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   PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Win32  Sep 16 2019 MSC 1922   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.09-Win32 r3.140 Sep 16 2019 MSC 1922   
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   AA>Hello Daryl!   
      
   August,   
      
   AA>It is interesting to learn that "ham" was originally a perjorative term.   
      
   AA>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio   
      
   AA>And now just a couple of generations later, something originally an insult   
   AA>is just a regular word in the hobby.   
      
     H.A.M. also stands for H)ave A)nother M)eal...and you don't call us   
   "Late For Dinner", unless we're doing the dishes.    
      
     One group in Champaign, Illinois, has a "lunch gathering" at a   
   different restaurant every day of the week.   
      
     I joke that one of the alternate phonetics I have is W)ild X)citing   
   Four Q)uiZ)ines. Now, Quisine isn't how you spell "cuisine". However, in   
   Louisiana, they spell FIDO (for a dog) as "Phideaux"...so, there you   
   are.    
      
     And, everybody has to eat. Plus, if amateur radio operators eat ham,   
   that makes us cannibalistic .   
      
   Daryl, WX4QZ   
      
      
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