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   From: james.stewart497@ntlworld.com   
      
   "Custos Custodum"  wrote in message   
   news:XnsA6267E0C4F978custos@213.239.209.88...   
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   > news:o0w7z.1289428$Ah1.514517@fx41.am4:   
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   >> On 6/12/2016 11:32 AM, Brian Howie wrote:   
   >>> In message , gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339   
   >>>  writes   
   >>>> "Brian Howie"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:Q8oyTdWYR$WXFwG8@b-howie.demon.co.uk...   
   >>>>> In message , gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339   
   >>>>>  writes   
   >>>>>> "Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed"   
   >>>>>>  wrote   
   >>>>>> in message news:001a113e0772dbec040534d65ab9@google.com...   
   >>>>>>> Largs and Millport Weekly News columnist John Hutchinson MM6JHH   
   >>>>>>> reveals   
   >>>>>>> that life as a 'Radio Ham' opens up a world of opportunity in   
   >>>>>>> this week's   
   >>>>>>> 'Access for All' column   
   >>>>>> But what does a grown man with a licence targetted at the   
   >>>>>> 5-year-old know   
   >>>>>> about the subject, for, if recent threads are to be believed, he   
   >>>>>> hasn't even   
   >>>>>> been tested on his knowledge of Ohm's Law, one of the most   
   >>>>>> fundamental aspects   
   >>>>>> of anything electrical?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Being blind makes it a little bit trickier I suppose.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> G3MUM   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> It doesn't make it easy.   
   >>> Peter GM3MUM was exceptional overcoming severe disability.He was a   
   >>> keen CB operator  Incidentally he wasn't blind.  I met him when he   
   >>> lived in Edinburgh.   
   >>>   
   >>> Brian   
   >> how could he talk on cb?....I never heard him talk ...just cw ....   
   >>   
   >   
   > With difficulty. I remember hearing him calling on 2 and thinking "This   
   > clown's 'avvin a laff". Then someone who knew him answered and his   
   > situation became apparent. IIRC he was living in the Leonard Cheshire   
   > home at the time. I felt thoroughly ashamed of myself for having such   
   > thoughts.   
      
   yes I remember now .........   
      
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