So, once upon a time the FCC sold CB licenses at $5 every 5 years, $1 per year for an exam free ham license with unlimited privileges isn't bad at all. Following the misquoted "we don' nee' no steenking baa-jeez" we don' nee' no steenking vee-dee-yoz eedur. Borrowing the Pink Floyd lyric "we don't need no education" I'll stop using the phrase "12 volts is for wimps, real radios can kill you" as my bit of chlorine in the gene pool, my polishing of the Darwin Awards.

If the Always Ripping and Robbing Lowlifes sell more member ships I can get them a contract with Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems for engines and gensets.

Sure, more power to the Advanced Age Radio People and their infernal discount insurance TV commercials further tipping the ratio of ads to programming to more ads and less boring programming. Then I won't have to stay up at night watching "infomercials" that like Bible stories sell the same product 3 times in a one hour time slot.

Thank you Charles for inspiring my grump for today. >>>POP<<< Now with tongue removed from cheek, on to something... serious?

It would be interesting to see what the League of Extra Ordinary Genteel Men comes up with if they think they can do it better (not likely) than the VEs are doing it now. Wait a minute, forget the IF. They must think they'll have a better idea than the one that's working perfectly now or they would shut up and leave well enough alone. I leave you with this thought to mull over, what do you call someone who thinks he can improve on perfection?