[SOC] Why sharks and humor?

[Radio K0HB]

Up here in Minnesota we all know that the LotW is not an abbreviations at 
all.

It's an acronym.

It stands for "Lake of the Woods".

73, de Hans, K0HB
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From: "Charles Harpole" <k4vud at hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 11:58 PM
To: <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [SOC] Why sharks and humor?

>
> Dear receivers of SOC reflector mailings:
> The SOC exists to explore FUNNY THINGS, WEIRD THINGS, OFF BEAT THINGS, 
> WISDOM, AND THE WISDOM IN HUMOR.  Sure, SOC people do and say other 
> things, too, but to be on this reflector is to be OPEN MINDED, to roll 
> with the ways of the world, and not to take oneself too seriously.
>
> The SOC is a satire, often, on people and groups who DO take themselves 
> very very seriously, as the SOC name implies.  To read this reflector is 
> to subscribe to these notions and getting upset about "the SOC way" should 
> tell one to unsubscribe and seek more deadly serious reading material.
>
> BTW, the very name "Second Class Operators Club" should be abbrev.* "SCOC" 
> because "Class" is a separate word.... there is no "secondclass" and no 
> "firstclass" without that all important space in the right place.....  so 
> there!    But, of course, it is very SOC to make this error............
>
> That reminds me of LOTW where Log and Book are likely two words and OF and 
> THE are included in the initials, violating the usual practice of doing 
> this kind of thing.  Thus it probably should be LBW or, at the very least, 
> LBOTW.   And, using "world" ...doesnt that imply a very serious taking of 
> itself?   The world is larger than ham radio, which is another SOC idea, 
> probably or maybe or maybe not.............   73
>
> *do not abbv. "abbv." with "abbrev."
>
> Charles Harpole k4vud at hotmail.com