[SOC] Fw: [arizonaham] Fw: does this sound familiar to anyone here?

[Bob Baxter]

  You Know You're a Ham If . . .
> 
> 
> You buy black electrical tape in ten-packs.
> 
> You've stripped wire with your teeth.
> 
> You've told your son: "One day, all this will be
> yours" . . . then
> he gives you that familiar blank stare.
> 
> You'd rather help a buddy put up a new tower than mow
> the
> lawn.
> 
> You've grabbed the wrong end of a soldering iron.
> 
> You start giving out RST reports when you're on the
> telephone.
> 
> The propagation forecast means far more to you than
> the local
> weather forecast.
> 
> The microphone or visual aids at a meeting don't work
> and you
> rush up to the front to fix it.
> 
> You tell the XYL when she notices a new rig in the
> shack:
> "Why that's been there for years!"
> 
> Your watch is set only to UTC.
> 
> At night, when you pray . . . it starts off something
> like:
> "CQ CQ CQ GOD DE (your callsign)".
> 
> You've ever had to patch your roof after an antenna
> project.
> 
> Ham radio magazines comprise more than 50% of your
> bathroom library.
> 
> You've ever put a GPS tracker in the XYL's car, just
> so you
> could watch her on APRS.
> 
> You and the XYL took a cruise -- so you could visit
> the radio
> room aboard the ship.
> 
> You've ever sent HI in Morse code on your car horn to
> another
> Ham.
> 
> You've ever had an antenna fall down.
> 
> Your teenager refuses to ride in your car because it
> looks like a
> porcupine.
> 
> You know the latitude and longitude of your home QTH.
> 
> You go into the local Radio Shack and the clerk asks
> you
> where something is.
>