For Hawkman.

[dafydd manton]

I make no apologies that this is written in Q-codes. It's us, re-living our lost youths!! You could always Google them, if you've nothing better to do!!

INT my QSA
And my QRK
Always sent in Morse.
Might I ask of QSD
And QRT, of course.

Finger flying,
Dits and Dahs
Are we going mad?
BT, K, and AR, too
Ain't we rather sad!

:out: :seeya:

[Hawkman]

LO OM AND QIC
For QTP of course
YR QSA and QRK strength five,
(five dits in Morse)

INT QRU INT QSY
And by the by old chum
Just QSX on Radio 4
The shipping forecast’s on.

INT QRM, INT QRN
INT QRL right now;
INT QRE in Blighty
No more in code I vow!

INT QOD 1, 2, or 3
then QRV, oh hell!
Please AS1, it’s rather rough
you know I’ve had enough!

QNR, QTL the bar
QRU
BT
AR

:devil: :cheers2:

[lallison]

man, you guys are sad. That's worse than middle school phone text lingo.:yawnb: just kidding. Honestly, I hope you enjoy your old guy fraternity hand shake thing. really, its awesome! A sincere stroke of brilliance meshed with unadulterated talent and poetic insight. Absolutely incredable piece of writing! :Angel_anim:

[Hawkman]

Hi lall,

Yes, I suppose we are a bit sad :D But did you know that James Thurber, although precluded from combat duty by virtue of his bad eyesight, was a signals operative in the American Expeditionary Force, landed in France during the latter stages of WW1? He was employed in the cryptography department in HQ and became fluent in code groups. Long after the war, he could still hold legible conversations with an old war buddy entirely in code.

Some of these code groups, like TODAL and GOLUX became characters in stories he wrote. Don’t know if you’ve ever read “The Thirteen Clocks” or “The Wonderful O”, but they are magically marvellous tales which mix between prose poetry, free verse and rhyme. I was given both these books when I was a kid and I still regularly reread them every year.

So, getting back to the point, Yes we are sad, but we are in good company :D

Best, H

[lallison]

lol, hmm...well I suppose that is pretty cool. Well done gentlemen! Perhaps one day I might...ahh well. dare to dream. I do actually speak a language called Kosrean, native to a small pacific island with a population of 8,000. Whenever I meet another speaker, it feels a bit like we are talking in code. So at least I can relate to the rare joy of finding someone who understands where you're coming from. thanks for the insight.

[dafydd manton]

Should explain, Lall, all the above is actually correct coding within the field of military signalling, and correct radio procedure. Still sad, of course, but accurate!

[Jerrybaldy]

Strewth. I am totally unqualified to comment on this. So I wont.
Oh hold on..