Re: [IRCA] OT OT OT DX Genealogy OT OT OT

["Bill Harms" <wharms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How about setting up a moderated blog?  We could post things to it 
and carry on the discussion of old-time DXers there. Is there someone 
in our midst with the web publishing skills to accomplish this?  If 
not, my son is a web designer, perhaps I could persuade him to help.

Bill Harms

On 10 Mar 2007 at 13:14, Mike Hardester wrote:

> Patrick Martin wrote:
> >    By a couple of comments, I am feeling like we may be boring some of
> > the others on the list. I could go on and on going down memory lane.
> > This has been fun. But we don't want to run everyone else off either.
> > Maybe we should wind this down. But as I said, it has been a lot of fun.
> >   
> Patrick,
> 
>     I disagree. I have been doing family genealogy since the late 60's 
> -- probably about the time that I began to DX. In genealogy, it is 
> usually "easy" to locate an ancestor's date of birth and death, or at 
> least the years, place of birth/death, etc. Marriage dates, names of the 
> spouse and children can be located, but that tells us very little.
> 
>     For a moment, think about a parent, grandparent, sibling or other 
> relative you know. Forget the dates, locations and the like, but  
> describe the person  so  someone who never met the person can better 
> understand the person: hobbies, likes, dislikes, the serious side, the 
> funny side, military service experiences, etc.
> 
>     On March 4th, a well-known DXer had a birthday - I oopsed by not 
> mentioning it. Still, that's about the only personal thing I know about 
> the DXer.
> 
>     Another well known DXer has a fascination with electrical 
> sub-stations, and once worked on Bermuda. This oldster's birthday is in 
> May, and boy is he old...well, he's older than me. Although he says 
> little in person, his written word frequents these pages.
> 
>     Who is a long-time DXer, also well-known, that collects penguins?
> 
>     Here's a real tough one: who was a DXer, worked for a phone company 
> and was known to walk around his neighborhood (or elsewhere) and hit 
> power poles (the wooden type) with a baseball bat?
> 
>     My point is this -- facts and figures about a person are nice, but 
> that tells us virtually nothing about the person as a whole. We DO need 
> to preserve this for future generations.
> 
>     Comments, Mr. Krumudgeon?
> 
>           Mike
> 
> 
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