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   Snidely to All   
   Re: Rumors of my demise, if any   
   13 Jul 22 04:51:33   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Thus spake Kerr-Mudd, John:   
   > On Tue, 12 Jul 2022 14:16:31 -0700 (PDT)   
   > No Name  wrote:   
   >   
   >> are unfounded. I have, however, been ill.   
   >>   
   >> In late May, 2021, during challenging kidney stone surgery, they gave me   
   >> sepsis. I was hospitalized for over three weeks... All my systems went   
   >> haywire, I'd almost died. I was virtually paralyzed, unable to even move   
   >> myself around in the bed. Personal sanitation required attendants'   
   >> attention.   
   >>   
   >> It felt like I was learning to walk again. The convalescence has been long   
   >> and difficult, but proceeding positively, albeit slowly.   
   >>   
   >> I'm feeling much better now.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Wow. That's a lot in a small summary. Glad you made it back here. As you can   
   > see, it's mostly just Mr Fever going on trips.   
      
   And Les has already been there.   
      
   >> There. Will. Never. Be. Flying. Cars.   
   >   
   > Maybe drones? pshurely self-driving cars are nearly here.   
      
   Jet packs.  We need jet packs.  Jet packs with cello cases.   
      
   /dps   
      
   --   
   And the Raiders and the Broncos have life now in the West. I thought   
   they were both nearly dead if not quite really most sincerely dead. --   
   Mike Salfino, fivethirtyeight.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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