[CQ-Contest] Global Flyer - Sleep deprivation, food intake, and physical ...

Doug Renwick ve5ra at sasktel.net
Fri Mar 11 18:33:49 EST 2005


It is all competition but with a difference.  In athletics you won't see
many overweight competitors...in radiosporting you will see too many over-
weight individuals who have neglected to take care of themselves.  There
is a difference.  Athletics promotes a healthy lifestyle, whereas ham radio
...well you get my point.  Yuri, I will be checking the size of your waist.

Doug

K3BU at aol.com wrote:

> I started to wonder about that myself, when one time, in the M/M operation I 
> woke up to "CQ Contest..."  coming from all corners of the house. I thought to 
> myself: "Are we nuts?" Then when I sat down to run the pileup, I said: 
> "Naaah, this is LIFE"
> 
> We are not alone. What's the difference from those running around in circles, 
> swimming back and forth, NASCARing...? Only different "department"
> > 
> Yuri, da radio BUm


-- 
Doug Renwick VA5DX
PO Box 50, Clavet, Saskatchewan, Canada S0K 0Y0
VE5RA at sasktel.net
First VE5 5BDXCC, 160M DXCC & 9BDXCC
What profit it a ham if he gains all the awards yet forfeits his soul?
I'll run the race and I will never be the same again.



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