On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 17:57:19 -0800, David Hale <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Thanks for the good news, Bob. Sounds like I might be
>able to meet Jeff at the upcoming CHA02NEDfest (hope I
>got that right!)

That's the one.  Easier to type than Choo-Choo-pre-CAIV02NEDfest. :-)
I had almost forgotten that you were one of those with "definite"
intention to attend, until I was reminded (privately) by Viv.  That
Featherless Kiwi remembers EVERYTHING!  Look forward to meeting you,
and I hope Jeff will be there.

>It sounds like a long road back for
>him, but he is comparatively young and that should help.

Right again!  Unaccustomed to any association to the word "old" that
I am <G>, I suddenly felt "relative old" when I realized that Jeff's
mother and I are about the same age, within a year.  :-))

>I'm sure your visits and the correspondences
>from his friends on the list have contributed to his
>recovery to date.

I certainly hope so, especially the well-wishes from his friends in
Scuba-L and Scuba-SE who know him well, as well as new friends he
has found, who hadn't known much about him before.
>
>I thought of contributing to the correspondences, but
>I've never even e-mailed Jeff directly and the volume
>and content of wishes from folks who have met and know
>him seemed pretty voluminous as it was. That speaks
>very well for the list members - good show!

This post of yours will add to the next batch of posts I'll bring
him.  :-)

-- Bob.