From: ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk   
      
   In message ,   
   john.willman.ca@gmail.com writes   
   >You have to be a certain age to know what a tramp's whisker is.  I'm 65   
   >and happen to know. When I was a child my brother showed me how to make   
   >crystal radio. It involved a piece of galena, a mineral that could be   
   >used to make a primitive semiconductor, and a very fine wire - the   
   >finer the better. You would attach one end of a high impedance   
   >headphone to the wire (the ones that airmen used in the second world   
   >war) and the other end to the crystal. As you dragged the fine wire   
   >over the crystal, you would pick up radio stations. Voila, a crystal radio.   
   >   
   >To the point. The fine wire was referred to as a "tramp's whisker"   
   >   
   >If I remember correctly; "I have a tramp's whisker that says you still   
   >care". It' is a very poetic statement! She had a means of reading his   
   >hidden thoughts from a distance, like a radio signal.   
   >   
   >John W. Ottawa   
      
   In the UK (and almost certainly worldwide, including the USA), this is   
   known as a 'cat's whisker' (which may, or may not, be a more accurate   
   description). I've never heard of the term 'tramp's whisker'.   
   --   
   Ian   
      
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