Interesting!  I only heard him a handful of times and it was always the evil 
W2OY that I heard.  But I like your version better and hope it's the correct 
one.  73,  Lou
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: LIDs


> Some accounts say that his grumpy persona was only a persona, and he was =
> really great with kids and things like that. Reeva, K8DMU, has a great =
> story of a Q she had with him one morning, as a teenager, wherein she =
> made up this story about being divorced with some kids and I forget the =
> whole thing, and don't think she's on the list to tell it herself. She =
> did, though, once, in a long-ago archive.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
>
> On Jan 5, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Lou Kolb wrote:
>
>> Ah yes, W2OY.  I never got to work him as he passed away before I got=20=
>
>> licensed but, as an SWL I sure heard him.  He terrified many-a-newby.  =
> He=20
>> was the first one I ever heard utter the phrase, "no lids, no kids, no =
> space=20
>> cadets!"   Lou  WA3MIX
>> Lou Kolb
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>> From: "Jim Kutsch" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:01 AM
>> Subject: Re: LIDs
>>=20
>>=20
>>> The full expression is "lids, kids, and space cadets"
>>>=20
>>> Do a Google search on that whole phrase and you'll find a wealth of
>>> information.
>>>=20
>>> 73,
>>> Jim, KY2D
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: For blind ham radio operators =
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of David thurmond
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 8:04 AM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: LIDs
>>>=20
>>> OK, here's a trivia question for all you Elmers out there.  What is a =
> LID
>>> and where does this term come from?  I have been led to understand =
> that=20
>>> this
>>> is someone who, shall we say, does not embrace best operating =
> practices,=20
>>> but
>>> I'm curious about the term.
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> 73,
>>>=20
>>> David Thurmond, KK4ADV=20