[SECC] PJ9GIW

[John Laney]

Well, fellows and gals, some of what Ed said it true.  The accident 
occured the night we arrived.  The doctor was red headed, like Weesie. 
Weesie and I had been dating about six months.  Ed and his XYL and maybe 
Bob Hudson's XYL helped me pick out a watch at a store in downtown 
Willemstadt as a gift for Weesie.

Contrary to popular impressions, not all lawyers are litigious.  I never 
sued or even made a claim against John Thompson or the SEDXC gang.  Nor 
even whomever it was who closed that door that I had just gone out to 
get another load of gear from the car.

The doctor/hospital cautioned me that I would not be permitted to leave 
the island of Curacao until my hospital bill was paid.  It was about 
$15.00.  That was cheap even for 1973.  They must have had some kind of 
socialized or government subsidized medicine in Netherlands Antilles.

I have the logs, but won't dig them out now.  I suspect 300 an hour is 
an exaggeration, and, if not, it almost surely wasn't on 40 meters.  I 
only worked 40 meters late in the contest.

Thanks for the compliments, Ed.

73,


John, K4BAI.