In a message dated 1/13/07 9:32:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU writes:

> WAAAHHH!!  I can't drive my van now!!  Matilda is going to be abandoned to
> the driveway!
>
> (end of vanagon content...  :-)
>
> I am now the happy owner of two crutches, one big fiberglass splint and one
> broken foot bone.  It sucks!  All sympathy greatly needed!!!  Who knew that
> I could break my foot, just by being clumsy and tripping on the curb???
> Surely not I, especially not before I continued walking another mile and a
> half to where I was going!  Teach me to figure I should get exercise by
> walking all around town...
>
> I have at least figured out how to carry a bowl of soup from the kitchen to
> the dining room table on crutches without spilling it.  And thanks to global
> warming I don't have to contend with snow and ice on my crutches.  And thank
> goodness my Prius doesn't take two feet to drive, and it's my left foot that
> I broke!
>
> Yeah yeah, I know there are MUCH more serious problems in the world.  But I
> still want sympathy, please!!!!
>
> Now, should I really send this email, or just quit bitching and hit the
> delete key???  Oops, there goes the "send" button!
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sorry to hear about your broken foot.  watch out for those curbs..
  so i guess matilda is a manual trans...?

chris