EV>Howdy! Daryl,   
      
     Morning, Ed...   
      
   EV>I am a Cheap LID of the Seventh Degree! as if You didn't know that.   
      
     And, I'm sure you worked hard to earn that.    
      
   EV>Yes Sir!, but I really haven't missed any of the stuff I stuffed in   
   EV>those three paper sacks (yet).   
   EV>Probably won't miss them ever.   
      
     I'm reminded of the joke where the guys wife says "It's me or the   
   radio"...and he quips "I'm going to miss that woman", or "CQ DX".    
      
   EV>Hey!, those Hams who know who I am wouldn't be in that pile-up.   
      
     Contesting never did appeal to me. Yet, there's a contest every   
   weekend. And, computers are more and more part of the ham shack. There   
   was an interesting article in the September, 2014 issue of QST,   
   basically asking those still using Windows XP that "Isn't it time to   
   switch to Linux??". From what I understand, several ham radio   
   applications do use Linux, including the "Raspberry Pi" deals for   
   D-Star. One elderly ham radio operator and his wife went to a swapfest,   
   and he was going to get one of these Raspberry Pi deals, and his wife   
   adamantly said "You are NOT going to get a Raspberry Pi...it'll screw up   
   your diabetes!!".    
      
   EV>I suppose You would have to have a .JPG of my License before I could   
   EV>use Packet Radio on Your BBS?   
      
     I trust you...and for those I've either met in person, or chatted with   
   online often enough, or especially on nets, I have no problem with   
   "auto-approval".   
      
   EV>I haven't been to a local Hamfest in years, I may go to either the   
   EV>Louisville Hamfest now held in Bullitt County, or at Bedford, IN this   
   EV>year.   
      
     The most interesting part is where you meet fellow hams in   
   person...and this has happened with BBS Sysop and User Gatherings that   
   I've attended in the past. You form a mental image of them, but when you   
   finally meet them in person, they do NOT look at all like you had   
   pictured them!! :P   
      
   EV>I will have to do a Search for Whattaburger to see what I am missing.   
      
     Do the search for "Whattaburger Russellville Arkansas", or something   
   to that effect. I know there are other Whattaburger restaurants around,   
   but this place doesn't have the same "logo sign" that the others do.   
      
     And, did you ever notice that at certain times of the day, people get   
   the idea that it's time to eat??    
      
   Daryl, WX1DER   
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