REAL men buy their wire in dingy, dusty, dirty electronic surplus stores.

REAL men build their own equipment from World War II surplus parts purchased in that surplus electronic surplus store.

REAL men take their wives with them to help them rummage through the old surplus capacitors, reisitors, tubes, and switches, and help them carry 100 pounds of junk out of the store.

REAL men love the smell or solder rosin.

REAL men have a HAM radio set stored somewhere in their house.

REALLY RUGGED MEN have several of them stacked in their living room.

REAL men make their wives climb their radio tower to aim their antennas for them.

REAL men have TUBE TESTERS.

[This message has been edited by soundhound (edited January 01, 2003).]