Yep, I was an SWL then too and I remember him, Steve. That was Roger and he 
had a Johnson desk KW. another one of those guys was Bob, W3 tiny pink 
elephants in Westchester Pa. Having my own call sign was certainly part of 
the incentive for me to finally get my ticket.
Lou Kolb
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: Fhonetic Calls With Meaning


> Lou,
>
> When I first started listening to the ham bands, there was a guy from
> Springfield, PA who called himself "3 empty beer mugs."
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 18:02
> Subject: Re: Fhonetic Calls With Meaning
>
>
>> Some from this area include:
>>
>> Kicked by 3 old mules and I like girls. And I'm in a group every week 
>> with
>> K2 fuzzy wuzzy. mine is a bit tough because of the X but at least it
>> spells
>> a word. And an especially appropriate word for a broadcaster. No one
>> believes me but it was original issue and not a vanity call.  lou  WA3MIX
>> Lou Kolb
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 4:46 PM
>> Subject: Fhonetic Calls With Meaning
>>
>>
>>> You will have to slow down reading this message and you might have to
>>> spell
>>> a few by individual letters to get the idea.  I remember how hard we all
>>> used to work back in the day, as they say, trying to find phonetics that
>>> had
>>> meaning.  For example, I was WA0ORO and friends called me Old Rotten
>>> oranges, old rotten operator, onion rings only, I used Oranges Radishes,
>>> and
>>> onions, and a few others.  A friend was old dead horse,, another was
>>> dirty
>>> hams underwear, he was my Elmore, hot Quaker Oats, I tickle women, old
>>> yellow toilet, slippery yellow banana, wild blue yonder, old rotten
>>> apples,
>>> April may and June, hop skip and a jump, mighty quick microphone, 
>>> Maximum
>>> Quality maintained, who helped me study electronics and explain things I
>>> couldn't understand at 15 related to studying for the advance and extra
>>> so
>>> he was an Elmer, too, loud mouth amateur, onions with jellow, old milk
>>> bottle,Sweet Hawaiian oranges, a two letter call a friend has I call him
>>> Corn Radio CR, Another friend used to be two left feet, and here are a
>>> couple you have to stop and think about for a second or two, pennies,
>>> nickels and dimes, PND, and another was Ones, nines, and eights or
>>> WA0ONE.
>>> Nine pound hammer, two gun Louie, A CW buddy of mine I call Curly Moe 
>>> and
>>> Larry so I call him Curly for short but he won't let anybody else call
>>> him
>>> that; not even for a nick name.  I have a friend who used to be NF0Z and
>>> he
>>> would sometimes identify as 9 5 0 0 and screw everybody up thinking he
>>> was
>>> a
>>> CB operator on the wrong frequency.  Don't pay cash is a friend here in
>>> Denver, Howard's pig farm, he's passed away long ago now, hot water
>>> pipes,
>>> Horses hind end, and many others that will likely come to mind.  Of
>>> course,
>>> as always, there are a few I can't repeat.  Want to add to the list?
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>> K0NX
>>