posted 05-09-2006 02:29 PM               

I have to tell you that the hospital isn't my favorite place. Talk about regimentation! Plus I was roped down with enough tubes that I looked like Gulliver in Lilliput. I wasn't able to stage an escape.

It wasn't so bad, except for being at the mercy of the nurses. They took special delight in visiting the tortures of the damned on me and then snickering - nastily - every time I said "ouch". The fiends.

The doctors were mostly OK, but one flipped his wig when he found out I was going to ride my motorcycle home. The man wouldn't listen to reason! I tried every which way to explain I was in no condition to walk, but he called me a part of the anatomy that's usually the province of proctology. And I only rode it around to the place I was visiting. Someone rode it back to the 'Cuse for me.

In any case, thanks a million times for each of your messages. You people are great, and I'm extremely fond of you all. In a manly, decent way of course.

posted 05-09-2006 02:53 PM               

Glad to have you back.

posted 05-09-2006 03:38 PM               

Glad to see you've escaped. If any medical professionals come looking for you, I've never seen you.

Seriously Dude, you were missed. Stay well and keep your wit sharp as ever.

posted 05-09-2006 07:02 PM               

I didn't think it took that long to stay in a Hospital for Brain Surgery .... just kidding.

Glad to Have you back. Make sure you take your meds and keep your stress level down (if you can!).

- Zee

posted 05-09-2006 07:03 PM               

Great to see you're back again and on the mend.

posted 05-10-2006 03:18 PM               

News of your recovery was greeted with gladness throughout Denver, just so you know.

And, OT, that brussels sprouts recipe. You need to salt and pepper them to a farethewell, and then add the olive oil to soak for a good long while. You can see their texture change slightly. Only then are they ready for the oven.

I wonder if it would help to blanch them ever so slightly beforehand. Your thoughts, please.

posted 05-10-2006 04:59 PM               

Thanks for your kind words and concern. I feel fortunate to "know" people like everyone at CollectSpace.

posted 05-10-2006 06:59 PM               

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Originally posted by KC Stoever:

The night after the gala, Saturday, most of the astronauts gathered at a Cocoa Beach restaurant (Bernardo's?),

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posted 05-10-2006 08:17 PM               

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Originally posted by Duke Of URL:
My thoughts? Yum Diddy!! I'm trying it your way. And wait till I post a recipie for tuna and black olives over angel hair spaghetti.

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Tuna fish and black olives over pasta?
That explains the multitude of ex-wives AND the hospital stay!

Glad you are better, it was mighty quiet around here!

posted 05-10-2006 09:16 PM               

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Originally posted by scout706:
Tuna fish and black olives over pasta?
That explains the multitude of ex-wives AND the hospital stay! Tom

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Nah...it was the brussel sprouts.

posted 05-10-2006 09:17 PM               

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Originally posted by KC Stoever:
But it was noisy and the martinis were excellent.

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posted 05-13-2006 11:34 AM               

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Originally posted by Duke Of URL:
Sounds like a time. Who all was there (if it's not private)??

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I'm afraid my utility in identifying latter-day astronauts is quite limited. Most of astronauts I knew in the 1960s were neighborhood dads, whom I called Mr. so and so, then in their 30s and 40s. So much has changed, including the Mrs. so and sos. Unrecognizable at least to me.

I was saddened to realize that my last AHOF gala (a much smaller affair) was attended by all surviving six Mercury guys, including Deke, who succumbed it seemed quite rapidly to a brain tumor just a year afterward.