On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:37:44 -0400, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


"Don Klipstein" wrote in message
...
In article , mm wrote:

I just got out of the hospital with a broken arm and abdominal
surgery. (you don't want to know the gory details) It's very hard to
do anything. I live alone.


I am getting into a bit of a mood to pull out my Troll-O-Meter unit
to see if it gets a reading for someone who can load food into a microwave
oven and operate it and drag its cover onto it but is questioning need of
a screw or more than one screw.

- Don Klipstein )

Sorry, but mm has been a regular here for a couple of years and he did
mention in the past that he lives alone. I have no reason to doubt he has a
problem. Unfortunately, IIRC, he lives a couple of hundred miles from me or
I'd go fix his microwave cover or take him a cheap unit to use.

Thanks, Edwin. I appreciate the defense and the thought that you'd do
that for me. I don't think i've come across anyone here who lives
closer than 50 miles (although on a couple other ngs I've found one
guy who lives 20 and 2 or 3 others who were 5 miles away.

I'm making progress though. I found the case for the microwave and
it's not really buried. And my bad hand has improved a lot just
since yesterday. The splint came off and the smaller lighter cast
went on on Wednesday, but I didn't really see much change until today,
Sunday. I can use all 5 fingers for typing today.

I did have a warm lunch at the hospital on Wednesday, so that gives me
more patience too. And I could have pizza or other italian food
delivered. There used to be a Chinese restaurant that delivered, but
it closed suddenly a few months ago, no one I know knows why.

I could lend him the one I bought for my wife when she came out of the
hospital with a fractured foot. I hope you are never in that position.