Re: Home recovering from surgery
At 01:47 PM 6/10/2006, keith_w wrote: D Brooks wrote: We used to bandage ourselves -before- we were hurt. D Yeah, but then, you didn't think it was cool to punch holes in window glass with your bare fist... keith Did Dave B. do that too? Dave S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Home recovering from surgery
Staples? Sutures? A lot of our surgeons are using glue. No kidding. No cool value at all... Rick --- Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sutures? I'm jealous, all I ever get is staples! ;-) Don (Whose belly looks like Zorro got him!) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 3:52 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Home recovering from surgery OK, I feel a bit of a prat about the subject line, even though I *did* have surgery today. It's just that, considering some of the health problems experienced by some other PDML'ers, it's quite trivial. I had a small (1 cm diameter) cyst removed from my left cheek today. It was *much* larger a few weeks ago when the infection was running at full force. Anyway, I now have a gruesome-looking inch-long incision in my face, sewn up with very tough-looking black sutures! Perhaps I'll post a photo later. Or perhaps not. :) -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Home recovering from surgery
When I got into a punching match with a window many moons ago, all the doctor used was the medical equivalent of duct tap. Mind you, it left me with a pretty cool scar on the back of my hand. Dave At 02:47 PM 5/10/2006, Rick Womer wrote: Staples? Sutures? A lot of our surgeons are using glue. No kidding. No cool value at all... Rick --- Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sutures? I'm jealous, all I ever get is staples! ;-) Don (Whose belly looks like Zorro got him!) -Original Message- Mark Roberts OK, I feel a bit of a prat about the subject line, even though I *did* have surgery today. It's just that, considering some of the health problems experienced by some other PDML'ers, it's quite trivial. I had a small (1 cm diameter) cyst removed from my left cheek today. It was *much* larger a few weeks ago when the infection was running at full force. Anyway, I now have a gruesome-looking inch-long incision in my face, sewn up with very tough-looking black sutures! Perhaps I'll post a photo later. Or perhaps not. :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Nah. He doesn't look the least like Alan Greenspan. :-) Jostein (having just read Going postal by Terry Pratchett) On 10/5/06, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, no, Mark looks like a pirate AND a gangster grin. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Cotty wrote: On 4/10/06, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Is there gonna be a cool scar? Will you look just like a pirate? Or a gangster? But Mark already looks like a pirate or a gangster... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Home recovering from surgery
On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 01:02:57 -0400, you wrote: On Oct 4, 2006, at 6:29 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Don Sanderson wrote: Sutures? I'm jealous, all I ever get is staples! ;-) Staples? We'd 'ave been glad to 'ave staples! When I was a young man we used to 'ave to bind our wounds up with duct tape. *Used* duct tape! Luxury! We had to open our own wounds. Oh great. Another PDML'er trying to open up my fresh stitches :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Home recovering from surgery
On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 12:37:37 +0200, you wrote: Nah. He doesn't look the least like Alan Greenspan. snif That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me on this list! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Since he rubbed some ink in it the scar will probably show. You know these pirates... -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! OK, I feel a bit of a prat about the subject line, even though I *did* have surgery today. It's just that, considering some of the health problems experienced by some other PDML'ers, it's quite trivial. I had a small (1 cm diameter) cyst removed from my left cheek today. It was *much* larger a few weeks ago when the infection was running at full force. Anyway, I now have a gruesome-looking inch-long incision in my face, sewn up with very tough-looking black sutures! Perhaps I'll post a photo later. Or perhaps not. :) Wishing you speedy and complete in a cosmetic sense recovery from your illness... Though in Russian we say that scars make man more attractive to women I'd say the natural unaltered look is preferable. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Home recovering from surgery
Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 01:02:57 -0400, you wrote: On Oct 4, 2006, at 6:29 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Don Sanderson wrote: Sutures? I'm jealous, all I ever get is staples! ;-) Staples? We'd 'ave been glad to 'ave staples! When I was a young man we used to 'ave to bind our wounds up with duct tape. *Used* duct tape! Luxury! We had to open our own wounds. Oh great. Another PDML'er trying to open up my fresh stitches :) We used to bandage ourselves -before- we were hurt. D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine and pet photography, York and Durham Region. www.caughtinmotion.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Home recovering from surgery
D Brooks wrote: Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 01:02:57 -0400, you wrote: On Oct 4, 2006, at 6:29 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Don Sanderson wrote: Sutures? I'm jealous, all I ever get is staples! ;-) Staples? We'd 'ave been glad to 'ave staples! When I was a young man we used to 'ave to bind our wounds up with duct tape. *Used* duct tape! Luxury! We had to open our own wounds. Oh great. Another PDML'er trying to open up my fresh stitches :) We used to bandage ourselves -before- we were hurt. D Yeah, but then, you didn't think it was cool to punch holes in window glass with your bare fist... keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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On 10/5/06, Jerome Reyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HARRR!!! I've still got yer beat, mate! With yer wee cut. Ye ain't no Captain! http://exposedfilm.net/journal/seattle/injury.jpg(be warned!) 3 more inches, tree shavings, and used duct tape. Try harder next time! and remember, tree branches on hiking trails ALWAYS do the trick. Shiver me timbers! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Home recovering from surgery
Quoting keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED]: D Brooks wrote: Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 01:02:57 -0400, you wrote: On Oct 4, 2006, at 6:29 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Don Sanderson wrote: Sutures? I'm jealous, all I ever get is staples! ;-) Staples? We'd 'ave been glad to 'ave staples! When I was a young man we used to 'ave to bind our wounds up with duct tape. *Used* duct tape! Luxury! We had to open our own wounds. Oh great. Another PDML'er trying to open up my fresh stitches :) We used to bandage ourselves -before- we were hurt. D Yeah, but then, you didn't think it was cool to punch holes in window glass with your bare fist... Who told you. D keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Home recovering from surgery
On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 05:29:50 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: Is there gonna be a cool scar? Will you look just like a pirate? Or a gangster? But now he can be the Captain. A HARRR!!! I've still got yer beat, mate! With yer wee cut. Ye ain't no Captain! http://exposedfilm.net/journal/seattle/injury.jpg(be warned!) My gash may be shorter, but I assure you it's much more gruesome looking. The black sutures sticking out of it add a final, dramatic touch, too! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Hey Keith - I did that once and didn't even have a scratch, so it's no big deal! When I was a kid we used to slap mud on a wound and wrap it with a stinging nettle leaf, we were that tough... Before I forget the originator of this thread - best wishes for a speedy recovery Mark - I go in for similar surgery at the end of this month, will probably not be a pretty sight for weeks! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:30 AM Subject: Re: Home recovering from surgery D Brooks wrote: Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 01:02:57 -0400, you wrote: On Oct 4, 2006, at 6:29 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Don Sanderson wrote: Sutures? I'm jealous, all I ever get is staples! ;-) Staples? We'd 'ave been glad to 'ave staples! When I was a young man we used to 'ave to bind our wounds up with duct tape. *Used* duct tape! Luxury! We had to open our own wounds. Oh great. Another PDML'er trying to open up my fresh stitches :) We used to bandage ourselves -before- we were hurt. D Yeah, but then, you didn't think it was cool to punch holes in window glass with your bare fist... keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Home recovering from surgery
On 10/4/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I feel a bit of a prat about the subject line, even though I *did* have surgery today. It's just that, considering some of the health problems experienced by some other PDML'ers, it's quite trivial. I had a small (1 cm diameter) cyst removed from my left cheek today. It was *much* larger a few weeks ago when the infection was running at full force. Anyway, I now have a gruesome-looking inch-long incision in my face, sewn up with very tough-looking black sutures! Perhaps I'll post a photo later. Or perhaps not. :) Is there gonna be a cool scar? Will you look just like a pirate? Or a gangster? cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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frank theriault wrote: On 10/4/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I feel a bit of a prat about the subject line, even though I *did* have surgery today. It's just that, considering some of the health problems experienced by some other PDML'ers, it's quite trivial. I had a small (1 cm diameter) cyst removed from my left cheek today. It was *much* larger a few weeks ago when the infection was running at full force. Anyway, I now have a gruesome-looking inch-long incision in my face, sewn up with very tough-looking black sutures! Perhaps I'll post a photo later. Or perhaps not. :) Is there gonna be a cool scar? Will you look just like a pirate? Or a gangster? Sadly, the work was done by an excellent plastic surgeon (selected by Dr. Lisa) and the final result will likely me almost undetectable :( I was getting ready to think up cool stories to explain it... I particularly like your pirate suggestion (which I hadn't thought of) because of the connection to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (http://www.venganza.org). -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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On 10/4/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sadly, the work was done by an excellent plastic surgeon (selected by Dr. Lisa) and the final result will likely me almost undetectable :( I was getting ready to think up cool stories to explain it... I particularly like your pirate suggestion (which I hadn't thought of) because of the connection to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (http://www.venganza.org). If the scar was to be big and cool and scary, you'd have been a hit next September 19th: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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I d'know, Mark, I faint pretty easily. Be sure and warn everyone if you put up a photo of that gruesome looking (shudder) inch long incision. 8-/ Jack --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I feel a bit of a prat about the subject line, even though I *did* have surgery today. It's just that, considering some of the health problems experienced by some other PDML'ers, it's quite trivial. I had a small (1 cm diameter) cyst removed from my left cheek today. It was *much* larger a few weeks ago when the infection was running at full force. Anyway, I now have a gruesome-looking inch-long incision in my face, sewn up with very tough-looking black sutures! Perhaps I'll post a photo later. Or perhaps not. :) -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Home recovering from surgery
Sutures? I'm jealous, all I ever get is staples! ;-) Don (Whose belly looks like Zorro got him!) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 3:52 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Home recovering from surgery OK, I feel a bit of a prat about the subject line, even though I *did* have surgery today. It's just that, considering some of the health problems experienced by some other PDML'ers, it's quite trivial. I had a small (1 cm diameter) cyst removed from my left cheek today. It was *much* larger a few weeks ago when the infection was running at full force. Anyway, I now have a gruesome-looking inch-long incision in my face, sewn up with very tough-looking black sutures! Perhaps I'll post a photo later. Or perhaps not. :) -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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On 4/10/06, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Is there gonna be a cool scar? Will you look just like a pirate? Or a gangster? But Mark already looks like a pirate or a gangster... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Cotty wrote: On 4/10/06, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Is there gonna be a cool scar? Will you look just like a pirate? Or a gangster? But Mark already looks like a pirate or a gangster... Arr! -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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On 10/4/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/10/06, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Is there gonna be a cool scar? Will you look just like a pirate? Or a gangster? But Mark already looks like a pirate or a gangster... But now he can be the Captain. A -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Don Sanderson wrote: Sutures? I'm jealous, all I ever get is staples! ;-) Staples? We'd 'ave been glad to 'ave staples! When I was a young man we used to 'ave to bind our wounds up with duct tape. *Used* duct tape! -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Mark Roberts wrote: OK, I feel a bit of a prat about the subject line, even though I *did* have surgery today. It's just that, considering some of the health problems experienced by some other PDML'ers, it's quite trivial. I had a small (1 cm diameter) cyst removed from my left cheek today. It was *much* larger a few weeks ago when the infection was running at full force. Anyway, I now have a gruesome-looking inch-long incision in my face, sewn up with very tough-looking black sutures! Perhaps I'll post a photo later. Or perhaps not. :) Don't forget a pirate costume Think of all the stories you can tell about how you got it! annsan - looking at half full glass -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Doesn't sound like much fun. I'm in a similar position. I had periodontal surgery yesterday. I had two fractured teeth removed, two titanium implants screwed into the jaw, a slice of tissue grafted from the roof of my mouth and I have an enormous amount of stitches in the gum and roof of my mouth. In the scheme of things, it's nothing, but damn it hurts. James - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 6:52 AM Subject: Home recovering from surgery OK, I feel a bit of a prat about the subject line, even though I *did* have surgery today. It's just that, considering some of the health problems experienced by some other PDML'ers, it's quite trivial. I had a small (1 cm diameter) cyst removed from my left cheek today. It was *much* larger a few weeks ago when the infection was running at full force. Anyway, I now have a gruesome-looking inch-long incision in my face, sewn up with very tough-looking black sutures! Perhaps I'll post a photo later. Or perhaps not. :) -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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In a message dated 10/4/2006 1:52:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OK, I feel a bit of a prat about the subject line, even though I *did* have surgery today. It's just that, considering some of the health problems experienced by some other PDML'ers, it's quite trivial. I had a small (1 cm diameter) cyst removed from my left cheek today. It was *much* larger a few weeks ago when the infection was running at full force. Anyway, I now have a gruesome-looking inch-long incision in my face, sewn up with very tough-looking black sutures! Perhaps I'll post a photo later. Or perhaps not. :) -- Mark Roberts === Drat, you missed pirate day. :-) Agh! Good luck with that. Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Cotty wrote: On 4/10/06, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Is there gonna be a cool scar? Will you look just like a pirate? Or a gangster? But Mark already looks like a pirate or a gangster... Mark! -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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I particularly like your pirate suggestion (which I hadn't thought of) because of the connection to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (http://www.venganza.org). rAmen to that! John Celio -- http://www.neovenator.com AIM: Neopifex Hey, I'm an artist. I can do whatever I want and pretend I'm making a statement. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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On 10/4/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But Mark already looks like a pirate or a gangster... Arr! Mark's just doing his part to fight global warming. RAmen! -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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No, no, Mark looks like a pirate AND a gangster grin. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Cotty wrote: On 4/10/06, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Is there gonna be a cool scar? Will you look just like a pirate? Or a gangster? But Mark already looks like a pirate or a gangster... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Hi! OK, I feel a bit of a prat about the subject line, even though I *did* have surgery today. It's just that, considering some of the health problems experienced by some other PDML'ers, it's quite trivial. I had a small (1 cm diameter) cyst removed from my left cheek today. It was *much* larger a few weeks ago when the infection was running at full force. Anyway, I now have a gruesome-looking inch-long incision in my face, sewn up with very tough-looking black sutures! Perhaps I'll post a photo later. Or perhaps not. :) Wishing you speedy and complete in a cosmetic sense recovery from your illness... Though in Russian we say that scars make man more attractive to women I'd say the natural unaltered look is preferable. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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On Oct 4, 2006, at 6:29 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Don Sanderson wrote: Sutures? I'm jealous, all I ever get is staples! ;-) Staples? We'd 'ave been glad to 'ave staples! When I was a young man we used to 'ave to bind our wounds up with duct tape. *Used* duct tape! Luxury! We had to open our own wounds. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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- Original Message - From: Doug Brewer Subject: Re: Home recovering from surgery Luxury! We had to open our own wounds. We dreamt of wounds. We only had little wee cuts. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
