Justice for Senior Citizens

Amedee Van Gasse amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be
Thu Jun 17 07:25:09 BST 2010


On 16-06-10 17:49, Chris Rees wrote:
> 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
>
Karl claims to be 75.
Except for the Ubuntu mailing lists, I cannot find him on the web, so I 
cannot verify.



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