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FAMILY NEWS FROM JACK BERNATH, AND SOME NOTES ON HOW TO ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT.

Sunday, April 05, 2009

APRIL, 2009
I have been real lax in keeping my Blog up to date, and I apologize for that. No excuses, just lazy I guess. My back pain has been getting worse, and so is Dorothy's. We both have been laying around a lot, nursing our pain. We still get out and play cards with friends frequently, and Dorothy is active in church stuff. The weather is warming up now and it's nice enough to go down to the lake and fish.

I've picked up some consulting business certifying antenna tower structural analysis for ham radio towers. I have a Professional Engineer's license from Arizona, so I can certify plans for hams who need them in order to get a building permit to put up their tower.

I'm still on the air regularly with my ham radio, and I've contacted 290 out of 332 possible (85%) foreign countries. They are getting harder to find as I get closer to the goal.