Fw: [SOC] Bottles

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:57:32 -0400

BTU on CW?  IMHO, I'm RAOTFLMAO!

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Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:33 PM
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Subject: Re: Fw: [SOC] Bottles

At 10:55 PM 06/16/2003 +0100, Paul wrote:
>>A British author, Dave Line, penned a lot of material on making your own
>beer.  One of his books was titled, *Brewing Beers Like Those You Buy*.
>
>The two most prolific UK authors on home-brewing were Ken Shales and Dave
>Line. They both expired aged about 40.
>
>Sobering thought (!)

Short lives but merry, one would think.  Ken seemed rather a
rough-and-tumble sort, but Dave was almost genteel in his approach.
Curious, I think I was about 40 when I had to stop making beer due to lack
of space, having moved to the beach.

>p.s. The BTU is the British Thermal Unit; just about the most stupid
>scientific unit to have ever been conceived, It's the quantity of heat
>required to raise one pound of water through one Fahrenheit degree.

I have pondered that the telegraphic signal "BTU" is perhaps just one side
of some interminable English vs. Metric rant, with one operator closing
each transmission with "BTU. BTU" and the other (unheard) ending with
"CALORIE, CALORIE."  Makes about as much sense as whatever else.

But the BTU holds no stupidity candle to the old RN unit of capacitance,
the "Jar."

And I take exception to the Old Timer who proclaimed that some things are
"never heard" on CW.  I recall listening to more than one new operator
apparently attempting to contact a US Navy vessel, sending "NNGT" over and
over, then "DE" and the sender's call sign.  Never heard a transmission
from NNGT, however.

>p.p.s What's the speed of light in furlongs per fortnight?

I don't recall, dang it.  Used to be right on the tip of m'tongue.

73
John WA6QPL  SOC 263
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