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TOPPLED TO ONE SIDE, CREATING A SCRAP ALUMINUM SCULPTURE.  THE PHRASES
NOBODY WAS HURT, I DIDNT SEE THAT COMING, AND IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT
THE TIME, WERE FLUNG ABOUT LIBERALLY.  THE THOUGHT THAT SOME LEVEL OF
INATTENTION ON MY OWN PART COULD HAVE LED TO THE SKEWERING OF ONE OR MORE
OF MY FELLOW HAMS LEFT ME SHAKEN TO MY VERY CORE.  THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO
GOOD REASON FOR THIS FIASCO TO HAVE HAPPENED, BUT THE BAD REASONS WERE ALL
THERE.  AN ACCIDENT LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN IN PLACES OTHER THAN A FIELD DAY
SITE.  TOO OFTEN MURPHY GETS THE BLAME WHEN THINGS GO WRONG.  IT IS OUR JOB
TO SEE THAT THINGS GO SMOOTHLY AT OUR WORKBENCHES AND SHACKS, AS WELL AS ON
FIELD DAY.  LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THESE LURKING DANGERS AND THE STEPS THAT
CAN BE TAKEN TO AVOID THEM.  INEXPERIENCE  WE WERE ALL BEGINNERS IN THIS
HOBBY AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.  WHEN I WAS FIRST LICENSED, THE FCC DID US
THE FAVOR OF CALLING US NOVICES SO THAT OTHER, MORE EXPERIENCED HAMS TENDED
TO LOOK OUT FOR US AND GUIDE US THROUGH THINGS.  CURRENT LICENSING
PRACTICES BLUR THE LINES SOMEWHAT.  YOU CAN BE A TECHNICIAN WITH 30 FIELD
DAYS UNDER YOUR BELT OR AN AMATEUR EXTRA CLASS LICENSEE SHOWING UP TO YOUR
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