Static & Crosstalk
Dr. E. Thomas Chesworth
Being poor is a choice
John Adams, second president of the United States, 1797 to 1801, according to The Yale Book of Quotations, said: "In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress." Just to prove him correct the Congress of the United States, comprising 99 and 44/100 percent lawyers, passed a law requiring you and me to pay for their mistakes.
Congress, May's Fanny and Freddy's Gluteus Max found out what happens even to quasi government organizations when they lend money to people who can't pay it back. They lose their money. Most of us figured that out in grammar school and stopped lending lunch money to deadbeats.
I haven't been in a McDonalds, even in the inner city, that didn't have a help wanted sign on the door. Being poor is a choice. But once you start earning a half-decent wage you find out that the congress takes half or more of your money away from you to pay mortgages for deadbeats who can't afford but believe they deserve a MacMansion on the coast in Malibu.
Bob Yff Dies from a Fall
Robert Yff, 77, of Norwalk, Connecticut, died October 19, 2008 of injuries sustained from a fall at the summer home he built on Fire Island. He was the husband of Mary Margaret "Peggy" Girard Yff and was pre-deceased by his first wife, Trudy Yff , mother of his children.
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Bob was born January 22, 1931 in Venezuela of Dutch parents and spent his childhood in Montclair, New Jersey, He graduated from Montclair High School in 1949 and from Fairleigh Dickinson University with a B.S. in industrial engineering. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran.
After working for GV Controls, RCA, and Markite, he got into the EMC field at Ray Proof Corp. in 1967 and rose to president. In 1989, he founded Panashield Inc., a world leader in design, construction and certfication of test facilities for EMC. Peggy is vice president and general manager.
Second to Bob's love of family was his love of Fire Island, surfcasting and boating on the Great South Bay. He is survived by Peggy; two daughters, Pamela Jayakar and Linda Atwood; a brother, Joost Yff, and five grandchildren.
Walt McKerchar Stopped by Cancer
The greatest reward of Walter D. McKerchar, who died August 12, 2008, at age 78, was entertaining others. Born in Brooklyn, New York, September 8, 1929, he enlisted in the Coast Guard at age 15 to serve in World War II. He attended MIT and became an electronics engineer.
After working for several aeronautical companies he moved to Boeing, eventually settling in Poulsbo, Washington where he started a consulting firm, Electromagnetic Engineering. He became renowned in his field and received many rewards. Walt also was active in the Seattle Nile Temple and attended a three-day clown school in Minnesota to become a Shrine Clown. He was a charter member of the Viking Shrine Club and in 1975 of the IEEE-EMC dB Society with the handle "The Godfather."
Survivors include his wife Kaye, son Jim, daughters June Tommey and Kim Reef, stepson Rick Jennings, six grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. Memorials can be sent to: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, P.O. Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109.