Uncle Ted:

Your point is well taken, and I do believe a variety of "tools" have been
used to discourage new membership, and in subversive ways. Strange it has
worked so well for so long. But in the end, when the pathetic end of all
this is examined, it is hard not to see what has been occurring.

John

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:53:31 -0400, Uncle Ted wrote:

On 9 Aug 2005 20:35:08 -0700, "b.b." wrote:


John, Extra Bruce/WA8ULX is somehow simultaneously a brilliant test
taker and a functional illiterate. The comments posted here earlier
look like a page out of his playbook. I'm sure he's not alone in his
Extraness and stupidity, and willingness to sabotage the U.S. amateur
radio service. $0.02. bb

At my company, there was a maintenance supervisor who was as stubborn
and illiterate as Bruce. You either did things his way, or he would
write you up for insubordination. Often times, his way would involve
unsafe acts that violated safety practices and OSHA regulations. For
whatever reason, he didn't think such rules applied to the people
working under him. (Fortunately, he was put in his place for this
before someone got hurt, and started abiding by safety procedures.)

The best part about this guy was the shift reports that he'd write.
These were e-mailed to an intranet list server, and many people,
including company executives, received them. The reports were full of
spelling errors, terrible grammar, and looked like they were written
by a second grader. Yet, no one cared or did anything about this
because the man had been with the company for so long. It was more of
a joke than anything else.

Even though the shift reports were internal, I had often wondered what
would have happened if a customer would have seen some of these
reports. Would they still shrug it off easily if they knew such an
ignoramus was costing them money? Would they think it was such a big
joke when they started losing orders? It's the same with Bruce. Do the
newcomers to amateur radio see Bruce's rants, and think, "If this is
what amateur radio has among its ranks, I want no part of it." Most of
us ignore Bruce, or see him as a joke. However, his incomprehensible
ramblings and insults against "CB Plussers" brand him as a hypocrite
and a disgrace far beyond the people he derides, and that certainly is
no joke.