Just another test.
--- SBBSecho 3.23-Win32
* Origin: Camelot BBS - Milton, Wv (1:275/103)

Received in Kentucky, USA. Welcome!

Mike


* SLMR 2.1a * Think of it as evolution in action.
--- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
* Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)

Hej Merlin!

Just another test.

With a different reply.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

-o o- -o -o
(\ /) (\ (\
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
... Wene þec þy betran, efn elne þis a þenden þu lifge.
Train yourself for the better way, ever with courage as long as you live. --- GNU bash, version 5.2.37(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
* Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint @ (2:280/464.113)

Hej Carol!

Lol! Missed you Maurice!

I've been here all along but quieter than is normal for me.

I've been struggling with visual issues. Cataracts so pretty normal.

I've also been dealing with health issues myself over the last year. I find out Wednesday when I will be booked for surgery. Apparently the latest scans have shown an issue with my gall bladder although I think that is the least of my worries. Anyhow the surgeon thinks it should be removed. :-(

I believe once they start removing parts it becomes a slippery slope afterwards, but all things considered I probably should have packed it in at least a year ago when I started to need blood transfusions on roughly a monthly basis. To be honest back then I didn't think I'd make it this far. Whenever someone in-the-know asks how I've managed to survive I always say, "Strong like bull, smart like tractor." :-)

The last blood transfusion was almost two months ago, and since then my blood level has increased with each blood test so I am optimistic about my immediate future.

Come August, I should be able to read the BBS better. As it is, it's
been an increasing trial for the past 18 months.

Wishing you all the best, which I sincerely believe we both deserve. I hope to still be here to hear your good news. I have no plans on quitting.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

o- o- o- o-
/) /) /) /)
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
... Sinc eaðe mæg, gold on grunde, gumcynnes gehwone oferhigian.
Treasure, gold in earth, may easily overwhelm any of the human race.
--- GNU bash, version 5.2.37(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
* Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint @ (2:280/464.113)

Hey Carol!

Ah age getting us all.

Sometimes getting older really sucks but for reasons I've already stated - strong like bull, smart like tractor - I stubbornly persist.

For the past 2 weeks I've been taking care of Don who had hernia
surgery. It was his second time. Not fun for him as he's 74.

Ouch! I've never had but I definetly can imagine it would really suck ... really, really suck the second time.

Today I got confirmation that my blood level is finally stabilizing and my natural blood cycle looks to be getting back ontrack, which means no more transfusions. I find out tommorow about my gall bladder but I think it will be cancelled. We'll see.

Life is good,
Maurice

-o o- -o -o
(\ /) (\ (\
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
... Wyrd biþ swiþre, Meotud meahtigra, þonne ænges monnes gehygd.
Fate is stronger, the Lord mightier, than any man's thoughts.
--- GNU bash, version 5.2.37(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
* Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)

Received in Kentucky, USA. Welcome!

Mike

* SLMR 2.1a * Think of it as evolution in action.

Just tried tapping the Submit button on a post to Merlin but can't see that CCO accepted it
Ed
--- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
* Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)

After seeing my post to you was accepted I wrote to Merlin again.
SameO-SameO.
I didn't see it being accepted.

If this post to you is accepted all I asked Merlin was if the Camelot BBS has a internet address or dial up number a relative near Milton could use
Ed
--- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
* Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)

After seeing my post to you was accepted I wrote to Merlin again. SameO-SameO.
I didn't see it being accepted.

That is weird! I don't see them, either. :(

If this post to you is accepted all I asked Merlin was if the Camelot BBS has internet address or dial up number a relative near Milton could use

I will forward this message with Merlin in the "TO" so to be sure they see
it.

Mike

* SLMR 2.1a * Quick, call a Witch Doctor. My witch is sick!
--- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
* Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)

That is weird! I don't see them, either. :(

I will forward this message with Merlin in the "TO" so to be sure they see it.

Mike

* SLMR 2.1a * Quick, call a Witch Doctor. My witch is sick!

Thanks.

I also thought to search fot Camelot BBS on DDG.
Ed
--- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
* Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)

Re: Another Test
By: Maurice Kinal to Carol Shenkenberger on Mon May 26 2025 03:23:54

I believe once they start removing parts it becomes a slippery slope...

Especially if they remove the wrong parts.
--- SBBSecho 3.27-Linux
* Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016)

Hey Mortar!

once they start removing parts it becomes a slippery slope...

Especially if they remove the wrong parts.

Just what I needed to hear at this point in time. :-/

Life is good,
Maurice

-o o- o- o-
(\ /) /) /)
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
... Wea bið wundrum clibbor. Wolcnu scriðað.
Sorrow is strangely clinging. Clouds glide on.
--- GNU bash, version 5.2.37(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
* Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)

Hey Carol!

Glad for your good news!

It got betterish since the phone call with the surgeon. It seems he wants to postpone the gall bladder surgery until they do more scans, peer consulting, etc. Now that it appears that I am on the mend, as well as unlikely to have cancer (liver), this suits me fine. I definetly have more recovery to do but at this point thinks are looking positive ... errrr ... negative in this case ... and that's a good thing as Martha would say.

we set up for my cataract surgery.

Also a good thing?

Life is good,
Maurice

o- -o -o o-
/) (\ (\ /)
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
... Ne deah eall soþ asæd ne eall sar ætwiten.
It does no good to tell all truths or blame all wrongs.
--- GNU bash, version 5.2.37(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
* Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)

Hey Carol!

Glad all seems well for yu!

Had a blood test this morning and my hemoglobin level is holding steady since the last test taken a couple weeks ago ... so no transfusion needed! ... again! :-)

Definetly not out of the woods yet but I appear to be improving. :::knocking on wood:::

Me, I just have the jitters over eyeball surgery. That's probably
pretty normal to have.

I believe so. Everybody in their right mind would have jitters - and then some - about anything poking at their eye(s).

Day surgery?

The surgeon claims that I should be in-and-out if and when I get the gall bladder surgery. So far I haven't heard back since it got postponed. I am in no rush.

Life is good,
Maurice

o- o- -o o-
/) /) (\ /)
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
... Swa mon ma spricð, swa him læs monna gelyfð.
The more a man speaks, the less people believe him.
--- GNU bash, version 5.2.37(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
* Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)