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   Hi, Andrei...   
      
   AK>I am familiar with Bob, NS2B from Penfiel, he runs BBS, CHAT and NODE.   
      
   AK>Every sunday evening net (9-10 pm), stations from IN, MI, WI.   
      
     I have a file on my BBS, and in my D-Rats Folder called The PCL   
   Net.PDF with info on the net, for those who are interested. I'm also the   
   "scribe" for the net.   
      
     When the BBS was at its original home, the now former N0KFQ BBS in   
   Branson, Missouri (the Sysop, N0KFQ, and his XYL, KB0WSA, who was NCS,   
   are both SK's now), one night, there was what I call "The E.D. Net". The   
   Readers Digest version of this (we're all typing at our keyboards) is as   
   follows:   
      
   1) Discussion of my new vanity call at that time (WX1DER), and vanity   
   callsigns in general. I was originally N5VLZ, holding that call for 18   
   years, then changed to AE5WX. Two and a half years later, I changed to   
   WX1DER, then nearly a year ago (after getting burned out on weather,   
   which got me into ham radio), I changed it to WX4QZ, which is a keeper.   
      
   2) One ham, named Ed, KI0HQ, wanted K0ED, but it was taken by a ham in   
   California. He typed "I'm married, and E.D. is not an issue".   
      
   3) Another ham, Roger, KB0SON, thought E.D. stood for "electronic   
   doofus" (hi hi). Now, I can relate to that, as electronics was never my   
   forte'. I can tell you the colors on a resistor (thanks to Violet (hi   
   hi)), a battery on a schematic diagram, and that not even an amp of   
   electricity will kill you...but that's about it.   
      
   4) It got to K.O., N0KFQ, and all he typed was "I'm curious as to how Ed   
   is going to explain E.D. to Roger". At this point, I'm roaring in   
   laughter.   
      
   5) Billie, KB0WSA, turned it back to Ed, who typed to Billie "Do you   
   know Morse Code??" She typed "Yes, and I know a lot of other things as   
   well"!! (hi hi). I was really busting a gut now, practically peeing on   
   myself!! As Ed typed "erectile dysfunction" (common for males as they   
   get older), I'll bet Roger was red faced!!   
      
     A year after Billie's death, K.O. was still alive (he died 2 years   
   after Billie did), and he was on a net that night. He typed "it was so   
   refreshing to hear about that again...and it happened EXACTLY the way   
   Daryl told it"!! (hi hi).   
      
     Which proves "With friends like us, you don't need any enemies" (hi   
   hi).   
      
   Daryl, WX4QZ   
      
      
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