-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 07-28-16  22:32 <=-

 JK> Sorry to be slow in replying here.. catching up with echomail lately
 JK> :) We've been busy with extended family but things are settling down
 JK> here as well (grin) 

Not a problem... I'm running a bit behind as well... ;)  Just got back
earlier this week from MD, and while I was able to get packets while
away for a change, I was already behind, so it mostly just kept the
packet size manageable...  (G)

 >> Nancy, I'm hoping the best here as I'm sure both of you are.
 > The good news is that I've had an email from him... he's safely back in
 > Nice...  a bit disconcerted about the turn of events in Turkey, though...

 JK> I can understand that..
 
Yeah, so can I...  He tends to be rather nonchalent about such things,
what isn't right in his face he hardly notices and he looks at things in
the best possible light, but this one was a bit more, well, turbulent,
in multiple ways... 

 >> I'm guessing you contacted the airline and the embassy...
 > Actually I hadn't thought that far in, yet... hadn't a clue which
 > airline he was using anyway... I instead sent him another reply to his
 > last email, in which he was boarding, asking him what was up and saying
 > I'd heard nothing since that mail... got a reply quickly, with a "Sorry
 > about that... I'm safely back in Nice" and a sort of update on his
 > (still very nebulous) plans....  We usually go on the "no news is good
 > news" basis... but occasionally that gets a lot less satisfactory...

 JK> Yes, really.. especially in a part of the world which is sometimes
 JK> volatile. I'm glad you heard back from him :) ... and isn't that
 JK> typical of kids? "Sorry 'bout that" :)
 
And he's in his early 40s... I generally manage to not worry too much
about him, since he's like a cat, landing on his feet no matter what,
most of the time anyway...  ;)  Maybe he'll be more aware of the
volitility now... at least one can hope....   

 >> I hope you hear something good soon!
 > Thank you for your concern...  :)   maybe you could hope for him to
 > get his next boat job... (G)

 JK> Sure (vbg)

Hasn't happened yet, far as I know... but he's stubborn enough not to
want to just come home... needs to get himself back on a boat.... and
earn enough money to easily come home when he's ready...  Kids!

ttyl          neb

... Heredity is what sets parents of a teenager wondering about each other

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