On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:07:27 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .

IF YOU CAN READ THIS...

Yup. Yesterday was just a sort of clean-up, maybe 200 burns, and I got off
easy. My vision started to come back in just a couple of hours. That was a
refreshing change from the earlier ones.

Most excellent, sir.


kid? Your mother _told_ you you'd go blind if you kept that up.

sigh And I didn't believe her...

g


Holy ****, Maynard! That's gotta hurt. Is it panretinal
photocoagulation therapy you're receiving?

Jeez. Yes. You are a serious student.

But, of course.


As for the pain, it's not so bad, except when the laser hits a nerve. Then I
jump and the restraints keep me from driving my head through the machine.
d8-)

It hurts just to hear you tell it, Ed. shudder Kinda like the
dentist who says "This will pinch a little" as he rams the needle in,
doesn't wait for the novocaine to take effect, and cuts a slit inside
your gum instead of pulling the needle out and changing directions. I
mentioned this to my current dentist and he shuddered, noting that he
had seen this done in school and cringed every time, knowing the
damage these jerks were doing to their patients. He's not one of the
slashers, thank goodness.


Today should be the last. If I keep being lucky, I won't have any trouble
with it again.

I hope you sailed through it, Ed.

It looks good so far. I didn't even lose any peripheral vision. They'll just
up my eyeglass prescription a bit and reading should be fine...for a while,
at least.

Wunnerful.


See 3 paragraphs above, ya skip-reader. (shameful!)

Hey, don't mock the afflicted. g

Here's what I think of your afflicted drivel:
bends over and moons Ed whilst making raspberry sounds


MT? Yeah, I plonked him long ago for is recto-cranial inversion
problem. John joined him yesterday. Life's too short to suffer fools.

Watch out, there will be no one left but the people who want to know what
grade of rod to use for welding up trailers out of recycled bed frames,
and
whether a Chinese drill press is stiff enough for milling diesel engine
blocks.

Yeah, only the metaldorkers, huh? g

There seems to be a growing number of metal maulers. I miss Jim Rosen.

Ditto, and I'm glad to see 'Arry back.


Are there any fish in that river? If so, why are you wasting your time
splashing around in it?

Nothing much. Just salmon and steelhead at various times of the year.
I haven't been much of a fisherman since I turned teen, though.

"Just" salmon and steelhead?

I thought you might like that one. giggle


And you spash around in that sacred water?
Heathen!!

Hey, if the fish can **** in it, I can pee in it. It says right here
in the fine print.

Salmon and steelhead don't **** in the river. They're too genteel. They wait
until they're in your creel.

What's a creel? gd&r

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"Most Folks Are As Happy As They Make Up Their Minds To Be"
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