>Postings to sci.geo.satellite-nav
>(SA was turned of on May of 2000)

>        Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec
>1994              319   332   227   293   238   363   414   377   376   316
>1995  401   364   564   684   855   942   1071  1222  950   697   641   864
>1996  1264  1423  1071  1370  1444  1553  1948  1534  1412  1300  1311  1500        
>1997  2530  2536  2912  2183  2160  2273  2125  1660  1825  1781  1898  2501        
>1998  2649  1941  2604  2914  2601  3005  2575  2836  3235  2653  3079  2507        
>1999  3639  3437  2937  3360  2719  2527  2640  4412  3651  2596  3209  3202        
>2000  3919  3308  3186  2633  8184  4863  5267  4892  4544  4040  3429  4862        
>2001  5324  3999  4848  4585  4755  4009  3970  4562  3664  4244  3758  3452        
>2002  4525  3447  4088  4467  4651  3998  4207  3422  3834  3694  3713  3453        
>2003  4586  4589  4632  3623  3420  3151  3339  3118  2633  2505  2733  2780        
>2004  3465  3116  2933  2843  2520  2111  2714  2492  1797  1542  1913  2533        
>2005  2328  1645  1756  1480  1637  1523  1421  1394  1444  1266  1417  1202        
>2006  1718  943   1408  1545  1136  1614  1222  1001  631   622   602   622
>2007  761   476   491   729   725   700   834   735   598   708   589   636
>2008  417   432   392   333   276   306   253   229   200   73

>I wonder if the lack of postings and participation is a general USENET
>phenomenon, a shift in technical use of GPS, or something else. Most people
>I know that use computers, don't even know what USENET it.

>-Sam
>  http://edu-observatory.org/gps/gps_books.html

Nicholas wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:37:13 GMT, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com>
> wrote:
>>        Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec
>> 2008  417   432   392   333   276   306   253   229   200   73

> 6) Usenet is dying.  I called my ISP (comcast) for some Technical
> Support, and they told me they never heard of Usenet.  Now Comcast
> sends me an email saying they're discontinuing Usenet on October 25.

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:38:16 -0400, No Body <n...@body.com> wrote:
>Nicholas wrote:
>> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:37:13 GMT, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com>
>> wrote:
>>>        Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec
>>> 2008  417   432   392   333   276   306   253   229   200   73

>> 6) Usenet is dying.  I called my ISP (comcast) for some Technical
>> Support, and they told me they never heard of Usenet.  Now Comcast
>> sends me an email saying they're discontinuing Usenet on October 25.

>.. more like usenet is being killed. most of the major ISPs are
>terminating usenet service under the guise of controlling rampant porn
>and w4r3z proliferation. at least that's their excuse. my broadband
>provider (time-warner in NC) has also terminated usenet service. luckily
>my dial-up service still has usenet.

>.. i wonder what the stance is globally.

>-r

Nicholas wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:37:13 GMT, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com>
> wrote:

>> Postings to sci.geo.satellite-nav
>> (SA was turned of on May of 2000)

>>        Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec
>> 1994              319   332   227   293   238   363   414   377   376   316    
>> 1995  401   364   564   684   855   942   1071  1222  950   697   641   864    
>> 1996  1264  1423  1071  1370  1444  1553  1948  1534  1412  1300  1311  1500  
>> 1997  2530  2536  2912  2183  2160  2273  2125  1660  1825  1781  1898  2501  
>> 1998  2649  1941  2604  2914  2601  3005  2575  2836  3235  2653  3079  2507  
>> 1999  3639  3437  2937  3360  2719  2527  2640  4412  3651  2596  3209  3202  
>> 2000  3919  3308  3186  2633  8184  4863  5267  4892  4544  4040  3429  4862  
>> 2001  5324  3999  4848  4585  4755  4009  3970  4562  3664  4244  3758  3452  
>> 2002  4525  3447  4088  4467  4651  3998  4207  3422  3834  3694  3713  3453  
>> 2003  4586  4589  4632  3623  3420  3151  3339  3118  2633  2505  2733  2780  
>> 2004  3465  3116  2933  2843  2520  2111  2714  2492  1797  1542  1913  2533  
>> 2005  2328  1645  1756  1480  1637  1523  1421  1394  1444  1266  1417  1202  
>> 2006  1718  943   1408  1545  1136  1614  1222  1001  631   622   602   622    
>> 2007  761   476   491   729   725   700   834   735   598   708   589   636    
>> 2008  417   432   392   333   276   306   253   229   200   73

>> I wonder if the lack of postings and participation is a general USENET
>> phenomenon, a shift in technical use of GPS, or something else. Most people
>> I know that use computers, don't even know what USENET it.

>> -Sam
>>  http://edu-observatory.org/gps/gps_books.html

> 1) we've watched the evolution of the technology since it first became
> available for civilian use.  It is now so endemic, it has become a
> common commodity.  How many people are having discussions about their
> TV's going from analog to digital in the US in February of 2009?

> 2) a lot has been said in this n/g about the workings of the system.
> Most of us already know more than we want to know about "How it Works"

> 3) most of the innovations that were being made have been implemented.
> Now the only civilian segment left for integration is the Aviation
> Sector.  [see postings in today's NEWS headlines]

> 4) there were too many flame wars here to make it worth the time.
> Beyond that...this group was Garmin-centric, and I have all Magellan
> equipment except for one Lowrance and 1 Garmin.

> 5) everything that needed to be said was said.  There came a point of
> diminishing returns regarding taking time to post and read.

> 6) Usenet is dying.  I called my ISP (comcast) for some Technical
> Support, and they told me they never heard of Usenet.  Now Comcast
> sends me an email saying they're discontinuing Usenet on October 25.

> Nice to see you're alive and kicking.  I know Jack is still around,
> but wonder about Joe.  I've seen Alan Browne over on some photo
> forums.

> Regards,

> Lawrence Glickman
> alias: Nicholas

>Nicholas wrote:
>> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:37:13 GMT, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com>
>> wrote:

>>> Postings to sci.geo.satellite-nav
>>> (SA was turned of on May of 2000)

>>>        Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec
>>> 1994              319   332   227   293   238   363   414   377   376   316        
>>> 1995  401   364   564   684   855   942   1071  1222  950   697   641   864        
>>> 1996  1264  1423  1071  1370  1444  1553  1948  1534  1412  1300  1311  1500      
>>> 1997  2530  2536  2912  2183  2160  2273  2125  1660  1825  1781  1898  2501      
>>> 1998  2649  1941  2604  2914  2601  3005  2575  2836  3235  2653  3079  2507      
>>> 1999  3639  3437  2937  3360  2719  2527  2640  4412  3651  2596  3209  3202      
>>> 2000  3919  3308  3186  2633  8184  4863  5267  4892  4544  4040  3429  4862      
>>> 2001  5324  3999  4848  4585  4755  4009  3970  4562  3664  4244  3758  3452      
>>> 2002  4525  3447  4088  4467  4651  3998  4207  3422  3834  3694  3713  3453      
>>> 2003  4586  4589  4632  3623  3420  3151  3339  3118  2633  2505  2733  2780      
>>> 2004  3465  3116  2933  2843  2520  2111  2714  2492  1797  1542  1913  2533      
>>> 2005  2328  1645  1756  1480  1637  1523  1421  1394  1444  1266  1417  1202      
>>> 2006  1718  943   1408  1545  1136  1614  1222  1001  631   622   602   622        
>>> 2007  761   476   491   729   725   700   834   735   598   708   589   636        
>>> 2008  417   432   392   333   276   306   253   229   200   73

>>> I wonder if the lack of postings and participation is a general USENET
>>> phenomenon, a shift in technical use of GPS, or something else. Most people
>>> I know that use computers, don't even know what USENET it.

>>> -Sam
>>>  http://edu-observatory.org/gps/gps_books.html

>> 1) we've watched the evolution of the technology since it first became
>> available for civilian use.  It is now so endemic, it has become a
>> common commodity.  How many people are having discussions about their
>> TV's going from analog to digital in the US in February of 2009?

>> 2) a lot has been said in this n/g about the workings of the system.
>> Most of us already know more than we want to know about "How it Works"

>> 3) most of the innovations that were being made have been implemented.
>> Now the only civilian segment left for integration is the Aviation
>> Sector.  [see postings in today's NEWS headlines]

>> 4) there were too many flame wars here to make it worth the time.
>> Beyond that...this group was Garmin-centric, and I have all Magellan
>> equipment except for one Lowrance and 1 Garmin.

>> 5) everything that needed to be said was said.  There came a point of
>> diminishing returns regarding taking time to post and read.

>> 6) Usenet is dying.  I called my ISP (comcast) for some Technical
>> Support, and they told me they never heard of Usenet.  Now Comcast
>> sends me an email saying they're discontinuing Usenet on October 25.

>> Nice to see you're alive and kicking.  I know Jack is still around,
>> but wonder about Joe.  I've seen Alan Browne over on some photo
>> forums.

>> Regards,

>> Lawrence Glickman
>> alias: Nicholas

>   I'm even more glad to see you are alive and kicking, Larry!
>  -Sam

Nicholas wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:49:05 GMT, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com>
> wrote:

>> Nicholas wrote:
>>> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:37:13 GMT, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com>
>>> wrote:

>>>> Postings to sci.geo.satellite-nav
>>>> (SA was turned of on May of 2000)

>>>>        Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec
>>>> 1994              319   332   227   293   238   363   414   377   376   316    
>>>> 1995  401   364   564   684   855   942   1071  1222  950   697   641   864    
>>>> 1996  1264  1423  1071  1370  1444  1553  1948  1534  1412  1300  1311  1500  
>>>> 1997  2530  2536  2912  2183  2160  2273  2125  1660  1825  1781  1898  2501  
>>>> 1998  2649  1941  2604  2914  2601  3005  2575  2836  3235  2653  3079  2507  
>>>> 1999  3639  3437  2937  3360  2719  2527  2640  4412  3651  2596  3209  3202  
>>>> 2000  3919  3308  3186  2633  8184  4863  5267  4892  4544  4040  3429  4862  
>>>> 2001  5324  3999  4848  4585  4755  4009  3970  4562  3664  4244  3758  3452  
>>>> 2002  4525  3447  4088  4467  4651  3998  4207  3422  3834  3694  3713  3453  
>>>> 2003  4586  4589  4632  3623  3420  3151  3339  3118  2633  2505  2733  2780  
>>>> 2004  3465  3116  2933  2843  2520  2111  2714  2492  1797  1542  1913  2533  
>>>> 2005  2328  1645  1756  1480  1637  1523  1421  1394  1444  1266  1417  1202  
>>>> 2006  1718  943   1408  1545  1136  1614  1222  1001  631   622   602   622    
>>>> 2007  761   476   491   729   725   700   834   735   598   708   589   636    
>>>> 2008  417   432   392   333   276   306   253   229   200   73

>>>> I wonder if the lack of postings and participation is a general USENET
>>>> phenomenon, a shift in technical use of GPS, or something else. Most people
>>>> I know that use computers, don't even know what USENET it.

>>>> -Sam
>>>>  http://edu-observatory.org/gps/gps_books.html
>>> 1) we've watched the evolution of the technology since it first became
>>> available for civilian use.  It is now so endemic, it has become a
>>> common commodity.  How many people are having discussions about their
>>> TV's going from analog to digital in the US in February of 2009?

>>> 2) a lot has been said in this n/g about the workings of the system.
>>> Most of us already know more than we want to know about "How it Works"

>>> 3) most of the innovations that were being made have been implemented.
>>> Now the only civilian segment left for integration is the Aviation
>>> Sector.  [see postings in today's NEWS headlines]

>>> 4) there were too many flame wars here to make it worth the time.
>>> Beyond that...this group was Garmin-centric, and I have all Magellan
>>> equipment except for one Lowrance and 1 Garmin.

>>> 5) everything that needed to be said was said.  There came a point of
>>> diminishing returns regarding taking time to post and read.

>>> 6) Usenet is dying.  I called my ISP (comcast) for some Technical
>>> Support, and they told me they never heard of Usenet.  Now Comcast
>>> sends me an email saying they're discontinuing Usenet on October 25.

>>> Nice to see you're alive and kicking.  I know Jack is still around,
>>> but wonder about Joe.  I've seen Alan Browne over on some photo
>>> forums.

>>> Regards,

>>> Lawrence Glickman
>>> alias: Nicholas

>>   I'm even more glad to see you are alive and kicking, Larry!
>>  -Sam

> Thanks Sam ;)

> I had a few close calls.  Broke my neck (C7), back (L4 compression
> fracture) left arm (ulna at wrist snapped in two like a broomstick
> handle), and had to have an AICD/PM installed because I have a lethal
> heart rhythm.  I have sustained Ventrucular Tachycardia.  

> A lack of blood supply to my brain caused a fall from 2 stories high.
> They had me on life support in Trauma and ICU.  It took TWO YEARS in
> braces and casts and then physical therapy to get back some of my
> functions, but I still have severe cervical stenosis and my spinal
> cord is getting pinched off in my neck.  1 blow to the head and I am a
> quadraplegic, if I survive it at all.  I can email you the MRI scan if
> you want.

> Later, doctors told me I was going to die if I went home for the
> weekend before I got the implant.  So I have a Medtronic defibrillator
> with anti-tachycardia pacing screwed into the bottom of my right
> ventricle.

> So...I =was= dead twice.  Once after the fall, and the 2nd time when
> they fibrillated my heart in the OR to see if the AICD worked
> properly.  For a guy who has been dead twice already, I feel pretty
> good ! 8-)

> AICD= automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator
> PM = pacemaker
> ICU= intensive care unit
> cervical stenosis = spinal cord column too narrow for spinal cord
> tissue.
> defibrillation= 35 joules directly into the myocardium to stop the
> heart, in hopes that when it restarts itself it will do so with
> *normal* rhythm.

> Note:  trans-throacic topical defibrillation requires about 400
> joules, but since I'm wired directly into the heart, a lot less energy
> is necessary.

> Lg
> Risen from the Dead

> Nicholas wrote:
>> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:49:05 GMT, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com>
>> wrote:

>>> Nicholas wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:37:13 GMT, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com>
>>>> wrote:

>>>>> Postings to sci.geo.satellite-nav
>>>>> (SA was turned of on May of 2000)

>>>>>        Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct  
>>>>> Nov   Dec
>>>>> 1994              319   332   227   293   238   363   414   377  
>>>>> 376   316  
>>>>> 1995  401   364   564   684   855   942   1071  1222  950   697  
>>>>> 641   864  
>>>>> 1996  1264  1423  1071  1370  1444  1553  1948  1534  1412  1300  
>>>>> 1311  1500  
>>>>> 1997  2530  2536  2912  2183  2160  2273  2125  1660  1825  1781  
>>>>> 1898  2501  
>>>>> 1998  2649  1941  2604  2914  2601  3005  2575  2836  3235  2653  
>>>>> 3079  2507  
>>>>> 1999  3639  3437  2937  3360  2719  2527  2640  4412  3651  2596  
>>>>> 3209  3202  
>>>>> 2000  3919  3308  3186  2633  8184  4863  5267  4892  4544  4040  
>>>>> 3429  4862  
>>>>> 2001  5324  3999  4848  4585  4755  4009  3970  4562  3664  4244  
>>>>> 3758  3452  
>>>>> 2002  4525  3447  4088  4467  4651  3998  4207  3422  3834  3694  
>>>>> 3713  3453  
>>>>> 2003  4586  4589  4632  3623  3420  3151  3339  3118  2633  2505  
>>>>> 2733  2780  
>>>>> 2004  3465  3116  2933  2843  2520  2111  2714  2492  1797  1542  
>>>>> 1913  2533  
>>>>> 2005  2328  1645  1756  1480  1637  1523  1421  1394  1444  1266  
>>>>> 1417  1202  
>>>>> 2006  1718  943   1408  1545  1136  1614  1222  1001  631   622  
>>>>> 602   622  
>>>>> 2007  761   476   491   729   725   700   834   735   598   708  
>>>>> 589   636  
>>>>> 2008  417   432   392   333   276   306   253   229   200   73

>>>>> I wonder if the lack of postings and participation is a general USENET
>>>>> phenomenon, a shift in technical use of GPS, or something else.
>>>>> Most people
>>>>> I know that use computers, don't even know what USENET it.

>>>>> -Sam
>>>>>  http://edu-observatory.org/gps/gps_books.html
>>>> 1) we've watched the evolution of the technology since it first became
>>>> available for civilian use.  It is now so endemic, it has become a
>>>> common commodity.  How many people are having discussions about their
>>>> TV's going from analog to digital in the US in February of 2009?

>>>> 2) a lot has been said in this n/g about the workings of the system.
>>>> Most of us already know more than we want to know about "How it Works"

>>>> 3) most of the innovations that were being made have been implemented.
>>>> Now the only civilian segment left for integration is the Aviation
>>>> Sector.  [see postings in today's NEWS headlines]

>>>> 4) there were too many flame wars here to make it worth the time.
>>>> Beyond that...this group was Garmin-centric, and I have all Magellan
>>>> equipment except for one Lowrance and 1 Garmin.

>>>> 5) everything that needed to be said was said.  There came a point of
>>>> diminishing returns regarding taking time to post and read.

>>>> 6) Usenet is dying.  I called my ISP (comcast) for some Technical
>>>> Support, and they told me they never heard of Usenet.  Now Comcast
>>>> sends me an email saying they're discontinuing Usenet on October 25.

>>>> Nice to see you're alive and kicking.  I know Jack is still around,
>>>> but wonder about Joe.  I've seen Alan Browne over on some photo
>>>> forums.

>>>> Regards,

>>>> Lawrence Glickman
>>>> alias: Nicholas

>>>   I'm even more glad to see you are alive and kicking, Larry!
>>>  -Sam

>> Thanks Sam ;)

>> I had a few close calls.  Broke my neck (C7), back (L4 compression
>> fracture) left arm (ulna at wrist snapped in two like a broomstick
>> handle), and had to have an AICD/PM installed because I have a lethal
>> heart rhythm.  I have sustained Ventrucular Tachycardia.
>> A lack of blood supply to my brain caused a fall from 2 stories high.
>> They had me on life support in Trauma and ICU.  It took TWO YEARS in
>> braces and casts and then physical therapy to get back some of my
>> functions, but I still have severe cervical stenosis and my spinal
>> cord is getting pinched off in my neck.  1 blow to the head and I am a
>> quadraplegic, if I survive it at all.  I can email you the MRI scan if
>> you want.

>> Later, doctors told me I was going to die if I went home for the
>> weekend before I got the implant.  So I have a Medtronic defibrillator
>> with anti-tachycardia pacing screwed into the bottom of my right
>> ventricle.

>> So...I =was= dead twice.  Once after the fall, and the 2nd time when
>> they fibrillated my heart in the OR to see if the AICD worked
>> properly.  For a guy who has been dead twice already, I feel pretty
>> good ! 8-)

>> AICD= automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator
>> PM = pacemaker
>> ICU= intensive care unit
>> cervical stenosis = spinal cord column too narrow for spinal cord
>> tissue.
>> defibrillation= 35 joules directly into the myocardium to stop the
>> heart, in hopes that when it restarts itself it will do so with
>> *normal* rhythm.

>> Note:  trans-throacic topical defibrillation requires about 400
>> joules, but since I'm wired directly into the heart, a lot less energy
>> is necessary.

>> Lg
>> Risen from the Dead

>   Your brain function is very good... you are writing well. May your
>   health continue to improve, Larry!

>  -Sam

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:00:04 +0100, A <a...@nospam.com> wrote:
>On 11/10/08 06:16, Sam Wormley wrote:
>> Nicholas wrote:
>>> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:49:05 GMT, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com>
>>> wrote:

>>>> Nicholas wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:37:13 GMT, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com>
>>>>> wrote:

>>>>>> Postings to sci.geo.satellite-nav
>>>>>> (SA was turned of on May of 2000)

>>>>>>        Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct  
>>>>>> Nov   Dec
>>>>>> 1994              319   332   227   293   238   363   414   377  
>>>>>> 376   316  
>>>>>> 1995  401   364   564   684   855   942   1071  1222  950   697  
>>>>>> 641   864  
>>>>>> 1996  1264  1423  1071  1370  1444  1553  1948  1534  1412  1300  
>>>>>> 1311  1500  
>>>>>> 1997  2530  2536  2912  2183  2160  2273  2125  1660  1825  1781  
>>>>>> 1898  2501  
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>>>>>> I wonder if the lack of postings and participation is a general USENET
>>>>>> phenomenon, a shift in technical use of GPS, or something else.
>>>>>> Most people
>>>>>> I know that use computers, don't even know what USENET it.

>>>>>> -Sam
>>>>>>  http://edu-observatory.org/gps/gps_books.html
>>>>> 1) we've watched the evolution of the technology since it first became
>>>>> available for civilian use.  It is now so endemic, it has become a
>>>>> common commodity.  How many people are having discussions about their
>>>>> TV's going from analog to digital in the US in February of 2009?

>>>>> 2) a lot has been said in this n/g about the workings of the system.
>>>>> Most of us already know more than we want to know about "How it Works"

>>>>> 3) most of the innovations that were being made have been implemented.
>>>>> Now the only civilian segment left for integration is the Aviation
>>>>> Sector.  [see postings in today's NEWS headlines]

>>>>> 4) there were too many flame wars here to make it worth the time.
>>>>> Beyond that...this group was Garmin-centric, and I have all Magellan
>>>>> equipment except for one Lowrance and 1 Garmin.

>>>>> 5) everything that needed to be said was said.  There came a point of
>>>>> diminishing returns regarding taking time to post and read.

>>>>> 6) Usenet is dying.  I called my ISP (comcast) for some Technical
>>>>> Support, and they told me they never heard of Usenet.  Now Comcast
>>>>> sends me an email saying they're discontinuing Usenet on October 25.

>>>>> Nice to see you're alive and kicking.  I know Jack is still around,
>>>>> but wonder about Joe.  I've seen Alan Browne over on some photo
>>>>> forums.

>>>>> Regards,

>>>>> Lawrence Glickman
>>>>> alias: Nicholas

>>>>   I'm even more glad to see you are alive and kicking, Larry!
>>>>  -Sam

>>> Thanks Sam ;)

>>> I had a few close calls.  Broke my neck (C7), back (L4 compression
>>> fracture) left arm (ulna at wrist snapped in two like a broomstick
>>> handle), and had to have an AICD/PM installed because I have a lethal
>>> heart rhythm.  I have sustained Ventrucular Tachycardia.
>>> A lack of blood supply to my brain caused a fall from 2 stories high.
>>> They had me on life support in Trauma and ICU.  It took TWO YEARS in
>>> braces and casts and then physical therapy to get back some of my
>>> functions, but I still have severe cervical stenosis and my spinal
>>> cord is getting pinched off in my neck.  1 blow to the head and I am a
>>> quadraplegic, if I survive it at all.  I can email you the MRI scan if
>>> you want.

>>> Later, doctors told me I was going to die if I went home for the
>>> weekend before I got the implant.  So I have a Medtronic defibrillator
>>> with anti-tachycardia pacing screwed into the bottom of my right
>>> ventricle.

>>> So...I =was= dead twice.  Once after the fall, and the 2nd time when
>>> they fibrillated my heart in the OR to see if the AICD worked
>>> properly.  For a guy who has been dead twice already, I feel pretty
>>> good ! 8-)

>>> AICD= automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator
>>> PM = pacemaker
>>> ICU= intensive care unit
>>> cervical stenosis = spinal cord column too narrow for spinal cord
>>> tissue.
>>> defibrillation= 35 joules directly into the myocardium to stop the
>>> heart, in hopes that when it restarts itself it will do so with
>>> *normal* rhythm.

>>> Note:  trans-throacic topical defibrillation requires about 400
>>> joules, but since I'm wired directly into the heart, a lot less energy
>>> is necessary.

>>> Lg
>>> Risen from the Dead

>>   Your brain function is very good... you are writing well. May your
>>   health continue to improve, Larry!

>>  -Sam

>Did neither of you ever learn to snip?
>Don't you know your messages cost the net hundreds if not thousands of
>dollars to send everywhere?

> So, if I get this right, you yourself REPOST the entire message,
> whilst criticizing us for doing the same.  As for costing anybody
> anything, I've paid my monthly fee for using this service.

> Surely, this was meant to be a joke.