That brings back memories of "beer ballgames" in the Navy.
We would get a keg and have a softball game with the losing team paying for
the beer. By the 5th inning, we didn't much care who bought the beer. Now
THAT was a contest!
-----Original Message-----
From: vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Nate Duehr
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 6:24 PM
To: VHF Contesting eMail Remailer
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] VUAC & roving resurected reply
On Aug 18, 2007, at 2:44 PM, frank bechdoldt wrote:
> Furthermore, the QSO parties would be more of a party if you drank
> a beer every time you worked a new grid.
What? We've been doing this for years! Did we do something wrong?
Of course, this leads to contacts that go something like...
"You're 59 New Jersey..." "Ahhh, condolences on the New Jersey, old
man... you're 59 Colorado! We'll have another round of Scotch in
your honor."
Oh... wait... that's Field Day. :-)
> It seems its field day thats truely for fun/ education/ practice
> and its why I contest its lable as a contest under the contest
> calender. Its a yearly special event. There should be a bit of
> field day fun in every contest!
Mmmm... Amen. Pass the Sheep Dip.
> This e-mail is an attempt at humor and does not not reflect the
> views or inteligence of the reflector, Arrl members, VUAC or even
> the Author himself.
Ditto.
Have fun y'all... life only seems serious until the weekends when you
have good friends and plenty of radios to share and play with! :-)
--
Nate Duehr, WY0X
nate@natetech.com
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