a plank spanker is a guitar player.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
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From: "John Fitzgerald" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 1:48 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: so excited

> 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
>>
>>
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>> 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.
>>