[CQ-Contest] Contesting and Health

[Jim Brown]

On Sun,11/22/2015 7:29 AM, Peter Chamalian wrote:
> As one who is intimately familiar with heart trouble (2 mild heart attacks,
> 9 stents and triple bypass) I urge all contesters to pay attention to their
> health.

So sad to lose a great operator like Rich. But for the Grace of God I 
might have joined him -- a few months ago, my primary care doc heard a 
murmur on my heart, and sent me for a check up. Long story short, A few 
hours ago, my wife drove me home from the hospital with a new Aortic 
Valve and a bypassed artery. Pete and I were lucky -- this time -- but 
sadly, Rich was not. RIP - OM.

As a group, we've become a bunch of old fat guys who don't get enough 
exercise, and far too many of us can be seen being wheeled around the 
aisles of hamfests on "mobility scooters." Perhaps we should be saving 
them to carry our coffins.

73, Jim K9YC