From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Joy Beeson   wrote:   
   >   
   >We keep our scanner tuned to the frequency used by Kosciusko Area Bus   
   >System because they report on road conditions and train delays.   
   >   
   >One day I heard the KABS dispatcher say "Metro Four, Dialysis just   
   >called.  They took Melanie to Fort Wayne again."   
   >   
   >Metro Four, I presume, had been scheduled to pick up Melanie at   
   >Dialysis.   
   >   
   >Fort Wayne is where we take patients the local hospitals can't handle.   
   >   
   >All names were changed because of sieve-like memory.   
   >   
   >My eyes are stinging and I can't even remember her name.   
      
   I'm so sorry.  Please don't be offended if I point out that God   
   still remembers her name.   
      
   >That reminds me of how Bujold managed to pack about three novels of   
   >emotion into "Which son?"   
      
   Sometimes terse mode really really works.   
      
   --   
   Dorothy J. Heydt   
   Vallejo, California   
   djheydt at gmail dot com   
      
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