[CQ-Contest] Am I blessed or what????

[Mark Steven Williams]

Nothing compared to the subsequent divorce settlement! I think I've found a 
topic for a future WR "Contest Corner" column. Thanks, guys!

73,
Mark S. Williams, K9GX
Editor World Radio "Contest Corner"
WRContest at N4GN.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger" <johngeig at yahoo.com>
To: "Hershel L. Kreis, Jr." <w4tmn at verizon.net>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Am I blessed or what????


> Wow!  That is great. My contest time has been limited
> since the birth of my 3 year old daughter, partially
> by choice, and partially by sunspot numbers and a
> fairly limited station. My wife has told me a couple
> of times that if I want a radio, just go ahead and buy
> it. Now what does that Icom 7800 cost again.....?
>
> 73s John W5TD
>
> --- "Hershel L. Kreis, Jr." <w4tmn at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> A month or so ago, we had a discussion about our
>> wives and contesting
>> here on the reflector.  I did not put my two cents
>> in then, mostly
>> because my wife was still getting used to the idea
>> of my contesting.
>> (We have only been married 5 years and I was not
>> active when we first
>> married.)  I just got back into it last year after
>> upgrading to a
>> General ticket.  Well, a year later (along with a
>> few "assertive"
>> fellowship sessions) she has spent the second CQ WW
>> DX weekend with me.
>> I made sure that I heeded some of K1IR's suggestions
>> prior to the
>> weekend and it was heaven on earth.
>>
>> Saturday, dinner and the accompanying beverage was
>> delivered to the
>> shack personally by my wife with a loving smile.
>> She also kept
>> interruptions down to a minimum.
>>
>> Sunday, she did not complain when I got up early
>> (4am) after my nap
>> (using a very loud alarm clock) to work a few more
>> contacts prior to
>> going to church.  My daughter even shocked my wife
>> and I when she
>> announced at the door of the shack a loud "Whiskey
>> Four Tango Mike
>> November" (the first time she has ever said that).
>> My wife, daughter
>> and two sons gave me the weekend pretty much to
>> myself, and I just wish
>> that conditions on the air would have been that
>> wonderful.
>>
>> Sunday night after the contest ended, I put my
>> little daughter (3 years
>> old) to bed and gave my wife a break from everything
>> and she really
>> appreciated it so much so that not a negative word
>> has been said about
>> contests.
>>
>> I think she is definitely a keeper!!!  It truly is
>> wonderful to be
>> married to my best friend who lets me play with you
>> guys every now and then.
>>
>> I can't wait for Sweepstakes weekend...........
>>
>>
>> Hershel
>> W4TMN
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