I am really happy to see you back George. My best wishes to you and your family as well as condolences for your losses. I hope you get the insurance issues all ironed out - that is uneccessary stress to say the least!


>First, I want to extended my most sincere condolences to the Speedie family.
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>I didn't know Drew, but I did know his work. His passing hit me as hard as when my friend Ed Rauh passed.
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>Second, the Fox Community has lost a significant advocate in the developer community with the leaving of John Koziol from Microsoft. I knew some of the personal issues, but none of the professional one. Gonz, good luck.
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>Third, I've been away for a number of reasons.
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>The first is that I can't and haven't been able to access the UT in over a year from work.
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>At first, this wasn't a big deal. I was still able to offer my advice and learn from others from home.
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>The problem occurred when the number of personal problems that needed attending outweighed what I could contribute on the UT.
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>These problems included, but aren't limited to:
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>My wife's cousin dying, that required a trip to Chicago.
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>My wife's aunt dying, that required a trip to Chicago.
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>My cousin's relapse into Bone Cancer when she had be in remission for years.
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>My wife having to have had 3 MRI's to determine the source of pain she was having. The last was an MRI on her brain to determine if she had MS (she doesn't, thankfully).
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>My fighting with my insurance company to make sure than she could get the shots (at 4K per) she needed.
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>My finding out that, according to my doctor, I should have all my teeth removed.
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>Undergoing oral surgery to do so, then finding out that it wasn't covered by major medical.
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>That led me to another fight with the insurance company (that hasn't been resolved).
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>When I could deal on-line from my office, everything was cool.
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>However, when dealng with dial-up, it wasn't. I found myself spending entirely too much time that could've been used better.
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>At any rate, now that I'm on a cable modem, I hope that I can contribute to the community as I did before.