Hi all: 

I just read Howard's posting regarding someone to grow up, suck it up and be thankful you got a radio and antennas and such. 
I haven't been really following the thread because, quite frankly, I wasn't interested in the constant postings regarding the iPhone and reader, or accessible transceivers and the like. Simply I really didn't have anything to add on the subject of the US tower and so on. 
I think though its time that the list owner get it together and start moderating this list or turn it over to an individual or group who can. We don't need people offending each other on this list and we also don't need the constant non ham radio related subject which seems to be drowning the radio subject of this list. I posted some help to the Yahoo FT-102 user group when I 1ST got my rig and an individual in Hungry, who's well known in DX circles bashed the Hell out of me because I was explaining to another fellow lister my vision loss and the tools I had at my disposal to use the 102 and what I could see and what I couldn't. Well this well known DXer more or less proclaimed that I was someone, A using my blindness as a crutch and B, I was someone who had just walked into a lawn mowing store looking to buy the shoes off the salesmen's feet because they wouldn't sell me shoes. LOL 
That idiot was band from the list pronto. So I think its high time that someone or someones, start doing the same and get control of this list. I'm not saying that all non HR related activity be band because technology and situations can be used as guide lines to different aspects in our lives but it does need to be lidded somewhat. 
Just my thoughts, hope to catch some of you on the air this weekend. 

73: 
Mike VO1AX