Colin,

What is a plank spanker?  I envisioned a board walker who spends a geat
deal of their time on their backsides.

John KB5HCT
Muse, Oklahoma

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 10:48 PM, carolyn johnson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Amen to that, but I don't have a husband anymore. I wonder if my next one
> will say that?
>
> Carolyn Kj4vt
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Richard B McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 10:24 AM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: so excited
>
> > Beware the wife!  They are better than us : )
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:
> [log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Pat Byrne
> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 4:49 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: so excited
> >
> > And Scott,
> > My wife went from no license to Extra in under two years and always tells
> > me, when I go to Dayton to buy lots of stuff!  I've never missed a meal
> > and
> > when we did club Field Day she was about the best logger in the place.
> > And
> > at our house I am the laundry person so if there is nothing clean, it's
> on
> > me!!
> > Enjoy and encourage her.
> > Pat, K9JAUAt 09:37 PM 9/14/2014, you wrote:
> >>Scott =E2=80=93 You had better be careful about your wife becoming a =
> >>ham. Pretty soon she=E2=80=99ll take over the ham shack, operate the =
> >>equipment night and day, go for DX CC, become a county hunter, try for
> >>= WAS, etc. The dirty dishes will pile up in the sink, you
> >>won=E2=80=99t = have any clothes to wear cause they will all be in the
> >>dirty clothes and = you=E2=80=99ll waste away to nothing cause she will
> >>be too busy chasing = that rare DX, to fix you anything to eat.=20
> >>
> >>-Bob K6YBV
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>From: Scott kb0clz=20
> >>Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2014 11:00 AM
> >>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>Subject: so excited
> >>
> >>I joined the local amateur radio club here in my town.
> >>They are going to set me up with a radio and antenna Thursday so I=20
> >>don't have to use my handheld to get on the repeater and now that=20
> >>echolink is not working for me again.
> >>I can't wait,
> >>And something else, my wife says she wants to become a ham too.
> >>I'm excited about that too.
> >>Anyway, just wanted to share that news with you all.
> >>73
> >>Scott
> >>kb0clz
> >>p.s. They seem like very nice people too.
> >>
> >>Bob Ringwald
> >>Amateur (ham) Radio Station K 6 Y B V
> >>Fulton Street Jazz Band
> >>916/ 806-9551
> >>
> >>If God wanted me to touch my toes, he'd have put them on my knees.
>