----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Chadwick" <Peter.Chadwick@zarlink.com>
To: "Amps@contesting.com" <amps@contesting.com>; <EVonvaltie@aol.com>;
"'Richard'" <2@mail.vcnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 9:36 AM
Subject: RE: [Amps] SV572 vs 811A
> Rich said:
>
> >P. J. O'Rourke said that giving a gov't bureaucrat power is like
giving a
> >teenguy car-keys and whisky.
>
> I know a number of teens that would cause less problem given car keys
and whisky
> than would gov't bureaucrats given power!
Peter G3RZP responded:
>
> Just thank your lucky stars that you guys in the US haven't got
anything like
> the EU Commission.
Even the Atlantic Ocean hasn't managed to isolate us from the actions of
the EU Commission. Technical specifications for the proper curvature
and size for an acceptable banana!!!
It must give Europeans a warm fuzzy feeling to know that they are being
protected from the dangers posed by an improperly shaped piece of fruit.
8*)
Ken K4XL
k4xl@arrl.net
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