That's why I have a looooong cable on my headset so I can walk around the
shack when times are slow (walking around helps staying awake also...)
Not very easy to do in RTTY, maybe I should get a wireless mouse :-)
73
Jo ON5MF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:47 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Blood clot risk identified for computer workers (and
contesters?)
> The attached article is interesting (though 6 months old). While it's OK
to
> "stay in the chair", please get up and stretch every now and then.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
> http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/health/story/0,4395,172603,00.html
>
> "WELLINGTON (New Zealand) -- People who spend long hours sitting in front
of a
> computer screen risk developing life-threatening blood clots, medical
> researchers warned.
>
> "Dubbed 'e-Thrombosis', the disorder was reported in the European
Respiratory
> Journal by a group of researchers who described a 32-year-old man who
almost
> died after developing a massive blood clot that formed in his leg veins
and
> travelled to his lungs.
>
> "The man spent up to 18 hours a day working at his computer, the report
said. "
>
>
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