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- ^^^^^^^^^^*^^ JACK SUGHRUE, Box
- 459, East Douglas, MA 01516*
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- Dear Editor,
- First, thank you for continuing the
- newsletter exchange during the long
- time I was mending.
- Second, in case you were unaware of
- my accident but thought I was late
- and lazy with the latest IMPACT/99
- articles, let me explain what
- happened. I was on my way home from
- school on a bright, sunshiny
- afternoon in May, when a tree leaped
- in front of my brand new car. Car
- was totalled, but I wasn't. My head
- was badly smashed in. There was a
- distinct possibility that I would
- lose my left eye and/or suffer severe
- brain damage if I lived. I lived.
- The left eye is not perfect, but it
- is see-able and will remain with me.
- Regarding the brain damage: my wife
- said, "If Jack has brain damage, who
- would know?"
- The doctors, who were fantastic, put
- nine metal plates in my head to hold
- it together and performed lots of
- other miracles. Anyway, I appear to
- be getting back to what is normal for
- me. It's just taking a very long
- time, during which I went through
- exceedingly long (for an impatient
- patient like myself) times when I
- could not read or compute! I sure had
- a chance to reprioritize my life,
- however, and dropped lots of things
- that were not important. But the
- things most important to me (family,
- teaching, reading, writing, and, of
- course, computing) are where my time
- and energy and money will go.
- So, I'm back. I missed my TI-ing
- and all my TI friends. I'm back to
- work and computing on a bit of a
- limited basis. My energy level
- hasn't worked its way up to the old
- levels, yet, but the enthusiasm for
- my 4A, however, is even higher than
- before, if that is possible.
- Third, if you're interested in
- receiving a FREE (no gimmicks)
- monthly two-page article (with a
- graphical third page now and then)
- just keep me on your newsletter
- mailing list. I'll send them in
- batches similar to these. You don't
- have to publish them, if you don't
- care to, but I'll continue the
- exchange as long as your group would
- like to receive them. I was hoping
- to start #1 with your January issue
- but couldn't make it. I would
- appreciate your not publishing these
- articles BEFORE these 1990 dates: Feb
- - #1; Mar - #2; and all the way up to
- Dec - #11 for 1990. Publishing
- themafterthese dates isn't a
- problem. Thank you for your courtesy
- in this matter.
- And, fourth, the TI Community
- world wide was so incredibly
- supportive and caring that my
- recovery was undoubtedly speeded up
- because of this show of sensitivity.
- There is no way I could ever begin to
- thank all the hundreds of individuals
- and groups who wrote and called and
- sent all kinds of TI thingies. But I
- most enjoyed the steady flow of
- newsletters, read to me by my wife
- and kids until I could read them
- myself. I felt connected and a part
- of something definitely worthwhile.
- Newsletter editors are the soul of
- this community, without which we
- couldn't exist as an entity. I hope
- you are able to continue this
- monumental (and not always rewarding)
- effort. You are very much needed by
- all of us.
- Again, thank you for your
- patience. Hope you find NEWAGE
- interesting and useful.
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