[Qcwa] Was it something I said?

[Jeffrey D Angus]

Joseph Fenn wrote:

>I just gave my old Vibroplex Original to a young Nation Guard
>friend this morning at breakfast.  Told him a little history
>about it. Bought the McElroy bug first (looked like a chrome
>plated iron but upside down).   It was junk compared to the
>Vibroplex.
>
Well, for what it's worth, in 1967, I took the 13 WPM code test, passed 
that, then
took the General, followed by the Advanced threory (with no break 
between). As a
"reward" my elmer presented me with a Vibroplex Original bug. With the 
admonish-
ment, "You can get rid of everything else you accquire over the years, 
but you KEEP
the bug." Well, it's 37 years later. I still have the bug. And, although 
not very active
in general, I do make it a point to make a CW contact with it once in a 
while.

Jeff

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