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Re: [WriteLog] Percieved nasty whining

To: Mike Valentine - W8MM <mike@valentine.org>, <w5xd@writelog.com>,<writelog@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Percieved nasty whining
From: Paul Dorey <wn6k@wn6k.cts.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:20:14 -0400 (EDT)
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Mike, Wayne and the reflector:

But WHAT doesn't get mentioned enough is thet the complaints are a minority 
(most of us are too dumb (computer wise I guess) to know 'we have a problem' so 
we just bumble along in life having a great time.

WN6K, Paul

---- Mike Valentine - W8MM <mike@valentine.org> wrote:
>
> Wayne,
> 
> Thanks for taking the time to reply to me personally.
> 
> I can well imagine that ham radio may be less appealing than it once was for
> you.  I had a time when I worked for the R.L. Drake Company when I began to
> actually hate hams, in general.  It was a combination of over-exposure as
> well as a collection of frustrating incidents with "know-it-all" (but they
> really didn't) customers during my years of tenure working in the Hamvention
> booth for Drake that caused it for me.
> 
> It took me a long time to get over it, maybe six or eight years.  But I am
> over it long ago, having gained a new perspective, and am able to enjoy our
> great hobby again.  I hope any disappointments you may encounter don't last
> nearly as long.
> 
> I'm sorry if I contributed to any feelings of malaise.  Probably most of
> your customers wish only for a combination of easy to use and helpful
> features, which is so much easier to say than it is to do.
> 
> Good luck with your pursuits and I wish you all the best in life.
> 
> Cheers and dx,
> 
> Mike
> 
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--
WN6K - Paul E. Dorey
Vista, CA  92084 


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