My da (W4MWO, IIRC?) told the story of how, when he was in the Navy, there was this one hotshot keyer out there who would bust out a stream of Morse .... Dad didn't say, but it was fast enough damn few people could read him. And so often the reply was sent: .. -- .. (IMI, or "would y'all run that back by here again, and this time say it like it *matters*)?
Finally Dad got sick and tired of this, and decided he'd fix this bastard. He produced a Vibroplex Blue Racer and clipped it across the Navy-issue straight key's terminals, and cut lose with a stream of dah-dits at some ridiculous speed.... and waited a few seconds...
".. -- .."
After that Mr. Hotshot held it to something just a wee bit more reasonable. :)
waitaminit... I SEE WHAT YOU DID THAR!!!
Y'see, that song was sung to smlmendedcorner and I by the Lady Bard herself mere hours before she (Kim) proposed to me...
o/~ And the organ played "Here Comes The Bride" (SING!) Dah-dit-dit-dit, dah-dit-dit-dit, dah-di-dah-dit. o/~
Being as the making of the video to that song was the event that got us together.... You could say Morse is just a little special to us. :)
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Finally Dad got sick and tired of this, and decided he'd fix this bastard. He produced a Vibroplex Blue Racer and clipped it across the Navy-issue straight key's terminals, and cut lose with a stream of dah-dits at some ridiculous speed.... and waited a few seconds...
".. -- .."
After that Mr. Hotshot held it to something just a wee bit more reasonable. :)
waitaminit... I SEE WHAT YOU DID THAR!!!
Y'see, that song was sung to
o/~ And the organ played "Here Comes The Bride"
(SING!) Dah-dit-dit-dit, dah-dit-dit-dit, dah-di-dah-dit. o/~
Being as the making of the video to that song was the event that got us together.... You could say Morse is just a little special to us. :)