.... the writing is on the wall, the figures are good enough for a
mathematician to hold as truth, the president of ARRL and FCC knows
it... still, denial is a powerful thing...

John

"bb" wrote in message
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wrote:
Here's an update on the "when will FCC drop Element 1?" pool.

Note how almost everyone's date, including mine, has already
passed:

WA2SI: September 13, 2003
KF6TPT: September 29, 2003
KC8EPO: December 31, 2003
K2UNK: January 1, 2004
K2ASP: March 15, 2004
AA2QA: April 1, 2004
N2EY: April 15, 2004
N3KIP: May 1, 2004
KC8PMX: July 1, 2004
WA2ISE: August 1, 2004
K3LT: September 15, 2004
WK3C: December 30, 2004
N4PGW:May 22, 2005
N8UZE: July 1, 2005
AB2RC: July 1, 2007
KB3EIA: July 5, 2007
W5TIT: June 1, 2008

Anybody want to add a prediction? If so, the "rolling rule" (thanks
Dee, N8UZE) applies:

If your prediction on this list is a year or more in the past, you
can
add a new one.

At this point N3KIP and everyone before him can add a new prediction.
All predictions stay on the list.

73 de Jim, N2EY

Not interested then. Not interested now. Your strangle hold on the
amateur service may not end until the actuarial tables kick in, but
they will end.

John Smith wrote:
... the writing is on the wall, the figures are good enough for a
mathematician to hold as truth, the president of ARRL and FCC knows
it... still, denial is a powerful thing...

John

I never once considered the actuarial tables as something to look
forward to, but the ARS has changed all that for me. Now the actuarial
tables are to be celebrated. Change will come to the ARS, eventually.