[R-390] depot dawg - demeaning ?!?!?! Humph!

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

The term "depot dawg" is, to me, not a demeaning term: it is a "term of 
endearment". It means that the receiver in question has been loved and 
abused, worked on by someone who cared and brought back to life, 
possibly more than once.

I would much rather have a depot dawg than an NIB one. They are 
(usually) cheaper, and work better. I USE my receivers. I don't put them 
on a shelf and admire them from a distance.

Humph! "Demeaning", indeed!

Let the snobs have the NIB ones; I'll take a depot dawg any day.

And anyone who actually WORKED in a "depot" has my sincerest 
appreciation for doing such an excellent job on our beloved "dawgs". 
You were the first who really cared: we've learned from people like you.

Ken W7EKB