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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I would like to apologize to everyone for my behavior a few months
ago. It was reprehensible and shameful, and I am truly sorry. There was and
is no excuse for it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>By way of explanation but not excuse, basically it was a meltdown that
started in arc5 & milsurplus on qth.net and ended a month or two later in
boatanchors on the same list server. Between my own psychiatric and physical
issues and Noelle’s, I’ve been under an ever increasing amount of
pressure with no relief except seeing my therapist but I haven’t had that
luxury except rarely due to scheduling issues. Two things have happened
since. First, my shrink changed my med load which seems to be helping some and
some progress is finally being made vis-à-vis my leg. I have to admit that the
word “amputate”, which the doctors involved have been bandying
about doesn’t set well but it is at least something and it’s better
than nothing. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Something I shall continue to do is take shots at Hawaii. Part of the
local culture is to laugh at ourselves. It’s like me calling myself a
lolo haole except at a wider level. As far as literacy goes, we have one of
the worst educational systems in the country (2nd or 3rd, as I recall) and
probably the most useless Department of Education anywhere. Our government
actively discourages new business here, depending on tourism (and taxing
tourists in ever increasing increments while doing so) and the military to
supply the state’s income. Add in a population that’s small and
primarily service oriented and there’s little basis for any sort of a
tech base. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>In a nutshell, that’s Hawaii. And I’m going to continue to
take shots at it because I live here and it’s part of the culture. And I’ll
continue to portray myself as a “grass shack living tree-climber” with
the intellect of a gnat because that is Hawaii as well. And I’ll be
sitting here grinning like an idiot all the while, hoping people will laugh
along with me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Now, I’ve never been much of a contributor anywhere. A raiser of
questions and a misunderstander of answers, yes. Contributor, not so much. This
has historically been true in these three lists and was in the three previously
mentioned. (In point of fact, if anyone were to mention my name in any of the previously
mentioned ones, the response would be, “Who?”) Since I haven’t
suddenly grown an IQ, I doubt this will change a lot, especially with the amped
up med load. But I shall try very, very hard to behave in a far more civilized
manner and hope someone will head me off if I start drifting again.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Again, my deepest and most humble apologies for my behavior.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A revised copy of this will be going to a small group via private email
as well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mahalo nui loa for your attention.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Michael, WH7HG BL01xh<br>
<a href="http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx">http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/">http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/</a> <br>
<a href="http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com/">http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com</a>
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Hiki Nô! </span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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