[SOC] I just dont "get it ". . . .

[Carl]

In my shack there are stuffed effigies of Dilbert and Dogbert.  Both 
gifts from my XYL.

  They have some high degree of sentimental significance, however I have 
completely forgotten just what that significance is.


On 12/30/2014 3:21 PM, Ray Day wrote:
> Hey - we're getting a little close to home here....
>
> I have a small plush ferret (akin to ferrites) with a bandanna around his
> neck that says "RFI Be Gone!" Sits on top of everything. "Riffi" would be
> his name. Keeps ALL EMI/RFI outta da shack. I had a split ferrite Mix 31
> core snapped around his tail for a while, but he was so good I found all was
> well without it.....now who would begrudge that little critter?
>
> Ah, er, then there's the goofy little plush rabbit labeled "RTTY RABBIT"
> that helps me scoop up the mults in RTTY contests. Must work good, cuz I get
> lotsa multipliers.
>
> Hope this admission doesn't get me drummed out of the SOC and
> demoted/promoted(?) to the Third Class Operators Club....
>
> 73,
> Ray N6HE
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> These days when I look at photographs
> of the typical ham stations, there's the usual pile of radios, maybe some
> test equipment on the side, a computer, mics and keys.
>   But there's often a stuffed animal
> sitting on top a radio, or even some kind of plastic action figure.
>
>   *What's with this "toy" thing ?*
>
> I don't get it ...
>
> AL7JK, John
>
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