HR2.0 - YouTubers Bunch Discusses the ARRL, Part 2

Yea, I guess you’re not lit on current Internet lingo. To help get you woke, the 411 is information that is valid. Use Google on what “lit” and “woke” mean, homey. Lol

 

Hmm, you quoted my reply but your comments have little to no connection to it. Yes, most are aware of Hopgarten’s book, published criticism of the CAI-driven Imlay-Lisenco wording, and his election to the ARRL Board. I was against it, too, so I git my Senator to pull it from mark-up. No Board member involved or informed until I let my Director know after the fact when I resigned as Assistant Director. Later, I received an apology from multiple Board members and last January accepted reappointment to that Delta Division position. I’m much more impressed with the current Board and, especially, CEO Michel.

Carry on...

Frank

 

I confess my interest in deviations from standard English are limited (and limiting!) to the silliness that guitarists use. For example, their use of the words 'tone', and 'sick' and 'fat' (sic. 'phat') have so many variants you have to get them to be sufficiently articulate otherwise to discern the nuance and context.

I apologize, but 411, woke, lit, and so on, won't be entering my vocabulary with those meanings. I just don't anticipate using them in the coming years;-)

Absolutely nothing personal.

Of course, you may choose to combine any formants you want and ascribe their meaning , just don't assume all will follow the trail accurately.

73
Chip W1YW

 

Chip,

You don’t converse with young people, it sounds like. My 40 years as a professor has required me to stay tuned to those younger than me. Most people seem to understand me.

 

Pretty funny!

I am always amused when people 'project' themselves on ME.

No Frank. You are just incorrect on this.

Thanks for assuming I am mommy's little basement dweller;-)

We should compare notes someday on how our various students-- FROM BEING A PROFESSOR-- ended up.

Hmmm.. is two years old young enough for you? Six? 19? How about 22? 32? 45? These are typical ages of people I typically see and/or work with on a daily basis, of about, say, 50. I'd like to say they 'keep me young' but the fact is I don't feel old.

You may be too darned old for me to chat with Frank. I have an aversion to ossification, and I fear some 'oldsters' are so "bonied",'bro. Not sure where you stand there....(BTW, that's how some young people refer to 'boomers': you can teach it to your CLASSES as EDGY new SLANG for their daily use!)

For your philological bent, 'ossification' is the pejorative provenance of 'bonied'.

Capiche?

Chip W1YW

 

Hey Frank--

Just a reality check.

Go to google and look up '411' on the Zed.

See if you can find anyone here who has used '411' --with your meaning-- previously.

My search came up with an "empty set".

Looks like you are confusing audiences. I am hardly, it would seem, out of touch within this community by not being schooled in said slang.

Have a great Hanukkah! Time to get LIT!

73
Chip W1YW

 

Addendum--

Its important to take a look at the ARRL's 'ON THE AIR' magazine--really addresses a number of concerns for those just starting out. USEFUL info without 'dumbing down'.

Goes 'digital' on internet in a couple of weeks. (Early Jan 2020).

See:

http://www.arrl.org/on-the-air-magazine

73
Chip W1YW

 

The truth about the ARRL is they are a self serving, self promoting organization. As for the Parity Bill it was a huge fund raiser for the league. The Kevin Spacey movie 'Casino Jack' (2010) is on point. The big one is when Spacey as Jack Abramoff loses a key vote in the house. The secretary breaks the news and the office celebrates. The vote was close enough the fight went on and Jack Abramoff charged millions more for another vote.

Other big money making issue with the league was ARES. I'm still not sure if ARES is an organization or simply a "registry?" The way it appears to me each volunteer is not to an ARES volunteer but a volunteer to the "served agency." With the league not accepting any responsibility, liability or protections. Never understood why a list of registered volunteers needs a command structure and statistics of volunteer activity to other organizations.