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<td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">I didn't notice anything unusual, though sometimes we play a little<BR>rough on some of the lists, most don't take it personally as everyone<BR>has a rough day and lets off steam now and then.<BR><BR>It takes a big man to fess-up and ask forgiveness, so kudos to you<BR>my friend!<BR><BR>It has been a couple of decades since I visited Hawaii, it was<BR>interesting but not a place I would choose to live, largely due to<BR>some of the factors you mentioned.<BR><BR>You are carrying some personal loads that would crush other men;<BR>stay the course and please continue to bless us with your unique<BR>technical knowledge and your most-usual words of encouragement!<BR><BR>73, doc<BR><BR>> I would like to apologize to everyone for my behavior a few months ago.<BR>> It was reprehensible and shameful, and I am truly sorry. There was and<BR>> is no excuse for
it.<BR>><BR>> By way of explanation but not excuse, basically it was a meltdown that<BR>> started in arc5 & milsurplus on qth.net and ended a month or two later<BR>> in boatanchors on the same list server. Between my own psychiatric and<BR>> physical issues and Noelle’s, I’ve been under an ever increasing amount<BR>> of pressure with no relief except seeing my therapist but I haven’t had<BR>> that luxury except rarely due to scheduling issues. Two things have<BR>> happened since. First, my shrink changed my med load which seems to be<BR>> helping some and some progress is finally being made vis-à-vis my leg.<BR>> I have to admit that the word “amputate”, which the doctors involved<BR>> have been bandying about doesn’t set well but it is at least something<BR>> and it’s better than nothing.<BR>><BR>> Something I shall continue to do is take shots at Hawaii. Part of
the<BR>> local culture is to laugh at ourselves. It’s like me calling myself a<BR>> lolo haole except at a wider level. As far as literacy goes, we have<BR>> one of the worst educational systems in the country (2nd or 3rd, as I<BR>> recall) and probably the most useless Department of Education anywhere.<BR>> Our government actively discourages new business here, depending on<BR>> tourism (and taxing tourists in ever increasing increments while doing<BR>> so) and the military to supply the state’s income. Add in a population<BR>> that’s small and primarily service oriented and there’s little basis for<BR>> any sort of a tech base.<BR>><BR>> In a nutshell, that’s Hawaii. And I’m going to continue to take shots<BR>> at it because I live here and it’s part of the culture. And I’ll<BR>> continue to portray myself as a “grass shack living tree-climber” with<BR>> the
intellect of a gnat because that is Hawaii as well. And I’ll be<BR>> sitting here grinning like an idiot all the while, hoping people will<BR>> laugh along with me.<BR>><BR>> Now, I’ve never been much of a contributor anywhere. A raiser of<BR>> questions and a misunderstander of answers, yes. Contributor, not so<BR>> much. This has historically been true in these three lists and was in<BR>> the three previously mentioned. (In point of fact, if anyone were to<BR>> mention my name in any of the previously mentioned ones, the response<BR>> would be, “Who?”) Since I haven’t suddenly grown an IQ, I doubt this<BR>> will change a lot, especially with the amped up med load. But I shall<BR>> try very, very hard to behave in a far more civilized manner and hope<BR>> someone will head me off if I start drifting again.<BR>><BR>> Again, my deepest and most humble apologies
for my behavior.<BR>><BR>> A revised copy of this will be going to a small group via private email<BR>> as well.<BR>><BR>> Mahalo nui loa for your attention.<BR>><BR>> Best regards,<BR>><BR>> Michael, WH7HG BL01xh<BR>> <a href="http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx" target=_blank >http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx</a><BR>><BR>> <a href="http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/" target=_blank >http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/</a><BR>> <a href="http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com" target=_blank >http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com</a><BR>> <<a href="http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com/" target=_blank >http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com/</a>><BR>> Hiki Nô!<BR><BR>-- <BR><BR>Thanks! & 73, KD4E<BR>David Colburn <a href="http://kd4e.com" target=_blank >http://kd4e.com</a><BR>Have an <a href="http://ultrafidian.com" target=_blank >http://ultrafidian.com</a> day<BR>I
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