John, 1) Your age -- 62 2) Age you got your first license -- 14 3) Age you started contest operating (for real) -- 59 4) # of years of contest experience -- 5 I got the "run" bug in the 2005 Ga Qso party. Before that, I had used dx contests as a way to add needed countries. Always S&P and ususally didn't send in a log. Mike, ND4V