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   Sean,   
      
    SD> I'm now finally doing VE testing.  I joined the Laurel VEC   
    SD> Group out of Laurel, Maryland.   
      
     Congratulations.   
      
    SD> One unique thing about the group I am with is that we do not   
    SD> charge a fee for testing.  The ham club I am a part of is   
    SD> getting a good reputation of being the one to test with since   
    SD> it's free.   
      
     The hardest thing in being a VE is trying to convince someone who   
   failed the exam (for whatever reason), that they are NOT a failure.   
   I've had 2 women cry after a session, because of that.    
      
     I told them "If it takes you a dozen tries or more to pass an    
   exam...even if just barely...you have as much right to be on the    
   air, as someone who made a perfect score the first time".    
      
     Another VE chimed in with "The guy or girl who graduates dead last    
   in medical school, is STILL...a DOCTOR -- but I might not want them    
   doing a prostate check or a pelvic exam!!".    
      
     The woman crossed her legs, and everyone burst out into raucous   
   laughter (hi hi).   
      
    SD> ... A drunk amateur radio operator: ham on rye.   
      
     Or from the movie "Airplane", where the pilot is at the airport,   
   on the payphone, talking to the Mayo Clinic about results from his    
   recent vasectomy. He gets a notification of a waiting call from a   
   Mister Hamm on Line 5. So, he says "Give me Hamm on Five, Hold The   
   Mayo" (hi hi).   
      
   Daryl, N5VLZ   
      
   ... Move your vowels every day or you'll get consonated.   
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