John,
We've never talked on the air, but I did talk to you on the phone once. You
were selling one of the W2IHY boxes, and I was looking to buy one. We might
be able to hear each other on 75 during the day, or maybe on some repeater.
I'm in Reading, about 12 miles north of Boston.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 19:22
Subject: Re: Romney Disses Ham Radio
> Truthfully, I even never thought he was going to make a good governor,
> just
> based on his commercials on the radio back then, that was about the time I
> stopped listening to broadcast radio. I didn't even know you were in MA,
> or
> if I did I forgot. Have I talked to you on the air?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 6:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Romney Disses Ham Radio
>
>
>> John,
>>
>> Then again, lots of people here thought he was wonderful until they saw
>> him
>> in action. There aren't very many good choices out there.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 16:55
>> Subject: Re: Romney Disses Ham Radio
>>
>>
>>> Yeah, but a person who can't even get the support of the state he's
>>> known
>>> in, is going to open some eyes elsewhere in the country. I've said it
>>> before
>>> and will again, if he does somehow get elected, I'm leaving the country
>>> for
>>> 4 years.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 4:23 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Romney Disses Ham Radio
>>>
>>>
>>>> John,
>>>>
>>>> I think, though, that Romney impresses lots of people outside our state
>>>> because he's such a smooth talker. Massachusetts doesn't represent the
>>>> whole country, so we'll just have to see how he does elsewhere before
>>>> we
>>>> know how electable he is.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:12
>>>> Subject: Re: Romney Disses Ham Radio
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I don't know very many people even here in MA that support him, only 1
>>>>> person that I can think of. He has no chance at making it luckily. I
>>>>> guess
>>>>> this time it's all the lesser of evils because I don't like any
>>>>> politicians,
>>>>> but this crop trying to run for president this time is probably the
>>>>> worst
>>>>> yet all around.
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:31 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: Romney Disses Ham Radio
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Romney loves sound bytes and photo opportunities where he is clearly
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> one
>>>>>> in control. From watching him here in Massachusetts, he's very glib,
>>>>>> but
>>>>>> most of the time he hasn't a clue of what's really going on. I'm
>>>>>> glad
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> got to see his true colors. Unfortunately, there are lots of people
>>>>>> who
>>>>>> share his view of digital technology (and, in fact, technology in
>>>>>> general).
>>>>>> They think that you can solve any problem if you just have the right
>>>>>> technology. If only that were the case!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 22:21
>>>>>> Subject: Romney Disses Ham Radio
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This was from a couple years ago.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We hams have it bad enough, when we try to get support for our
>>>>>>>> hobby
>>>>>>>> from those that regulate it. To have an aspiring politician (I
>>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>>> care if he's running on the one-eyed, purple polka-dotted people
>>>>>>>> eater
>>>>>>>> ticket, he's still a politician) who's trying to become president
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> this nation, utter such a sentence, would certainly be a blow to
>>>>>>>> ham-dom
>>>>>>>> and the entire 'needed' community in case of a disaster.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://ema.arrl.org/article.php?sid=802
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Don't worry about what people think; they don't do it very often.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Steve, K8SP
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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