[R-390] R-390A is no more available at Fair Radio

[mikea]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 07:23:30PM -0600, Patrick Jankowiak wrote:
> One of many pleasant experiences with Fair Radio, in 1997 I asked them for 
> a "checked, aligned, good-working R-392, which was pretty enough to please 
> my girl friend".
> 
> The radio worked properly, had the 'correctly emissive' meter, and was 
> pretty enough, although the YL was not so impressed as by rights she might 
> have been.
> 
> ("Oh look, [insert YL name here], what I just spent $300 on.." -for some 
> reason that seems to ruin it every time.)
> 
> It did impress everyone at work where I had it shipped to.. bunch of old 
> men engineers.. they drooled and lusted, which brings me to the point that 
> there is a terrible shortage of female engineers and radio geeks.

You're right, there is. 

But we number Bobbie among our number, and we're the better for it. 

Yay, Bobbie!

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin