<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:14pt">I am not sure what "boatanchors@puck.nether.net" is - I haven't seen that <br>address before, but let me say this - MIKE is a great guy and very humble.<br>If there was some misunderstanding, then I truly hope everyone is being tolerant <br>of one another.<br><div> <br>Remember this is a HOBBY first and foremost and we are all trying to help one another.<br><font style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" size="4"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">FOR FASTER RESPONSE, Please use my main e-mail </span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">address: af4k@hotmail.com</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times
new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">73 - Brian "Bry" Carling, AF4K</span></font><br></div><br><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "doc@kd4e.com" <doc@kd4e.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Kludge <wh7hg.hi@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> boatanchors@puck.nether.net<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sat, January 22, 2011 12:42:23 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Boatanchors] Apology and eating crow<br></font><br>
I didn't notice anything unusual, though sometimes we play a little<br>rough on some of the lists, most don't take it personally as everyone<br>has a rough day and lets off steam now and then.<br><br>It takes a big man to fess-up and ask forgiveness, so kudos to you<br>my friend!<br><br>It has been a couple of decades since I visited Hawaii, it was<br>interesting but not a place I would choose to live, largely due to<br>some of the factors you mentioned.<br><br>You are carrying some personal loads that would crush other men;<br>stay the course and please continue to bless us with your unique<br>technical knowledge and your most-usual words of encouragement!<br><br>73, doc<br><br>> I would like to apologize to everyone for my behavior a few months ago.<br>> It was reprehensible and shameful, and I am truly sorry. There was and<br>> is no excuse for it.<br>><br>> By way of explanation but not excuse, basically it was a meltdown
that<br>> started in arc5 & milsurplus on <a target="_blank" href="http://qth.net">qth.net</a> and ended a month or two later<br>> in boatanchors on the same list server. Between my own psychiatric and<br>> physical issues and Noelle’s, I’ve been under an ever increasing amount<br>> of pressure with no relief except seeing my therapist but I haven’t had<br>> that luxury except rarely due to scheduling issues. Two things have<br>> happened since. First, my shrink changed my med load which seems to be<br>> helping some and some progress is finally being made vis-à-vis my leg.<br>> I have to admit that the word “amputate”, which the doctors involved<br>> have been bandying about doesn’t set well but it is at least something<br>> and it’s better than nothing.<br>><br>> Something I shall continue to do is take shots at Hawaii. Part of the<br>> local culture is to laugh at
ourselves. It’s like me calling myself a<br>> lolo haole except at a wider level. As far as literacy goes, we have<br>> one of the worst educational systems in the country (2nd or 3rd, as I<br>> recall) and probably the most useless Department of Education anywhere.<br>> Our government actively discourages new business here, depending on<br>> tourism (and taxing tourists in ever increasing increments while doing<br>> so) and the military to supply the state’s income. Add in a population<br>> that’s small and primarily service oriented and there’s little basis for<br>> any sort of a tech base.<br>><br>> In a nutshell, that’s Hawaii. And I’m going to continue to take shots<br>> at it because I live here and it’s part of the culture. And I’ll<br>> continue to portray myself as a “grass shack living tree-climber” with<br>> the intellect of a gnat because that is Hawaii
as well. And I’ll be<br>> sitting here grinning like an idiot all the while, hoping people will<br>> laugh along with me.<br>><br>> Now, I’ve never been much of a contributor anywhere. A raiser of<br>> questions and a misunderstander of answers, yes. Contributor, not so<br>> much. This has historically been true in these three lists and was in<br>> the three previously mentioned. (In point of fact, if anyone were to<br>> mention my name in any of the previously mentioned ones, the response<br>> would be, “Who?”) Since I haven’t suddenly grown an IQ, I doubt this<br>> will change a lot, especially with the amped up med load. But I shall<br>> try very, very hard to behave in a far more civilized manner and hope<br>> someone will head me off if I start drifting again.<br>><br>> Again, my deepest and most humble apologies for my behavior.<br>><br>> A revised
copy of this will be going to a small group via private email<br>> as well.<br>><br>> Mahalo nui loa for your attention.<br>><br>> Best regards,<br>><br>> Michael, WH7HG BL01xh<br><span>> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx">http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx</a></span><br>><br><span>> <a target="_blank" href="http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/">http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/</a></span><br><span>> <a target="_blank" href="http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com">http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com</a></span><br><span>> <<a target="_blank" href="http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com/">http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com/</a>></span><br>> Hiki Nô!<br><br>-- <br><br>Thanks! & 73, KD4E<br><span>David Colburn <a target="_blank" href="http://kd4e.com">http://kd4e.com</a></span><br><span>Have an <a target="_blank"
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