> > > > friend with a C3 or C4 (I forget which) fracture; he's paralyzed from the neck
> > > > down.  
> > > As with C3 or C4, which did it is largely irrelevant.
> > Both equally nasty and permanent. 
> 
> High explosives (as with computers) are some of
> those Pandora's boxes and double-edged swords 
> of which we've spoken. The Nobel prize is said 
> to be a result of the shame and heartbreak
> experienced by the developer of dynamite.
> 
 I've heard the same story about the Nobel prize.  A shame on one hand, but
maybe useful in the long run. 


> > > > Soba the time it does die, we'll all be heartily sick of it?
> > > It won't tickle our fen si by then.
> > ...and if that doesn't make me pull out a fusil(i) nothing will.
> 
> I wouldn't even give a penne for your thoughts.
> 
Worth a farthing orzo.