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Offline Old Man

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A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« on: August 18, 2015, 08:20:44 AM »
Real life has interfered with modelling a great deal this year. Early in the year both wife and I were sporadically ill, and in her case what we thought in April was a bad flu turned into viral pneumonia. When we got her to the hospital she was unresponsive, and they put her into a medically-induced coma, which lasted eight days before they could bring her back to consciousness. She was in hospital till the end of June, and since then I have been pretty much a combination of orderly, nurse's aide, and maid of all work. In the last couple of weeks things have gotten back to near normal; she is up and about, and able to do most everything for herself. April was damned scary, though.

I am easing back into modeling, and intend to be starting soon on another scratch-build.

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Re: A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2015, 08:35:42 AM »
Welcome back old Man! It sounds as though you are past the really scary part and I  am pleased to hear that your Wife is doing well! Great to have you back!
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Re: A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2015, 08:51:35 AM »
Glad to see you back, Old Man. So sorry you've had such a hard year. :-\

Sometimes model building can be the best medicine, I look forward to seeing some of your new builds! :)

George

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Re: A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2015, 08:53:13 AM »
So good to see you back, Old Man, and I'm so happy that your wife is on the mend!  Looking forward to seeing more of your modeling brilliance.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2015, 10:00:28 AM »
Sorry to hear of your wife's illness, good to hear she's well on the mend. Great to see you back!

Ian

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Re: A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2015, 11:31:51 AM »
It's great to see you back on the forum again Old Man but it was disturbing to hear of your wife's illness. It was good that the medical people got onto it and responded quickly to her ailment, so nice to hear that she is nearly back to normal. Looking forward to seeing your next scratch but but your wife is top priority, take good care of her, models can wait.

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Re: A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2015, 12:12:00 PM »
   That's a frightening experience, Old Man, glad to hear that you are both over the worst, especially your Wife who was very ill. As Des says, priorities! Do take time for yourself though, and welcome back to the fold!
Cheers,
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Re: A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2015, 12:12:53 PM »
Best wishes OM. I hope your wife's recovery is speedy and complete.

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Re: A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2015, 04:05:48 PM »
Welcome back OM and I'm so relieved to hear about your wife's progress following such a worrying period. It all puts things into their true perspective.

Best wishes
Nigel

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Re: A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2015, 04:32:02 PM »
I am very sorry to hear of your wife's illness, and I wish her a speedy recovery.

Good to see you easing back into the hobby - I learned the hard way that this is something helpful if you are tasked with taking care of relatives as a fulltime "job", from a "personal therapy" oint of view.

Take care!

Stefan

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Re: A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2015, 05:12:21 PM »
Old Man, I cannot emphasize enough what Des has said. Your wife's health takes precedent over these models. This is only a hobby, she is your life. By the way, I thought I was the "Old Man". Good health to both of you...
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Re: A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2015, 08:42:18 PM »
Nice to have you back, OM.  Very good news about your wife's
return to health...a very scary time indeed.  Thankful for a
positive update, my friend.

Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Re: A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2015, 11:12:13 PM »
 QUOTE:  "By the way, I thought I was the Old Man".

    What about me, that's what I thought too! :-\ OK, who is our most Senior member? (or as some Asian Cultures believe, WISEST!) ;)
Cheers,
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Re: A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2015, 11:49:23 PM »
Welcome back, I am glad to hear that those troubles of yours are already behind your back!
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Re: A Bit of a Hello, After Long Abscence
« Reply #14 on: August 19, 2015, 01:32:04 AM »
Great to see you back OM. I'm sure you will find a bit of peaceful modelling quite restorative.Looking forward to your next build.