Re: Re: Wannbe HAM   
     By: Daryl Stout to Joe Delahaye on Sat Sep 24 2016 11:22:01   
      
    DS> One thing I've noted in having done nearly 170 exam sessions as a VE,   
    DS> since I first became accredited in October, 2007, is that the atmosphere   
    DS> is more relaxed. The humor of the VE's before and after the exam does   
    DS> help to take away the nervousness.   
      
   Indeed it can.  Just like the attitude of a teacher can make a world of   
   difference   
      
      
    DS>> He was wanting someone to take over the session liaison duties, and   
    DS>> when I asked him if he wanted me to do such, he said "Please". :)   
      
    DS>> Sadly, he became a Silent Key last fall (pancreatic cancer -- the   
    DS>> same thing my Dad died of almost 10 years ago).   
      
    DS> JD@> Sad story.   
      
    DS> One time, he made the mistake of asking for "testees" (instead of   
    DS> examinees or candidates)...and someone replied "only if you have the   
    DS> balls to take all 3 (Technician, General, and Extra) at the same time"   
    DS> (hi hi).    
      
   Good answer :)   
      
      
    DS> I have seen that happen at least twice, if not more. One examinee   
    DS> came in, and "did the trifecta" (passed all 3 in one shot). The VE   
    DS> Team leader asked him what he did for a living. When he replied that   
    DS> he was currently unemployed, the liaison replied "you have too much   
    DS> time on your hands!!" -- it brought the house down in laughter!! :)   
      
   I have heard of this happeneing more then once.  It has over here as well.   
      
      
    DS> This individual is very active in a club in Conway, Arkansas...and I   
    DS> have known him since the "BBS heyday" in the mid 80's and early 90's.   
      
   So obviously you keep in touch   
   --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32   
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