*Flogging a dead horse* (alternatively *beating a dead horse*, or
*beating a dead dog* in some parts of the Anglophone
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-speaking_world> world) is an
idiom <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom> that means a particular
request or line of conversation is already foreclosed or otherwise
resolved, and any attempt to continue it is futile; or that to continue
in any endeavour (physical, mental, etc.) is a waste of time as the
outcome is already decided.
Yes !
That sums up Top Band for me, in a nutshell; On the air 61 years, and though
I have 200 countries on 8 bands, I'll never live to get 100 on 1.8 with a low
"stealth" antenna & immense noise-levels. I even need VK / ZL for WAC. But
then, every time I call CQ I get told this is MY frequency. Nevertheless, I
have PY and several Ws, who must have liquid-helium cooled beverages. But I
prefer English unpasteurised warmish beer...
73 - Mort, G2JL
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