[Sussex] Newbie Alert [OT]

[Geoff Teale]

On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 19:28, Al Bennett wrote:
<snippage>
> Geoff - Very sorry to hear about your wife also having ME, not alot that can
> be said that you haven't heard before (speedy recovery etc...).

Same to you Al.  

Going to veer OT here just for a second, just 'cause I have a bee in my
bonnet about this..

One of the big problems for people dealing with ME/CFS sufferers is the
that it's neither terminal or short term - it's hard to know what to say
to someone after the first four or five times you ask them how they feel
and they say "crap".  Another thing is that people underestimate just
how "crap" they mean.

Sarah works because she would probably go insane sitting at home on her
own all day (if Sarah was well she'd be the sort of gal that would work
20 hour days, it's possibly putting that kind of pressure on herself
that helped trigger the illness in the first place).

People think because she works that she's OK, but the reality is that
she goes through an awesome struggle just to get to work.  For the
benefit of those people who haven't met an ME sufferer I should point
out that Sarah wakes up today feeling like she's got a combination of
the worst hang-over you've ever had and a bout of the flu on top.  In
the evening she comes home sweating toxins and (literally) turning
yellow around the edges.

> Look forward to seeing you all the at the next Moot (should I even ask about
> moot?).  

For some reason the word moot just seems to get used for the moot. 
Think it has something to do with Dobbo, but I've no idea.

BTW Dobbo's awful quiet right now - are we going to see him at the Moot?

> Is it at the Kings Head?  

Ye Olde Kings Head in carfax (there is another Kings Head in Horsham,
someplace).

> What sort of time?  

Oh.. from 6:30 or 7ish through to 11 o'clockish.  Obviously there's no
requirement to be there late if you don't want to.

> Look out for the
> people with ZZ Top beards wearing Tux hats?!

THere'a a noteable absence of long beards in the LUG.  In fact of the 92
people currently subbed to the list, I am only aware of 5 people with
beards of any nature.  

> See y'all there.  Well, I'll get back to RFC searching...

See you there...

-- 
GJT 
gteale at cmedltd.com 
-- 
Recipe for a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster: 
(1) Take the juice from one bottle of Ol' Janx Spirit 
(2) Pour into it one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V
(Oh, those Santraginean fish!) 
(3) Allow 3 cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture
(properly iced or the benzine is lost.) 
(4) Allow four liters of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it. 
(5) Over the back of a silver spoon, float a measure of Qualactin
Hypermint extract. 
(6) Drop in the tooth of an Algolian Suntiger. Watch it dissolve. 
(7) Sprinkle Zamphuor. 
(8) Add an olive. 
(9) Drink... but... very carefully...