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   Message 22,362 of 23,971   
   Spike to James Stewart   
   Re: Radio Society of Great Britain - Mai   
   27 Sep 16 17:31:13   
   
   XPost: uk.radio.amateur, rec.radio.amateur.policy   
   From: Aero.Spike@mail.invalid   
      
   On 27/09/2016 15:16, James Stewart wrote:   
   >  wrote   
   >> wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 08:57:08 +0100, Spike wrote:   
      
   >>>> The RTTY section could show a prematurely bald dimwit in front of his   
   >>>> rig, with four cheap Chinese handies lying about in various states of   
   >>>> disrepair, arms waving about in frustration, shouting "Why has it all   
   >>>> gone quiet? Is it that fault I can't find? Am I launching any waves at   
   >>>> all? I wish I could wire a Mike plug....  CB was never this   
   >>>> hard!".   
      
   >>> Do you think it might be a good idea to discuss these visions with your   
   >>> GP, Burt?   
      
   >> Clearly, it's been a particularly fruitful magic mushroom season in   
   >> Torquay this year. Far out, Burt.   
      
   > groovy wavy gravy ...   
      
   The saddest thing of all here is that these things are related to real   
   events reported on here[1][2], no 'magic mushrooms' or 'visions' needed   
   at all.   
      
   [1] Unless they were being exaggerated, of course. The writer might have   
   been on the mushrooms,  who knows? Perhaps he should see his GP?   
      
   [2] Doubtless "...it's all in the archives..."   
      
   --   
   Spike   
      
   We are not only our brother's keeper;   
   in countless large and small ways, we are our brother's maker.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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