Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
The message
from "Peter Crosland" contains these words:

I've been meaning to take the RAE for ages. Having in my
comparative
yoof passed the Royal Signals' exam and got the crossed flags for
something like an extra half-crown a week, I learnt morse and
could
receive and send at 15 WPM.

Sadly, when I came to read some at our local Amateur Rajo Club, I
could hardly sort out a single letter at 10 WPM. Nor at 5 WPM.

Morse is no longer a requirement to obtain a UK amateur radio
licence.

I know - but I'm an old Luddite. I *LIKE* CW. One of the NARC
members
manages over 36 WPM - sounds like flippin' RTTY...

Logging for him on field days is a nightmare.

A Luddite on the Internet. Can you give me a year or two to get my
head round that, please?

Captain Swing.