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Subject: Re: Peter Skinner..Where Are You??

Author: Tony Nichols

Date: 19:14:23 03/31/05

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On March 31, 2005 at 13:57:33, Peter Skinner wrote:

>On March 30, 2005 at 20:04:46, Steve B wrote:
>
>>The last i heard from you,you were just about to start excavating into the
>>subterranean  caverns of your Parents home in search for old chess computers
>>
>>hopefully there wasn't a cave in?
>>
>>If you don't show up on the CCC within the next 24 hrs i am sending out a search
>>party
>>
>>Best
>>Steve
>
>Hello Steve,
>
>Sorry I haven't emailed you but I just got out of the hospital.
>
>In digging out the room to get to my chest and replacing everything back there
>was a slight accident that broke my tibula (shin bone), and broke my ankle in 3
>"pieces". I required a small amount of surgery to add 3 screws and 3 pins to my
>growing list of foreign objects keeping my body together. I would have been home
>yesterday, but I had a problem with swelling and had to get a new cast and such.
>
>Before I have to be carried out of the house to the hospital (not an easy task
>carrying a 240lbs man out of the house when he is hitting you because you banged
>his leg :)) I did manage to look at the computers and see what shape they were
>in. They are:
>
>Fidelity Chess Challenger 10
>Absolutely mint condition. All pieces are there, manual, and cover. Box is
>perfect.
>
>Novag Constellation Expert
>Perfect condition like the Fidelity machine, all pieces/manual/cover, the box is
>terrific but has a slight crease where it shows it has been opened before.
>
>The trunk itself it being brought to be later today or tomorrow, as I just KNOW
>you are going to have more questions :)
>
>I just hope the next questions don't require so much blood, sweat, and tears...
>
>(tears came from my son who accidentally caused the whole mishap by standing
>behind me when I was trying to backup carrying something...)
>
>Peter

Hi, Pete
Sorry to hear about your accident. I hope you get well soon. Imagine a man
fighting everything from false accusations to low band width getting taken out
by a tool box!
Regards
Tony



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