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On Sep 28, 2007, at 12:40 PM, ron wrote:
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 12:01 -0400, J. Crit Harley, MD, C.Ht. wrote:
For Sale: Ten Tec Argonaut V
[...] Shipped
to lower 48 for $725 (postal money order only). [...]
"lower 48??"
Ron, wb1hga
"the 516 is a keeper"
Did this come up here (or QRP-L?) recently? It's an odd phrase (when
you think about it) but it seems in common usage.
Geeks nitpick about it all the time
<http://zurich.ai.mit.edu/hypermail/thinkpad/2004-09/0247.html>
but it has a historical origin (from that brief period when the flag
had 49 stars **)
<http://zurich.ai.mit.edu/hypermail/thinkpad/2004-09/0251.html>
and the whole of that thread.
Obviously were are going to have to force people to use CONUS instead
or perhaps reclaim BC from those pesky VE7's :-)
** (for the humor-impaired) Yes, I know it never did.
Homer: (pointing to the US flag) Please identify this object.
Apu: It appears to be the flag that disappeared from the public
library last year.
Homer: Correct. Now, we all know the thirteen strips are for good
luck, but why does the American flag have precisely forty-seven stars?
Apu: Because this particular flag is ridiculously out of date! The
library must have purchased it during the brief period in 1912
after New Mexico became a state but before Arizona did!
Homer: Uh, partial credit.
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Kevin Purcell
kevinpurcell@pobox.com
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