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1. [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Walker" <jim@walkersdomain.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 11:03:08 -0600
A few years ago, someone (a ham) sent a story around, actually a joke someone put together having to do with a ham climbing a tower, the climber falling..only to meet the toolbag halfway down, etc. I
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00084.html (7,607 bytes)

2. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:18:31 -0800
a variant on the old "barrel of bricks" story, no doubt? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.co
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00085.html (7,832 bytes)

3. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: Alan NV8A <nv8a@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:40:01 -0500
Gerard Hoffnung's version of it was played from time to time on BBC Radio WIWAL: http://www.bluegum.com/Humour/Assorted/bricks.html 73 Alan NV8A _______________________________________________ ______
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00086.html (8,214 bytes)

4. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: "Fernando EC1CT" <ec1ct@esbesaya.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 18:15:39 +0100
Was it related to a claim for an insurance company?????.....saw it somewhere on Internet long time ago but canīt remember where. 73 Fernando EC1CT // KD0IGJ E-Mail: ec1ct@esbesaya.com KR DX Group ___
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00087.html (8,618 bytes)

5. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 10:07:40 -0800
This man was in an accident and was therefore required to fill out an insurance claim form. The insurance company contacted him and asked for additional information. This was his response: "I am writ
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00088.html (10,707 bytes)

6. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Walker" <jim@walkersdomain.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 12:33:57 -0600
That's the one. Thanks This man was in an accident and was therefore required to fill out an insurance claim form. The insurance company contacted him and asked for additional information. This was h
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00090.html (11,356 bytes)

7. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: "Larry stowell" <lclarks@nc.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 13:43:42 -0500
I heard the story back in the 70's at the Rochester, NY Hamfest. Old man Mosley was giving an antenna talk and told it with a wooden barrel being pulled up a tower to put all the pieces of antenna in
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00091.html (10,128 bytes)

8. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: "David Kozinn, K2DBK" <dkozinn@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 13:55:07 -0500
Mythbusters did a piece of this a couple of years ago. That piece was based on what I think was the original myth (guy with bricks on roof), but it's still fun to watch: http://www.yourdiscovery.com/
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00092.html (11,305 bytes)

9. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:00:58 -0800
interesting.. the voice over (in a UK accent) describes a 10 meter high structure while the drawing says 30 ft... _______________________________________________ _____________________________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00093.html (8,864 bytes)

10. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: "David Kozinn, K2DBK" <dkozinn@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 14:21:34 -0500
I noticed that, plus they refer to weights in kgs. I didn't dig into it, but I assume this is the "UK edit" version. 73, David, K2DBK k2dbk.com k2dbk.blogspot.com ____________________________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00094.html (9,384 bytes)

11. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: "Tommy Alderman" <aldermant@windstream.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 14:49:43 -0500
Yes - I think I recall what you are talking about, but I think it was a brick layer who was working up high and he was trying to describe to his insurance company everything that went wrong as he was
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00095.html (9,313 bytes)

12. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:02:13 -0500
That's pretty close ... converts to 32 1/2 feet. 73 Roger (K8RI) _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@conte
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00098.html (9,405 bytes)

13. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:58:14 -0800
Yes, and doesn't have spurious accuracy. The scaffold is "about 30 feet high" and also "about 10 meters high"... (although remembering that 15 meters is very close to 50 feet is handy) ______________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00099.html (9,842 bytes)

14. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: n8de@thepoint.net
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:38:28 -0500
Well .... 32 feet 9.7 inches to be correct. 73 Don N8DE _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00101.html (10,626 bytes)

15. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 15:36:14 -0600
So the killjoy at the end is telling how the first record of the story was in a 1918 joke book. What makes it funny is not that it's not true, but that it has a kernel of truth as those of us who hav
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00102.html (9,631 bytes)

16. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: Alan NV8A <nv8a@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:42:19 -0500
When VK-land changed from the Imperial system of weights and measures to the Metric system (which they did by stages, with gasoline being sold by the litre from a certain date, lumber sizes becoming
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00109.html (10,323 bytes)

17. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke (score: 1)
Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:03:33 -0500
Neglecting round off errors in your calculator<:-)) But those are a lot smaller than they used to be with 8 bit processors. 73 Roger (K8RI) _______________________________________________ ___________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00123.html (10,997 bytes)

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