Justice for Senior Citizens

[Chris Rees]

On 16 June 2010 12:09, Gilles Gravier <ggravier at fsfe.org> wrote:
> Liam,
>
> Just for your general culture, Karl isn't 73. When he sign's "73 Karl",
> it's because he's a long time ammateur radio operator (HAM), and "73" is
> a HAM's way / shortcut of saying "best regards" (think of how faster it
> is to morse-code "73" than "BEST REGARDS"). Just as "88" stands for
> "love and kisses". What we need more of on this list, methinks. :)
>
> He *MAY* be 73 (for all I know), but that's certainly not a fact that
> can be deducted from his signature. He will have the same signature next
> year, and the ones after.
>
> Gilles.
>


Karl is 75.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2008-June/148910.html

Chris