Return-Path: Received: from mtain-mg02.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-mg02.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.96.202]) by air-db03.mail.aol.com (v129.10) with ESMTP id MAILINDB034-86974dcdbf6e13b; Fri, 13 May 2011 19:31:58 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-mg02.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 00145380000AB; Fri, 13 May 2011 19:31:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1QL1oo-0001sH-7a for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sat, 14 May 2011 00:30:50 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1QL1on-0001s8-Ok for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 14 May 2011 00:30:49 +0100 Received: from imr-ma03.mx.aol.com ([64.12.206.41]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1QL1ol-0005YE-6e for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 14 May 2011 00:30:49 +0100 Received: from mtaout-da01.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-da01.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.51.129]) by imr-ma03.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id p4DNUgp1006233 for ; Fri, 13 May 2011 19:30:42 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.68] (unknown [92.6.232.230]) by mtaout-da01.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPA id 9B1BDE00011E for ; Fri, 13 May 2011 19:30:41 -0400 (EDT) From: g4gvw To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org In-Reply-To: References: <001801cc1195$8c5239a0$0401a8c0@xphd97xgq27nyf> Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 00:30:33 +0100 Message-ID: <1305329433.6340.7.camel@pat-compaq-evo> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: Re: Ofcom Update: GPS Jamming Message Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d60ca4dcdbf6c0e19 X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none Good lord! Roger, You actually allow Memsahib input to the guidance of your conveyance? They actually have little ability in the spatial awareness requirement area. 'Tis a proven fact! Have you ever "studied" a quilt? Absolutely no resemblance to any sort of map or chart that would get a chap anywhere. Sort of thing best left to chaps like Mal. On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 22:35 +0200, John Rabson wrote: > On 13 May 2011, at 22:04CEST, Roger Lapthorn wrote: > > > I've just finished reading "The Railway Man" by Eric Lomax, a > > must-read book about his imprisonment and torture by the Japanese in > > WW2 and his later meeting and forgiving his torturer. It had me in > > floods of tears I was so moved. It was amazing what these guys did > > to be able to receive an allied signal from the depths of the jungle > > with next to nothing to hand. > > > I once worked with Sgt Len Beckett who had been an FEPOW. When he was > a prisoner it was his job to crank the generator with which their > clandestine radio was powered. He received additional rations to give > him the energy to do so. > > > He never talked about this period of his life. The information about > his activities I got from G3HJL who worked in the same lab but was > even more circumspect about his wartime activities. > > > John > F5VLF/G3PAI -- 73 es gd dx de pat g4gvw qth nr felixstowe uk (east coast, county of suffolk)