I used to braille the cw exam and then they would let us type it up.  Mine
ended up being perfect and I was about to wrip up the braille copy but the
examiner wanted to keep it hi hi.  Thought that was funny but guess he liked
what I did.  

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Subject: Re: fcc exams

When I took my extra, I had it in Braille.  I brailed out the CW, and read
it back to the examiners.  One of the guys said "you forgot to read the
punctuation" so I had to read it again.  Made one mistake in 5 minutes of
code, listening and writing at 20 WPM.
It was the last 20 WPM code test ever given in Milwaukee.  I hear the theory
is harder now than it was then.
I was proud to have my only real radio skill validated and appreciated.
I did the General in the same way, going down from Green Bay to Chicago, in
1967.  I think that was the only over night trip in my life that was just me
and my Dad.  We stayed at his only Brother's house.
My Dad never understood radio, but he was sure proud of me that day.  He saw
I did something that many of the adults in the room had failed to do.