I was alarmed at how many messages I had to reply to, until I noticed
there was a duplicate of this one. Now, I have one less drudgery to
deal with. 

Ardith Hinton wrote to James Bradley, "-Plegias  2B." on 08-02-05 22:42

 JB>  Anything... At any rate of return... It's all progress.

 AH>            Uh-huh.  I suspect a lot may have to do with age... at 93, my
 AH> father recovered less than his sister had at 63.  Older
 AH> folks probably tend to be less resilient, and they may also
 AH> find it more difficult to get others to take their need for
 AH> therapy seriously.  But they're often quite relieved to
 AH> hear that they have choices, that a diagnosis of xxx is not
 AH> a death sentence nowadays....  :-)

As with a cancer diagnosis. Mine was a *slow* growth, that two had
misdiagnosed because of its rate of propagation. Today, when I hear a
speaker use, "Grow like a cancer." for dramatic effect, I can scoff.

Dad was in DAL for a few months, where we had to assign a level of
resuscitation to perform if he had a heart attack for instance. I was a
little uncomfortable assigning a level two, as physically, he is still
strong as a bull at seventy. Knowing he didn't wish any heroic efforts
to sustain his life made my decision that much easier.

He awoke from his stupor, so all worked out well in the end.

 AH>            Yes, my father made the same mistake when my
 AH> mother had a relatively minor stroke.  Two years later he
 AH> had a much more serious stroke... and by that time my
 AH> mother couldn't lift a newspaper because (she said) it was
 AH> "too heavy". But then he was hospitalized & she suddenly
 AH> found herself living alone....  :-/

That's a tough one. Sorry to hear.

 AH>            I can relate!  As I've commented before, I didn't choose the
 AH> "Mickey Mouse" courses when I was in school.  If we chose
 AH> our assignments before we got to this earth it would be
 AH> just like me to ask for what I have now... [chuckle].

Live by the sword... 


 AH>            I can relate to that too.  We had to make room
 AH> for Nora's wheelchair & suchlike when we barely had enough
 AH> space already.  Then both my parents died, meaning there's
 AH> a lot more stuff which needs to be dealt with.  I don't
 AH> find it easy to get rid of stuff or figure out where to
 AH> keep it.  I enjoy rummage sales
 AH> ... so I understand how one might get carried away at
 AH> auctions!  The net result is that I have to do quite a bit
 AH> of lifting & twisting, just as you do....  :-)

Good 'exercise' isn't it? 

Just for the record, I'm using a different keyboard on this machine,
 so where I was tending to miss a few letters on my compositions, I
 now tend to bobble onto an errant key now, and yet the repeat rate 
 seems a little reluctant to duplicate a letter in succession. The
 old KB was a MS "Natural" one, that needed a jackhammer for me to
 make my point, and this one is a wireless toy of board, that may be
 missing the subsequent keypunch. For EG: The "Good" above almost
 escaped as a "God". Just to prepare your *learned* eye. 

 JB>  the rain stopped. B-]


 AH>            My mother came here to get away from the heat...
 AH> my father came here to get away from the cold.  I'd like to
 AH> think they had the right idea....  :-))


AH!!!! High of 8^C today! Maybe ten in other areas of the city. Maybe
your folks had the right idea.

Like I mentioned, I drove through Sask. twice in the past two weeks. I
sure love the looks of the weather on the prairies as it comes and
goes. I relish the fact that garden pests in particular are less
troublesome in a semi-arid climate than in anything else but a
desert... I loved Van. the last time I visited, but the hustle-bustle
and harried nature of the people almost found me giving a few a slap. 

I was toying with moving back to Manitoba, but it was as hot as I
remember it, without *any* relief of the humidity. I think you had it
pegged, in saying I'll likely die with my boots on, (I almost dozed
off in them for a nap a few hours ago.) and I think you are going to
find those boots firmly planted in Alberta. Stranger things have
happened though, so I'll never say never... Again. <-|



... James
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