[SOC] Fwd: The Wise Old Radio Ham

[john bell]

Her's one for the ones who only like to read about Hamming 
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         The Wise Old Radio Ham



            *>*> The only cow in a small town in Poland stopped giving milk.
            *>*> The people did some research and found that they could
            *>*> buy a cow from Moscow for 2,000 rubbles, or one from
            Minsk for 500
            *>*> rubbles. Being frugal, they bought the cow from Minsk.
            *>*> The cow was wonderful. It produced lots of milk all
            *>*> the time, and the people were amazed and very happy.
            They decided to
            *>*> acquire a bull to mate with the cow and produce more
            cows like it.
            *>*> Then they would never have to worry about the milk
            supply again
            *>*> They bought a bull and put it in the pasture with their
            *>*> beloved cow. However, whenever the bull came close to
            the cow, the cow
            *>*> would move away. No matter what approach the bull
            tried, the cow would
            *>*> move away from the bull and he could not succeed in his
            quest. The
            *>*> people were very upset and decided to ask their wise
            Old Radio Ham what to do.
            *>*> They told the Old Radio Ham what was happening. They
            explained: "Whenever the bull approaches our cow, she moves
            away. If he approaches from the back, she moves forward.
            When he approaches her
            *>*> from the front, she backs off. An approach from the
            side and she just
            *>*> walks away to the other side."
            *>*> The Old Radio Ham pondered this for a while and asked,
            "Did you buy this cow from Minsk?"
            *>*> The people were amazed & dumbfounded, since they had
            never mentioned where they had gotten the cow.
            *>*> "You are truly a wise Old Radio Ham," they said. "How
            did you know we got the cow from Minsk?"
            *>*> The Old Radio Ham answered sadly, "My wife is from Minsk."


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