Rag Chew Central versus Elmer's Corner

[K4KYV]

Maybe because it uses that dumb-sounding expression "elmering" instead of the more intelligent sounding real English word mentoring.

[G0GQK]

Rag Chew Pothole, ha ha ha. That made me laugh, and I needed one today.
Incidentally, whats that dangly thing in the corner ? It looks like something diseased from somebody's body.

G0GQK

[G4FUT]

As an OT from the UK,
What is an ELMER????
And what is its origin?

[KD7MSC]

As an OT from the UK,
What is an ELMER????
And what is its origin?

It's the glue that holds everything together.

[KD7MSC]

As an OT from the UK,
What is an ELMER????
And what is its origin?

The way I see it an Elmer is like a Journeyman that helps and teaches the apprentice.

[AE1PT]

As an OT from the UK,
What is an ELMER????
And what is its origin?

Here you go, from the ARRL:

http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/mentor/

[G4FUT]

Thanks guys. Another item added to my education.

[WA4BRL]

...first appeared in QST in a March 1971...

Wow. Thay was right about the time I took my Novice test -- late March or early April of '71. I was being elmered by Bob Ackerman, my Physics teacher and Amateur Radio club sponsor. I received the license in late June, right after completing 11th grade.

[AF6LJ]

Maybe they've been relegated to a corner because they need a shower or a bath?

No;
That is where the chalk board, calculator and reference books are.

If they were in the middle of things we would have to take up a collection for stands for the chalk boards.

[AF6LJ]

This just started out ugly, and is going downhill from there !

IB4TL !

I think the thread can be rehabilitated.