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   PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Win32 master/777fb6d8b Jun 13 2023 MSC 1929   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Win32 master/777fb6d8b Jun 13 2023 MSC 1929   
   BBSID: TBOLT   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
     A certain gentleman is washing the dishes in the kitchen sink after   
   dinner.   
      
     Yet, he wife is glaring at him from the entrance, and scolds him.   
      
     "Look at you!! Tonight, it's washing dishes. Last night, it was   
   folding laundry. The night before, it was vacuuming, and the night   
   before, it was cleaning the bathrooms".   
      
     "What part of "NO!! You are NOT buying a radio!!" do you not   
   understand??"!!   
      
   ***   
      
     One ham had his shack in the basement of his residence. His wife   
   wanted no part of the hobby. She also sternly told her husband that   
   "you are NOT getting any new radios!!" (similar to what's noted   
   above). But, she let him stay down in his "ham cave", as it gave   
   her peace and quiet.   
      
     Well, he was lucky in the fact that he had "a candy store" (a   
   business selling ham radio gear (new and used)), and it also had a   
   repair shop...similar to the former Amateur Electronic Supply (AES)   
   main location in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...now owned by Ham Radio   
   Outlet (HRO). AES has long since gone out of business, and to get   
   your rig repaired now, you basically have to send it back to the   
   manufacturer, most likely overseas.   
      
     Anyway, he got the idea to take an empty box from one of his   
   previously purchased rigs, as a "cover". He came up the stairs,   
   and told his wife that "The main rig died, so I've got to take   
   it to the shop for repair here in town. They have a great   
   service department, and can get me a loaner or replacement   
   rig". She said "Fine. I'll see you at dinner time", and he was   
   off to the store.   
      
     He came home just before supper, and he was elated. He told   
   his wife that they fixed the rig, and it worked better than   
   ever!! What he did NOT tell her, was that in that now former   
   empty box, was a BRAND NEW RIG.   
      
     That worked for awhile...until she finally figured out what   
   was going on!!   
   --- SBBSecho 3.20-Win32   
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