[Antennas] OT British v American English Query WAS Optimal
longwire for QRP
Chris BONDE
[email protected]
2002年5月15日 18:45:56 -0700
One that was used on me, but I thought a bit and said that I had to do=20
something else, was,
Grease for the diesels spark plug, and the pervierbial left handed monkey=20
wrentch.
Did not git it there but on some others, like what is the difference=20
between a condensor and an capacitor?
Chris opr Ve7HCB
At 02:28 PM 2002年05月15日 -0500, Bob Wilder wrote:
>Some of these old jokes have been known to
>backfire on the
>originator. Case in point: sending some out for
>5 gallons of
>"Prop Wash" or a "Sky Hook". Both of these items
>exist.
>Prop wash is a commercial cleaner for the old
>Hamilton variable
>pitch wooden props. A sky hook is the name given
>the large steel
>ball with a hook through the center used on a
>crane.
>>Bob, AF2HD
>>Rob Matherly wrote:
> >
> > The ones around here are familiar with a version of it... they send the=
=20
> freshmen out
> > looking for a kegger that doesn't exist :^)
> >
> > 72/73/oo
> > Rob, W=D8JRM
> > ARRL; FP QRP -330; IA QRP #143; SOC #497; QRPp-I #19; Live-Wire #442;
> >
> > Visit my website! http://www.qsl.net/w0jrm
> >
> > "Those who control their tongue will have a long life;
> > a quick retort can ruin everything" -- Proverbs 13:3 NLT
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:12 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Antennas] OT British v American English Query WAS Optimal=
=20
> longwire for
> > QRP
> >
> > Every high school freshman should know that routine.
> >
> > Rudy
> > 'WW7AZ in the valley of the sun'
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rob Matherly [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 7:07 AM
> > To: [email protected]; Bob Nielsen
> > Subject: Re: [Antennas] OT British v American English Query WAS Optimal
> > longwire for QRP
> >
> > I thought by "snipe hunt" they were referring to that old Boy Scout=20
> game of
> > sending
> > people out hunting for an animal that doesn't exist?
> >
> > 72/73/oo
> > Rob, W=D8JRM
> > ARRL; FP QRP -330; IA QRP #143; SOC #497; QRPp-I #19; Live-Wire #442;
> >
> > Visit my website! http://www.qsl.net/w0jrm
> >
> > "Those who control their tongue will have a long life;
> > a quick retort can ruin everything" -- Proverbs 13:3 NLT
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bob Nielsen <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 7:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Antennas] OT British v American English Query WAS Optimal
> > longwire for
> > QRP
> >
> > On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 04:06:49PM -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> > > >>>Now, if what you are talking about is what some Americans call=20
> "bungie"
> > > >>>cords then I always have couple in the boot. But I do remember
> > pictures of
> > > >>>some cars with belts on the hood running parallel to the=
win'screen.
> > >
> > > Was meaning does the word "snipe" have in Great Britian? I ask due=
to
> > > use of that word to name the recent Afghanistan operation by the=
Royal
> > > Marines.
> >
> > Probably this:
> >
> > Snipe \Snipe,円 v. t.
> > 1. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long
> > range, esp. when not in action.
> >
> > or this:
> >
> > 3: shoot from a concealed position [syn: {sharpshoot}]
> >
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