Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some time ago my wife and I came down with fever, a cough and a liquid nose. independent doctors (her?s and mine) after a chest X-rays that ?did not rule out pneumonia? were prescribed the same anti-biotic. We were sick for about three weeks. It was quite profound: my weight is down by six percent, and for a few days, you could say that I was clinically depressed. While the ?quacks? wouldn?t commit themselves: we both had flu shots and they said there were no statistics on people getting flu after having the shots, I?m convinced that it had to have been flu. It was too profound. The effect of the temporary depression was that I couldn?t communicate with friends. While last Saturday, I felt that I had recovered sufficiently to do my regular shift at the Computer History Museum, which was participating in a 45 minute lecture demonstration of the Babbage Difference Engine, followed a quarter hour later by a one-hour guided tour of the Museum, the very next day I felt as follows: I couldn?t bring myself to phone my geocaching buddy, a friend since 1986. I went almost under protest to a performance of Die Fledermaus and sat there wishing I were somewhere else. My wife had organized a party of friends for dinner after the performance, and I just opted out; asked to be dropped off at home. I just couldn?t talk to people. The next day, yesterday, I was over it. Strange. Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you.