Gene es gang-
This story reminds me of the 1B Field Day I did a few years ago sitting on
a wood bench at a picnic table. Sat there all nite and day, and knew it was
getting uncomfortable. After the FD ended and I went home and got in the
shower, I discovered that my butt was one great big bruise- black and blue
all over! Actually missed a day of work nursing my bruised butt.
I never realized how bruising a sport contesting is !
73 de KM0L Steve in KC
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> From: Eugene Walsh <EWALSH/0004504465@MCIMAIL.COM>
> To: contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Tom Georgens' feet!
>
> Gents;
>
> W2SC has provided his usual well written description of his
> effort at 8P9JG in the ARRL code. I was particularly struck by
> the problem he had with his feet laying on a wooden bar for
> the whole time, and the resultant distress it caused.
>
> I am rarely serious here, usually trolling for idiots or some
> kind of banter. I would, however, like to tell a similar tale.
>
> Some years ago (Dunno, mebbe 12 or 15), at K2GL's station, Buz
> had a chair which was like a sandbox; a rail around the perimeter
> with a pad inside. This chair was the one noone wanted when the
> music stopped. Since Mr. Able is always late, this chair was the
> the one I got this time. The wooden rail pushes up on your thigh
> above the knees and, as it was discovered, cuts off the blood to
> the rest of you.
>
> After sitting in this chair for 8 hours or so without moving, at the
> end of the contest I could not move!! The whole gang: K2SS, K2TW,
> KR2Q, K2TT, K2NG, K3EST and whoever else, picked me up out of the
> chair and carried me down the stairs to where dinner was happening.
> It took about 90 minutes (with my feet up) for things to return
> to a normal state, and I drove home.
>
> We were all really scared (Especially me!) that something really bad
> had happened. I was lucky. Be careful. The darndest things can
> bite you in the ass!
>
> 73 Gene N2AA
>
>
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