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John Schwery <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 25 Mar 2004 19:06:55 -0600
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Phil, lol.  PC to me, will always mean personal computer.

earlier, Phil Scovell, wrote:
>I can't remember.  Did I tell this story here before?  Remember when I was
>in the hospital back in November with the flue and pneumonia?  Well, they
>put a sign up near my bed which said, This patient is visually impaired, or
>something like that.  First, you would be amazed the number of health care
>people who came in my room and never read the sign.  But here is the funny
>part.  A friend of mine by the name of Keith, came up almost every night to
>see me.  He builds houses for a living.  Keith is 48 years old and still
>things he is a hippie.  He is tall, super skinny, and has long hair.  He
>really loves the Lord and is probably the closest Christian brother I have
>in the Lord.  We have known each other for about 15 years.  I was his pastor
>once, believe it or not, and we argue and debate on many Biblical issues.
>We disagree a lot, too, and we have had some knock down drag out debates
>over the years.  Keith was a druggy back in the seventies and it is a
>miracle he didn't end up in prison.  Many of his friends did and he used to
>smuggle drugs to them.  He is skinny because of the speed he used to do.
>Anyhow, Keith has a good sense of humor and he absolutely, positively, 100
>percent hates anything that sounds politically correct.  So, one night, he
>said, do you care if I change your sign with my black marker.  I said, no,
>go ahead.  So he wrote.  This patient isn't visually impaired, he is blind
>as a bat.  Some of the hospital workers thought it was horribly funny and it
>became a conversational piece the rest of the time I was there.  Sometimes
>one person would bring a friend to my opened door and I could hear them
>whispering and then they would laugh and walk away.  One nurse was
>commenting on how funny it was and I said, I hope that doesn't get somebody
>in trouble and she said, Naw.  The whole floor is laughing about it.
>However, somebody higher up in the ranks didn't like it because someone came
>in while I was asleep and changed it back to what it said originally.  I
>suppose they thought somebody in the hospital did it and I would sue them
>for it or some dumb thing like that.  It was funny, though.
>
>Phil.

John

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