Tony and Jim, et all,
Sign me up! I took my first trip outside the U.S.
last CQWW CW to PJ2T at 57 (almost 58) and have my
plane tickets for this fall already. I have only been
seriously contesting for 12 years, even if licensed
for 43. I have always thought and felt young and
rowdy. I am not ready for a rocker and pablum yet, if
ever!
After my 2nd divorce, I have a new young girlfriend,
she's only 50 and looks and acts young, and we are
like teenagers. She thinks ham radio is very cool.
I am one happy contented contesting dude!
I used to say that I wanted to be shot by a jealous
husband when I'm 90, but now I say that I'm looking
forward to working you all in the contests of the
next 3 or 4 sunspot cycles, and see you from PJ2T on
this year's CQWW CW.
73, Gerry K8GT
--- Original Message ---
From: "Tony Rogozinski" <trogo@telegraphy.com>
To: "James Neiger" <n6tj@sbcglobal.net>
CC: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SECRETS OF CONTESTING NO. 5
>I certainly think the Yale study is right! I
attended my 40th High School
>Class
>reunion in 1990 and could not believe how pathetic
the majority of the
>people
>looked! Especially the ones who never left Carlsbad,
New Mexico. I've
>tried
>my best to destroy my body over the past 45 or so
years with little success
>but I think it's because I "think young" and won't
participate in getting
>old -
>why should I? Hopefully we'll be doing a M/M from
some exotic country or
>planet 30 years from now - if you're there I'll be
there too! My 60th
>birthday
>party will be held in Brazil or some South American
country on November
>26th - just after CQWW CW PT5A - it'll be a blast.
I've celebrated my
>birthday
>on every continent and not sure how many countries
and they were all fun!
>
>73
>
>
>Tony N7BG
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "James Neiger" <n6tj@sbcglobal.net>
>To: <wrtc2002@ne.nal.go.jp>; <CQ-
Contest@contesting.com>
>Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 1:40 PM
>Subject: [CQ-Contest] SECRETS OF CONTESTING NO. 5
>
>
>> Dick N6AA and I are very much appreciative of all
the real-time cheering
>we
>> received during the WRTC. Especially, from the
Senior Set, who I guess we
>> were somehow representing. Sorry we didn't race to
the finish, first, and
>> hope we didn't let anyone down, other than
ourselves. Age was not our
>> excuse; feeble-mindedness may have been.
>>
>> What did someone call us? "Old and Treacherous", I
think I heard.
>> OK, fair enough.
>>
>> In recent months, I've been thinking that this
being my FIFTH solar
>maxima,
>> of serious contesting that is, it may very well be
my last! How
>depressing
>> is that?
>>
>> So, quitting not exactly being in my internal
workings, I have decided to
>go
>> public with:
>>
>> SECRETS OF CONTESTING NO.5:
>>
>> Many in this country, at least, probably read last
week of the Yale
>> University research findings that if you THINK
YOUNG, you will extend your
>> life (on the average) ANOTHER SEVEN AND ONE-HALF
YEARS. And further, that
>> this singular "habit" is more important to your
health than factors such
>as
>> blood pressure and cholesterol.
>>
>> Can you imagine this?
>>
>> Thusly, I hereby announce that I have extended my
personal goal of SERIOUS
>> contest expeditions until I am Age 100. That's
another 37 years, or
>ANOTHER
>> 3 SOLAR MAXIMA! Wow. And then when I reach 100,
I'll decide if I'll go
>> another 5 years, or not. And another 5, and so on.
I hope you all will be
>> around to celebrate this with me.
>>
>> Some are probably saying, "How silly is this?
Neiger has definitely and
>> finally gone over the edge"!
>>
>> My challenge to ALL of you: please sign up to this
plan of (1)thinking
>> young, and (2) dumping pathetic excuses of WHY YOU
CANNOT hit the contest
>> DXpedition trail this fall, or putting in MAJOR
efforts from home this and
>> every year.
>>
>> What if Yale is right? You, at least may benefit
the most. And the rest
>> will derive great benefit from your activity, and
many more multipliers!
>> And having our radio friends with us for so many
more years, we all win.
>> And what has been on many of our minds, the bad
notions that ham radio,
>and
>> contests are dying (at least in the USA), and have
a limited future, are,
>as
>> they say " a little pre-mature".
>>
>> Maybe we can't attract many youngsters into the
hobby. But we certainly
>> have the potential to EXTEND our useful contesting
lifetimes.
>>
>> And I may not make the Top Ten every year, but at
least if won't be for
>want
>> of a serious effort.
>>
>> Please join me in this quest. And thank you for
reading this far.
>>
>> Vy 73
>>
>> Jim Neiger
>> N6TJ
>>
>>
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