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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Oh those carbon element telephones! I have had one in use as a backup for at least 15 years. It works when nothing else does. I rescued it from a laboratory. It sat in storage until contamination decayed for 15 half-lives (2<sup>15</sup>)<sup> </sup>, then I brought it home. Would not part with it!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>George<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> 450 [mailto:450-bounces@lists.vhfwiki.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Busino<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 16, 2015 4:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> 450@lists.vhfwiki.com; WA1WK@kc1wj.com; 144. 450 Mailing List <450@lists.vhfwiki.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [450] My OLD callsign plate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>As you all know, I don't much dig change either. I like blue plates, carbon element telephones, etc.<br><br>Curmudgeon. Stick in the mud. Relic. Dinosaur. Bob.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>: "John Foege" <<a href="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com">john.foege@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Sent</b>: Sunday, August 16, 2015 3:45 PM<br><b>To</b>: <a href="mailto:WA1WK@kc1wj.com">WA1WK@kc1wj.com</a>, "144. 450 Mailing List" <<a href="mailto:450@lists.vhfwiki.com">450@lists.vhfwiki.com</a>><br><b>Subject</b>: Re: [450] My OLD callsign plate.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Wow. I love that! Im a huge fan of the old CT plates too...wish they never would have changed them<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>On Aug 16, 2015 3:38 PM, "William Knapp / WA1WK" <<a href="mailto:kc1wj@kc1wj.com">kc1wj@kc1wj.com</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>By old, I mean really old, when CT had the dark blue plates. I got this in 1990.<br><br>I really liked the look of the old blue and white plates.<br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>450 mailing list<br><a href="mailto:450@lists.vhfwiki.com">450@lists.vhfwiki.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450" target="_blank">http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450</a><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>