[GreenKeys] APPROPRIATE POSTINGS

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen:

I've been following this thread with a great deal of distress.  While ham 
radio has been a major interest of mine going back to teenage years I had 
been inactive for nearly 25 years and only a few years ago have come back as 
a retirement hobby.   My teletype machines were in storage but I did have 
the sense to first liberally soak them in a mixture of spindle oil and 10W30 
and with a little cleaning, they are back in my new shack and all are fully 
functional.   In the "old days" I couldn't possibly have afforded a model 28 
although I have corrected that with both ASR and KSR models now.   I have 
taken machines from rusty "masses" to fully functional with oil and 400 wet 
or dry paper.  I love these old things!   At the moment I have no room for 
more.

I do wish some of you would recognize that many  of your "more pure" 
postings don't happen to meet my own standards and that you might want to 
"cut some slack."   In the case under consideration at the moment, for 
example, I would hope you would remember that his posting, while perhaps not 
at all appropriate, reflects the thoughts of  someone who routinely helps a 
lot of people and without doubt makes more contributions to our specialty 
interest than most!  Guys, there ain't that many of us!   Today, people 
refer to "RITTEY" and, in case you haven't noticed, in League publications 
you won't find a mention of a true machine!  I also subscribe to reflectors 
of Flex-Radio, TAPR, ARRL and local clubs.  I find the same complaints being 
made on all of them.  The last time I checked, I do have a couple of 
"delete" keys on my keyboard and I use them.   I suggest you do the same! 
And do you realize how silly you appear when you object to that simple 
action?

73

Lee   K9WRU   WD2XSH/32
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Angus" <jangus at suddenlink.net>
To: <hunybuny at eskimo.com>
Cc: "Green Keys" <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] APPROPRIATE POSTINGS


>  On 9/10/2010 10:17 PM, hunybuny at eskimo.com wrote:
>> All I'm saying here is: if you post something, ensure that it IN SOME
>> WAY APPLIES to amateur radio.
>>
>> UE
>> W6ESE - tony
>> NNNNZCZC
>
> Actually, teleprinting. Although, off topic, nobody has gone totally
> sideways when the occasional post about Automated Morse code,
> Lineotype machines, ticker tapes or telephone switchboards has
> popped up.
>
> Jeff-1.0
> wa6fwi
>
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