[Qcwa] Was it something I said?

[Dick Thompson]

Sure make me wish I had kept my old Vibroplex Bug that I got in 1965 or
thereabouts.  Oh well, as they say, "Hindsight is always 20/20."

73,

Dick - WB0DUL
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-----Original Message-----
From: qcwa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:qcwa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Jeffrey D Angus
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:31 PM
To: Discussion of QCWA
Subject: Re: [Qcwa] Was it something I said?




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

-- 
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin "A life
lived in fear is a life half lived." Tara Morice as Fran, from the movie
"Strictly Ballroom"



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