and Spamhaus released by e-mail to
> once again function, after someone spoofed my IP and ran spam through it.
>
> George - W7TTY
>
>
>
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