>  Go for a walk with the mutts or read a book.
On Johnstone Island, I don't think there are any dogs.  That place is One 
Half Mile wide and One Mile and a Half long.
It's just long enough for a plane to land on, and take off, again.
 >  Lately work and studies are becoming a norm I have to
 > get a break from and fix some things around here.
Yup.  Know that feeling.  Been working hard here, too (again). ;-)
 >  The 6m rig has decided to TVI like a BLEEP for some
 > reason (again)
What TV is it messing with?  Neighbors, or your personal?
 > and the 440 FM beam has gone of tune
 > after some pigeons decided it was a great place to
 > roost and bent my gamma out of line.
That's simple 
 >  Never enough time to get up there and fix it up,but
 > hopefully this weekend I can go climbing up there and
 > fix whatever is wrong.
Finally had a weekend off here, too - Headed towards Houston tomorrow (Bill 
Rister, you gonna be around?)
 >  To top it off my back decided to go one strike and I
 > got a three week unpaid vacation from work. Sucks.
Ouch :-(  Hope that thing gets better, so you can climb the tower to work on 
the equipment!
 >>> Go for a swim `round the island ?
 >  JE> Chemical area.  Between that and the sharks, I don't know where I'd
 >  JE> take my chances.  Probably at the pool built there on the island ;-)
 >  Chemicals? What have they got out there a Love Canal
 > type thing?
Dealing with Bio-hazardous waste, doing research, etc.
Remember, this is Southwest Research Inc.
   73 = Best Regards
   -Jeff KA5THB
   ka5thb@bigfoot.com
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