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Created:	Wed Nov 15 1989
Last Modified:	Wed Dec 31 1969

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62.0. "Buying equipment." by PEKING::NASHD (Whatever happened to Capt. Beaky?) Thu Jan 04 1990 08:35

    This problem cannot be restricted to me. When I want to buy any
    equipment I save my money and just as I get close to having enough
    something happens and I have to spend it; my wife cannot understand
    why I want to "waste" my money buying equipment anyway, when I have
    been issued with RAF recommended equipment, "Surely they know best"
    she says.
    Yet, she'll spend money on clothes, gifts or domestic items and
    not think about it.
    I'm not looking for any magical solutions, I just wondered if anyone
    else has the same problem.
    
    Dave

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
62.1	Not another one those ugly radios!?!	DOCSRV::STARIN	My other ham shack is a Gooneybird	`Thu Jan 04 1990 14:23`	12
	Re .0: While not exactly related, my wife cannot understand why I have to keep bringing home all those ugly green or black military surplus radios that I do....when I comment that it's my hobby and that she enjoys buying pewter and the like, her comment is, "But it's for the house!" Oh well..... Mark RMC USNR
62.2	Come in Rangoon!!!	USADEC::WHYNOT	SK2 - USNR	`Thu Jan 04 1990 16:57`	23
	Hey Chief....I got this radio from my father in law, who picked it up from who knows where... He said it came out of a tank...It definetly looks WWII vintage... How'd ya like ta take a look at it and tell me if its fixable, usable, etc...He claimed to have picked up some signals years ago. I'll try to get some numbers off of it... You do know something about radios don't ya?? Happy New Year Chief... sw
62.3	tit for tat	PHENIX::TARMEY		`Thu Jan 04 1990 17:59`	5
	RE: .1 But Chief, your "other house" is a Gooney Bird! Sounds the same to me. Bill T.
62.4	Sounds like an interesting radio	DOCSRV::STARIN	My other ham shack is a Gooneybird	`Thu Jan 04 1990 18:47`	19
	Re .2: Sure, Steve, I'd be glad to look at it. If it's a receiver and it's the one I think it is, I may already have the matching transmitter. I guess it's safe to say I know enough about radios to be dangerous! :) :) :) Re .3: Ha ha....airedale humor! :) :) :) BTW, Bill, did you get my mail message on the advancement topic we were discussing earlier? Happy New Year to all hands from da Chief Mark RMC USNR