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.IF DSK3.Z3
.CE 6
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^W-AGE/99 * NEW-AGE/
^99 *NEW-AGE/99* N
^EW-AGE/99 * NEW-AGE
^/99 *NEW-AGE/99*
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^^^^^^^^^^*^^ JACK SUGHRUE, Box
459, East Douglas, MA 01516*
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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