Subj : Re: CW Got The Job
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Ed Vance
Date : Sat Aug 24 2019 18:33:00

08-18-19 00:02 Daryl Stout wrote to All about CW Got The Job
Howdy! Daryl,

I just saw this message.

I LIKED IT!

VERY MUCH!


 DS> @MSGID: <5D5921B4.293.ilhamrad@capitolcityonline.net>
 DS> Dit- a diddle dot dit.

 DS> A friend forwarded this interesting story. Source unknown. de Tom N4KG

 DS> Back when the telegraph was the fastest method of long-distance
 DS> communication, a young man applied for a job as a Morse Code operator.
 DS> Answering an ad in the newspaper, he went to the office address that
 DS> was listed. When he arrived, he entered a large, busy office filled
 DS> with noise and clatter, including the sound of the telegraph in the
 DS> background. A sign on the receptionist's counter instructed job
 DS> applicants to fill out a form, and wait until they were summoned to
 DS> enter the inner office.
-SNIP-
 DS> The employer said, "I'm sorry, but the last several minutes while
 DS> you've been sitting here, the telegraph has been ticking out the
 DS> following message in Morse Code: 'If you understand this message,
 DS> then come right in. The job is yours." None of you heard it or
 DS> understood it. This young man did. The job is his.

 DS> CW IS!

73 de Ed W9ODR       .  .


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