Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12515 invoked from network); 28 Jan 2001 05:37:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by 10.226.25.101 with SMTP; 28 Jan 2001 05:37:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 9770 invoked from network); 28 Jan 2001 05:41:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior with SMTP; 28 Jan 2001 05:41:23 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14MkQl-0006Xz-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sun, 28 Jan 2001 05:31:15 +0000 Received: from ds-img-4.compuserve.com ([149.174.206.137] helo=spdmgaad.compuserve.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14MkQk-0006Xu-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 28 Jan 2001 05:31:14 +0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by spdmgaad.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.9) id AAA13372 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 28 Jan 2001 00:30:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 00:30:09 -0500 From: "'Geri' Kinzel, DK8KW" Subject: LF: Movies/CW To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Message-ID: <200101280030_MC2-C35B-CD6D@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Steve, W3EEE wrote: >Don't get me wrong here - I'm a CW dude through and through, and love movies - but you should be aware that your cinema/morse analogy is on >somewhat shaky ground. ... well, why not try some other analogies then: isn't it much more convenient to step into a plain to cross the atlantic from Europe to America? So why do people use sailing boats for that trip? Havn't the Wright brothers invented motor-driven air plains nearly hundred years ago? Why do people still fly around in gliding plains every weekend? Some even use a hot-air balloon! Why use a bicycle when I could use a car? Why ride a horse? ... I think all those people have some of the same sense behind their activities as those who like to use good old Morse code to communicate! Best 73 Geri, DK8KW (W1KW)