Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

@Laplantgenetics All true. 😂

@rhaen Exactly. FT8 and similar modes is two computers communicating. It's interesting to show what's possible with radio but there's no skill involved and quickly becomes boring and silly to waste your time on. This is just my opinion, of course. (I was into FT8 and FT4 for about six months before I realized I was wasting my time on a technological curiosity.)

@rhaen No doubt. Well, I say tough. I like RTTY, PSK31, and Hellschreiber. Oh, and CW of course. ;-) I guess that makes me an old-fashioned curmudgeon.

@ButterflyLaChoi I'm old and do remember her. I wish I didn't.

@NanoRaptor From the days when medications actually worked. Ahem.

@Giliell @christa @sohan Yes, and it's a spiral that's hard to reverse.

People know that accident statistics clearly show that the heavier vehicle usually wins in an accident. And makers of SUVs emphasize this, pointing out the thickness of the doors and how many layers of steel there are, etc. My friend's Hyundai Palisade SUV is like that. She has a 1 year old insulated in a crash-proof child seat in the middle of the vehicle and the doors are like a foot thick. It's a huge SUV yet passenger space is cramped because of all the armor around you. This is going to be difficult to undo because people want to protect themselves and their children, and they're driven by fear. Economical operation isn't even part of the equation.

@Free_Press He's an idiot.

@Laplantgenetics Back when my wife and I kept chickens we also kept a few geese. Geese don't play. Lol.

@rhaen I'm a CW guy and yes, QRP is fun and adequate most of the time. For DXing, not so much. Path loss over an 8,000 mile circuit is usually high. And if you're after rare DX, there's always a pileup. However, 100 watts is usually sufficient if you're persistent and use good tactics. I haven't run legal limit for almost 30 years and don't miss it.

@Giliell @christa @sohan I see this all the time here in West Virginia and I asked people about it. They want as much steel between them and other people as possible. They'd drive a main battle tank if they could.

@lovelylovely Well, "Florida Man" implies that there must be a "Florida Woman".

@sohan Don't worry. The Chinese will fill that need before long and US automakers will miss the boat again. The Arizona desert will be filled with unsold 6 ton SUVs.