OT tinkering ideas wanted!

All part of 'Growing Up and Being British'. Most of us survived ;-)

They say 'Fortune favours fools' but the way I recall it we were generally pretty careful when doing potentially dangerous things. That's what divided us from modern day 'Darwin Candidates'.

Gyppo

"J D Craggs" wrote

It is a basic, unconcious, characteristic of the animal brain to continuously predict the result of any action and make an assement as to whether it is safe to proceed. Unfortunately we are well on the way to breeding a generation of humans that expects someone else to do that for them ;-)

Nick H

As they say... Every time you idiot-proof something Mr & Mrs idiot go upstairs and make a start on the next generation of Super-Enhanced Ultra-Versatile Idiot.

Gyppo

You've been watching too much Tony Hancock. We're Radio Amateurs and always have been.

John G8RTP

or "hammer-chewers" as one character called them in a book I read a while back...

Peter

-- Peter A Forbes Prepair Ltd, Rushden, UK snipped-for-privacy@easynet.co.uk

Hams or Amateurs whets the difference :-))

Martin P

Peter,

I like that one "Hammer Chewers"

John,

How about "Highly Amateur Man Signalling" is that better :-))

c> Hams or Amateurs whets the difference :-))

c> Martin P

Some radio amateurs regard 'ham' as a derogatory term, as in ham actor.

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Nick,

You know I'm only having a playful dig at John :-)) he will come back sarcastic and witty guns blazing.

c> Nick,

c> You know I'm only having a playful dig at John :-)) he will come back c> sarcastic and witty guns blazing.

Sorry, am I being dim? Must admit I regard Ham as a perfectly charming diminutive of amateur and not in the least bit offensive. Mind you, some people think 'amateur' itself is a description of something not quite properly done. I'm with Wild Billy Childish on that one - he said that he aimed to be an amateur in everything he did as this meant he was doing it for the love of it rather than the mortgage.

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