OM has lost his lower leg

On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:11:10 GMT, h (Rand
Simberg) wrote:

On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:24:39 -0500, Pat reported:

Unfortunately, the infection in OM's leg and foot reemerged,
necessitating the amputation of the leg below the knee this morning.
This is really tragic news.

That well and truly sucks.

Yeah...

At least these days, they've made a lot of progress with prosthetics.
At least one vet amputee has gone back into battle in Iraq
(voluntarily, of course), so Bob may be able to regain a lot of
function as well.

Below the knee should give him more function than above the
knee, I'd think. Recently, a double amputee runner wasn't allowed
to compete in the regular Olympics, because he was too fast
But still, this must seem like a bad dream to OM every time he
wakes up, before grasping reality. Geez...

Please send my best wishes to OM as well, Pat. And forgive me if this
is out of line, but I'd wish the both of you would lose some weight,
for health's sake. We'd hate to lose either of you.

Dale

Dale Carlson wrote:

Please send my best wishes to OM as well, Pat. And forgive me if this
is out of line, but I'd wish the both of you would lose some weight,
for health's sake. We'd hate to lose either of you.


Look at OM; he's lost around fifteen pounds or so in just the last
couple of days. Now that's progress.
Anyway, I'm already working on plans for a series of special artificial
legs for him.
These include:
Lethal Leg...foot includes a shark bang-stick blowing the balls off of
anyone you kick in the groin.
Leaping Leg...pneumatic cylinder allows OM to leap 15 feet at a bound.
Laser Leg...fires a intense beam of light which can incinerate trolls at
1/4 mile.
Loud Leg...has a built in 3,000 Watt speaker that can boom out Texas
music so loudly that illegal Mexicans re-cross the border just to escape it.
Lucky Leg...incorporates powerful magnets that allow one to lock up slot
machines at the desired settings.
Liberal Leg...forces OM to take unexpected left turns when walking.
Lust Leg...contains a series of exotic sex toys.
Lazy Leg...does nothing.
Seriously, I am getting more exercise, and trying to keep my weight down.
The sweets have been all but banished, and the warmer weather will allow
more walking about shortly.

Pat

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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Unfortunately, the infection in OM's leg and foot reemerged, necessitating
the amputation of the leg below the knee this morning.
This is really tragic news.

I'm sad to hear that. I hope the worst is over and his recovery goes well.

Jeff
--
A clever person solves a problem.
A wise person avoids it. -- Einstein

"Terrell Miller" wrote in message
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"Peter Stickney" wrote in message
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Pat Flannery wrote:

Unfortunately, the infection in OM's leg and foot reemerged,
necessitating the amputation of the leg below the knee this
morning.
This is really tragic news.

Holy Crap!
This is suckage of Shapespearian Proportions.
OM, if you're reading this, try to stay out of the hospital.
They're obviously bad for you.
(Not entirely a joke - since Hospitals are where the sick folks
hang out,
that's where the Bad Stuff lives.)


don't worry, Bob can still kick the crap outta the Maxsons with one
leg

That's probably what happened - the damn trolls bit and infected him.
Get well, will ya?

On Apr 7, 6:17 pm, "James Nowotarski" wrote:
"Terrell Miller" wrote in message

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"Peter Stickney" wrote in message
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Pat Flannery wrote:

Unfortunately, the infection in OM's leg and foot reemerged,
necessitating the amputation of the leg below the knee this
morning.
This is really tragic news.

Holy Crap!
This is suckage of Shapespearian Proportions.
OM, if you're reading this, try to stay out of the hospital.
They're obviously bad for you.
(Not entirely a joke - since Hospitals are where the sick folks
hang out,
that's where the Bad Stuff lives.)

don't worry, Bob can still kick the crap outta the Maxsons with one
leg

That's probably what happened - the damn trolls bit and infected him.
Get well, will ya?

Wow, you really are quite the asshole.

Robert Mosley's III hate is consuming him.

There is a direct relationship between hate, and health.

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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Look at OM; he's lost around fifteen pounds or so in just the last couple
of days. Now that's progress.


and he doesn't have to worry about gaining it back, either

--
Terrell Miller


"If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee - that
will do them in."
- Bradley's Bromide

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h says...
On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:24:39 -0500, in a place far, far away, Pat
Flannery made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

Unfortunately, the infection in OM's leg and foot reemerged,
necessitating the amputation of the leg below the knee this morning.
This is really tragic news.

That well and truly sucks.

I'll second that.

OM, you have our sympathies. Get better soon!
--
Kevin Willoughby lid

Kansas City, this was Air Force One. Will you change
our call sign to SAM 27000? -- Col. Ralph Albertazzie

Pat Flannery wrote:

Unfortunately, the infection in OM's leg and foot reemerged,
necessitating the amputation of the leg below the knee this morning.
This is really tragic news.

Ouch.

Tell 'em to save his old leg, he can get it bronzed and use it as a
troll club.

D.
--
Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

http://derekl1963.livejournal.com/

-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL

On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:31:47 GMT, (Derek Lyons)
wrote:

Pat Flannery wrote:

Unfortunately, the infection in OM's leg and foot reemerged,
necessitating the amputation of the leg below the knee this morning.
This is really tragic news.

Ouch.

Tell 'em to save his old leg, he can get it bronzed and use it as a
troll club.

Or, like a fairly recent news story, stick it in a smoker and sell it
at a garage sale

Dale

On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:03:07 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote:

Look at OM; he's lost around fifteen pounds or so in just the last
couple of days. Now that's progress.

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Seriously, I am getting more exercise, and trying to keep my weight down.
The sweets have been all but banished, and the warmer weather will allow
more walking about shortly.

Glad to hear that. Please send some of that warmer weather Seattle's
way. We've had snow recently, and hail today. Arghh...

Dale