One Mile Walk

Online or Off

         I don't write letters. Well, maybe you can consider journaling as letters to myself. My handwriting is really just fast lower case printing. The only thing I do in cursive is my signature. And that now is becoming infrequent with the advent of the electronic finger wave.
         Rather than letters, I'm more comfortable with email and blogs. I can prep my response, fix faux pas, and check spelling (I'm seriously dyslexic) before sending it out. How anyone can type realtime in a chat is beyond me.
         I'm sort of a recluse, not a talkative person on the phone, or face to face. Although I like the free Zoom on my PC. Not because its free (I could afford the $15/mo fee), or live (you can use body language too), but because it only runs a short time. So, when Zoom times out at 40 minutes, that's fine with me. I don't have to invent a reason to end the session, it just quits.
         Not like my brother. He's been into ham radio for 70 years,... talk, talk, talk. Has a story for everything. Decades ago he wanted me to ham also. I built a Heathkit receiver, passed the code test, but had no real desire to get on the air. So the transmitter remained unbuilt, still in it's box, for 30 years. From the moving inventory tags on the box side, it had followed me around to three different addresses.
         When Bro saw it sitting with other old boxes up on the garage rafters, he offered to sell it on Ebay. Apparently the company went out of business, making it an antique. So when it finally sold, after a furious auction (between hams of a certain age), it went for $1,800.
         Did he offer to sell it "for me" or not?... don't remember.
C.Don