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    From Ed Vance@1:2320/38 to Roy Witt on Wednesday, August 09, 2000 06:33:34
    Roy,

    Your tagline in another message said:

    The Uggerumph, the Rettysnitch and the Wouff-Hong can serve again!

    IIRC the Wouff-Hong was made from two sticks, 1 long and 1 short, fastened together by wrapping a rag around them, and was used by The Old Man (T.O.M.) to
    torture LIDS (Poor Operators).

    No, I wasn't around when the original articles were written in QST! I'm just trying to recall what I read a L-O-N-G time ago about Amateur Radios' early days.

    Was the Uggerumph and Rettysnitch just other names for the Wouff-Hong?

    I've always tried to be a good LID.

    73 de W9ODR

    --- BBBS/LiI v4.01 Flag-1
    * Origin: Prism bbs (1:2320/38)
  • From Roy Witt@1:10/22 to Ed Vance on Wednesday, August 09, 2000 11:23:09
    Hello Ed.

    09 Aug 00 13:33, you wrote to me:

    Your tagline in another message said:

    The Uggerumph, the Rettysnitch and the Wouff-Hong can serve again!

    IIRC the Wouff-Hong was made from two sticks, 1 long and 1 short,
    fastened together by wrapping a rag around them, and was used by The
    Old Man (T.O.M.) to torture LIDS (Poor Operators).

    Uh huh.

    No, I wasn't around when the original articles were written in QST!
    I'm just trying to recall what I read a L-O-N-G time ago about
    Amateur Radios' early days.

    I wasn't around then either, but I've got the Ole Man's biography here in
    my library.

    Was the Uggerumph and Rettysnitch just other names for the
    Wouff-Hong?

    I copied some of those lines directly out of the Ole Man's biography.
    They're actual quotes used by HPM. This was 2 or 3 years ago and I don't recall exactly how it went, but all three were different tools used by
    HPM.

    I've always tried to be a good LID.

    Me too. It was many years ago that I went through a Wouuf-Hong ceremony
    and received a certificate saying I'd passed. I think that makes me a
    lid in good standing.


    ... QTI - Troubled by an Idiot
    --- Twit(t) Filter v2.1 (C) 2000
    * Origin: KB6PI's Antenna Farm * Santa Ysabel, CA * (1:10/22)
  • From Ed Vance@1:2320/38 to Roy Witt on Friday, August 11, 2000 01:09:54
    I've always tried to be a good LID.

    Me too. It was many years ago that I went through a Wouuf-Hong ceremony RW>and received a certificate saying I'd passed. I think that makes me a RW>lid in good standing.

    I am also a member of the Royal Order of the Wouuf-Hong (R.O.W.H.).

    ... QTI - Troubled by an Idiot

    I hope 'you're' not referring to me. Because I couldn't even complain to the Moderator about 'you' saying that to me here in this echo.

    Hmmm, Would QTL mean - Troubled by an LID???????

    - -. -..-

    --- BBBS/LiI v4.01 Flag-1
    * Origin: Prism bbs (1:2320/38)
  • From Roy Witt@1:10/22 to Ed Vance on Sunday, August 13, 2000 05:03:07
    Hello Ed.

    11 Aug 00 08:09, you wrote to me:


    I've always tried to be a good LID.

    Me too. It was many years ago that I went through a Wouuf-Hong
    ceremony and received a certificate saying I'd passed. I think that
    makes me a lid in good standing.

    I am also a member of the Royal Order of the Wouuf-Hong (R.O.W.H.).

    I was conferred at the Midnight Conclave of the Order held in San Diego,
    CA on Sept 24, 1978...

    ... QTI - Troubled by an Idiot

    I hope 'you're' not referring to me. Because I couldn't even complain
    to the Moderator about 'you' saying that to me here in this echo.

    LOL! Don't take my taglines personally. They're chosen randomly by my
    reader. Although I do have a choice in whether I want to switch to a different tag, I rarely pay much attention to what get's posted.

    Hmmm, Would QTL mean - Troubled by an LID???????

    I don't know, but it'd probably make a good tagline.


    ... Give me an Ees ... give me an Oh ___ give me an Ees = EesOhEes
    --- Twit(t) Filter v2.1 (C) 2000
    * Origin: Kicking Back, Six Paydays Included (1:10/22)