[CQ-Contest] High-speed CW

[Joe]

Maybe I am not too "Normal" for I also remember all that stuff too.  
Maybe I'm  somewhat like that condition like May Lou Henner and that new 
TV show Unforgettable.

http://www.cbs.com/shows/unforgettable/

While i am not that perfect in memory,  But everything you describe i 
remember, and  a thousand times more even less important.  Stuff as 
stupid and meaningless as getting lost on the expressways in Chicago one 
late night like at 3 am and taking the nearest off ramp to try to get 
directions and end up in one of the baddest south side neighbor hood 
there was in the early 70's, to stuff as simple as sitting under a tree 
fishing./

Joe WB9SBD

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On 11/11/2011 11:10 AM, Timothy Coker wrote:
>
> That's cool, a great story, commendable, and probably what details all 
> should remember. However, I was 11 years old and honestly don't 
> remember all that about when I passed the novice exam. I vaguely 
> remember the test session. I do remember how happy I was to be mailed 
> my current call sign when I passed my tech a month or so later.
>
> Nothing taken away from the details of your memory, but I don't think 
> everyone has such a great memory about their hobby... some would argue 
> it's more important to remember their family matters or career matters...
>
> I'm in the same boat with how much the hobby is on my mind. I am 
> reminded all the time by my wife to balance my interest in contesting 
> with other life commitments.
>
> My point is that the guy who can't remember his year of license isn't 
> wrong in anyway. He just has other points of detail on his mind.
>
> 73, Tim /N6WIN.
>
> On Nov 11, 2011 6:39 AM, "Joe" <nss at mwt.net <mailto:nss at mwt.net>> wrote:
>
>     When I read comments like this it totally flabbergasts me.  When I got
>     my ticket in September of 1975, it is a day I will never ever forget
>     till the day I die,  (unless i get Alzheimer's or something like that)
>     Is the getting your ticket that low of importance that you can not
>     even
>     remember what year?
>     Not only do I remember the year, 1975,  but the month, September, and
>     the Date, it was the 15th,  And a Monday.
>
>     It was a dull gray overcast day probably in the 50's, I still remember
>     opening the mailbox and finding that envelope. Opening it right
>     then and
>     there, and yelling YEAH!!!!
>
>     Then I immediately got in my car and drove to my buddies house (we
>     took
>     our novice test the same day) And I guess illegally looked in his
>     mailbox and found the same envelope.  I placed the front of it against
>     the glass of his door and rang the doorbell.
>
>     When he opened the door I will also never forget his expression
>     when he
>     saw that envelope.  There isn't a drug out there that could have made
>     either of us any higher than getting those envelopes that day.
>
>     How anyone can not remember this stuff just baffles me.
>
>     Joe  ex WN9SBD  Now WB9SD
>
>     On 11/10/2011 1:51 PM, Scott Monks wrote:
>     > I
>     > am not a new ham-licensed “around” 1986 (since I’ve long lost my
>     original
>     > license I don’t know actual year and there is no easy place to
>     find actual
>     > date!!).
>
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