tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post8876058377545876551..comments2023-10-20T02:52:21.390-07:00Comments on The Grey-Beard Loon: DayThe Loonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275282264449143615noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-52372690136760182922009-12-27T04:41:56.100-08:002009-12-27T04:41:56.100-08:00I was a secretary at UT in 1980 when someone came ...I was a secretary at UT in 1980 when someone came running into our office, like a town crier, crying out: "Get ready! Computers are coming! The whole world is changing!!!" We thought this person was crazy, but as it turned out . . .<br /><br />I love your mother's story, and I wonder what unexpected thing will rock the world in the next twenty years? What will the town crier be crying out??Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01368231735599407928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-62345850464079763532009-12-26T01:34:18.317-08:002009-12-26T01:34:18.317-08:00My mistake. I meant your granddad.My mistake. I meant your granddad.Sugar Magnoliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081429874378399282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-28253878068061018072009-12-26T01:33:01.701-08:002009-12-26T01:33:01.701-08:00That is really interesting stuff about your mom, M...That is really interesting stuff about your mom, Mr. Loon. Perhaps when the spirit and time allows, you can tell us more about her fascinating life.<br /><br />TB is still a scourge in undeveloped and developing countries even in this day and age. Although the antibiotics we have now to treat it are still mostly effective, drug-resistant strains are rearing their ugly heads far too often. If only your dad had lived a few more decades, he could have received treatment and would likely have been cured. It is a stealthy and mean organism, for sure, causing untold misery for eons. I am sorry your dad and so many others of his generation fell prey to its deadly mechanisms.Sugar Magnoliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081429874378399282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-20409245330234677802009-12-25T20:31:52.411-08:002009-12-25T20:31:52.411-08:00Something tells me I would have really enjoyed kno...Something tells me I would have really enjoyed knowing and chatting with your mom.....but then that shouldn't be a surprise to you either. I suppose the term lunger, is right there with "consumption" as far as a word meant to describe what was actually going on in the body....Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139056766491113145noreply@blogger.com