Excerpt from an Signal discussion with my friend Tim, KC0KZA, about the current state of the ARRL and QST magazine (edited slightly for brevity):

Tim: i've been an arrl member for fckin ever and all i got is a stack of shitty magazines

Me: It’s true that QST *is* boring AF about 80% of the time. Mostly ads for MFJ

Tim: yeah it is like 90% catalog anymore, but then again that's also not the worst thing. at least the ads in it are highly topical, it's not like cable tv commercials or some shit

Me: Yeah, you *can* learn stuff from the ads

Tim: you're not gonna find ham perfume vials shoved in there...unless i win the lottery

Tim: if i do win the lottery i'm gonna sponsor a company like Demeter to come up with a ham scent of like, ozone, parking lots, aspercreme, and a hint of pork chop bordered on BO

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Made me laugh so hard that I couldn’t even explain to Ella why I was laughing for at least five minutes.