Before the year 2000 the game for me was: Novice, Technician Plus, General, Advanced and then Amateur Extra.
I did well with wrote memory and puking back out info. My license says that I am an electronics expert. Me: not so much. I use to love to chase DX on 20 meters so you had to have the license to play in that section of the voice band.
I haven't flipped the switch on the radio in many years, sure can't do any code today. Maybe I should turn that thing on one day again soon.
" La rose est sans pourquoi, elle fleurit parce qu’elle fleurit ; Elle n’a souci d’elle-même, ne demande pas si on la voit. » Angelus Silesius
"There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers." Paul Muad'dib