Norm Cherkis:  

Life I'm now a Medicare recipient, collect a pension and social security, own my own home in the burbs of Washington DC, still have my first wife of 43 years, a small dog that travels easily, two kids, 4 grandkids and have pretty decent health. I left Brooklyn in 1957 (parents moved me before graduation from Lafayette, but I will always be a Frenchie in my heart). I've got a graduate degree in marine geophysics, have been to 5 oceans, 7 continents and 51 countries. The job has been good and FUN! In retirement, I still consult when somebody needs my expertise. In order to get around the rules (typically a Brooklyn trait), I can be contacted at nzcherkis, then the funny at sign over the numeral two on the keyboard, followed by the cowboy's holler when on a bucking bronc) then a dot, followed by the c-m. Can't be any mor...Expand for more