Brother Carl says he's on the coochie.

[suddenseer]

Aha Carl, I was in the light agri-biz back then as well. 1979-1981. I retired. Trucking can be a cut throat business since deregulation. Would you have been a ham today if you had not had a friend with a novice ticket? Are ham ops weirder than graphic artists? Oops, I am being summonsed.

[NQ6U]

Aha Carl, I was in the light agri-biz back then as well. 1979-1981. I retired.

The Biz was getting pretty crazy by '81. When I first started, it was just a bunch of hippies and other misfits and we'd help each other out. No one thought twice about stopping by another grower's patch to say hello and see how he or she was getting along. By the time I was done, patch locations were closely held secrets and people were having to arm themselves and guard their crops from thieves. That wasn't for me so I was ready to get out, even if it did mean a considerable drop in income. The hep B thing just accelerated my exit.

Would you have been a ham today if you had not had a friend with a novice ticket? Are ham ops weirder than graphic artists?

Hard to say for sure but I think it would have been less likely.

As far as weirdness goes, I'd say it's pretty much a wash between hams and graphic designers. They're weird in different ways, though, and being who I am, I don't completely fit in with either group. I was too much of a tech-head for the graphic designers, although as a general rule, our political views jibed pretty well. On the other hand, I don't even discuss politics with my local ham friends, most of whom would have fit in quite well with the guys on the old Zed political forums.