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   From: jeff@ukra.com   
      
   > I still don't understand how...   
   >>>   
   >>> How many times did he have to take it?   
   >>   
   >> That fact hasn't come to light yet, but it is known that it took him *13*   
   >> years to get through the 12wpm morse test, so draw your own conclusions.   
   >>   
   > I may be wrong, but I think he sat the RAE a couple of years after I sat   
   > mine. Since he's a year younger than me that would make him about 16, so   
   > can't have taken many attempts if he didn't pass first time. Dunno why   
   > the 12wpm Morse took so long though.   
      
   I seem to recall Gareth saying that he took the RAE whilst he was at   
   university.   
      
   Jerff   
      
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