[RTTY] Say What - tocilo?

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See, who says that Ham Radio isn't educational.

from now on...'deaf as a tocilo' is in my vocabulary...
or until my near senile old brain forgets....




On 9/10/2007 8:33:39 PM, Andrei Stchislenok (asnp3d at gmail.com) wrote:
> This is a cyrilic word - same meaning in Russian - "Tochilo" - the stone
> where you are sharpening your knifes or blades :)
>
> 73's Andrei
>
>
> 2007/9/10, Richard Kriss <aa5vu at sbcglobal.net>:
> >
> > I noticed the following on the AR-Cluster this morning
> >
> > > DX de 4O4A: 14002.0  BA8AG        deaf as a tocilo            BY 1401Z
> > YU
> >
> > and wondered what was a tocilo?
> >
> > Ken, KM5R, provided.... According to 
> > (http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1485658),
> > it
> > is Serbian for "slipstone", a "small whetstone that is rounded or
> > tapered".
> > So, I think he's
> saying that BA8AG is as deaf as a rock.
> >
> > 73 Dick AA5VU
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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