[QCWA] Morse Article

ve6afo at 3web.net ve6afo at 3web.net
Fri Dec 29 16:09:48 EST 2006


Okay Curt...with "tongue in cheek!" :-) Did not realize Palo Alto was such a 
strict community!

73,

Ken Oelke - VE6AFO

Quoting Curt Phillips W4CP <robocurt at yahoo.com>:

> I was partially kidding (hence the :-) but WOW.  The Palo Alto folks must be
> getting really broad minded.  I had a friend who lived there years ago, and
> the home owners association not just told him what color he could paint his
> house, but had it painted when THEY thought it was needed, and sent the bill
> to him.  And he couldn't even make any changes _behind_ his house without
> prior approval.  Needless to say, they would have had a heart attack if he
> had mentioned a tower and beam. :-)
>    
>   I'm more libertarian.  If you ain't paying my mortgage, don't tell me what
> I can do with my house.  :-)  Actually, I do live in a subdivision with some
> restrictions, but I made sure that towers and antennas would be allowed
> before I purchased it.
>    
>   So good for the Stanford Radio Club.  A trailer, in a place where tornadoes
> hardly ever occur.  (It's a Southern joke that tornadoes are always attracted
> to trailers.)
> 
>   73,
>   Curt Phillips W4CP
>   Raleigh, NC

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3webLD gives you the lowest long distance rates out there...Canada calling 
as low as 2 cents/min...U.S. as low as 4 cents/min...visit www.get3web.com for 
details


More information about the QCWA mailing list