[SOC] G5RV

[Mike Besemer]

Paul,

DON'T DO IT!  From what I remember from my time in both CA and the UK, the
taxes in SoCal are even worse than the UK and the gov't services aren't near
as good in SoCal as they are in the UK.  (Except for, perhaps, the BBC!
British TV nearly drove me crazy... thank goodness for the pubs!)

Sorry guys... I couldn't resist!

<Shields UP!>

72/3/4,

Mike
KG8L/4

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Paul Bartlett
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 7:46 PM
To: soc@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [SOC] G5RV


Well, I've visited the USA just once about four years ago.

We attended a computery type show in LA and then headed South. I have to say
that I found LA to be one of the most obnoxious places I have ever visited.
It's a smelly tatty town. I'm grateful for the award that we received from
the 'Academy' however.

My colleague John had friends in Del Mar which is  a few miles North of San
Diego and very close to La Jolla. Driving south from LA was a wonderful
experience. We drove from an urban sprawl and as we got away from LA the
country became green and lush. The Pacific came into view and palm trees
became abundant.

If we were to move from the UK then Southern California would be my choice.

Best,

Paul :-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "JMcAulay" <john@mcaulay.net>
To: <soc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] G5RV


> At 08:50 PM 06/14/2003 +0100, Paul wrote:
>
> >>For QRP, winding your own balun
> >> transformer on a small toroid core will cost little and require just an
> >> hour or so, even for the dexterously challenged.
> >
> >Hey!
> >
> >That's not fair. What about our sinister friends?
>
> Oh, rats.  There I go again, exhibiting lack of fairness in matters of
> congenital programming.  Surely, the sinistrally-challenged should have
> eben included with my statement (I truly did consider that, but thought it
> better not to go too far -- like maybe mentioning the galactosically
> challenged, f'rinstance -- after all, very few have three hands, and most
> others never have heard of them).
>
> Should my record of insensitivity to minorities keep moving in that
> direction, I may forfeit my opportunity to command the State of California
> if Gray Davis is booted from office -- a prospect which seems to loom
> larger all the time.  For those who care about such things, Our Governor
> has earned the lowest popularity and confidence ratings from the
electorate
> in the entire history of poll-taking in California.  Well over 50% of
those
> of voting age in the state think he's a yutz, or something like that.
>
> A political anomaly may be brewing.  The 900,000 signatures needed for
> initiating a referendum to remove the Governor are being gathered now.
> Supporters of the referendum claim their total is rapidly approaching the
> required number.  If Davis is ousted by popular vote, his successor will
> (at the same election) gain the office through *plurality* vote.  So if a
> large number of candidates seek the office, it's quite possible that a
very
> few voters will elect the next Governor.  This means that Davis's
successor
> might be detested by even more Californians than those who now detest
> Davis.  Anyone interested in such matters might recall that through a
> plurality election, Salvador Allende became President of Chile, an
> occurrence which set into motion a lengthy and tragic chain of events.
>
> I hope California does not wind up with a military dictatorship.  If it
> does, I'm out of here.
>
> 73
> John WA6QPL  SOC 263
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