[Magdalen] News

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I was beginning to enjoy the end-of-workshop celebration. The beer was not
too awful; the conversation was really great (we shared war stories about
watching our parents die, which actually, for those who have been through
it and have perspective, can be full of beautiful memories and great
humor), and -- the barbequed chicken, fresh off the grill, sizzling just
outside!

I thought I think I will have some more beer and some of that awesome
barbecued chicken, and didn't take notice of the drop in the floor level
until I started falling.

I slammed down on my knee so hard I am told the building shook. "Oh
scheisser!  I've broken my ferschlugginner knee!"

People gathered and gently ministered to me.  "Can you EX-TEND that knee?"
asked a lovely lady who turned out to be a doctor ("But I'm only a
pediatrician!" she apologized -- hey, whadaya mean by that? My niece is a
pediatrician!). I could.

They helped we stand up.  they gently asked if I could use another beer.
Oh, please, yes.

They fussed over little old geezer me, and a couple of dazzlingly beautiful
young ladies later on helped me walk to the car waiting to take me back to
my dorm room (thank you, Niccolo!)

It took me falling and thinking I broke my leg to get people to show they
are ready to help when needed.

I think that if you tell your friends your concern about getting an
authentic shampoo once in a while when you are recovering, one or two will
take you up on it, and if you didn't ask, they'ld never know.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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>
> In a message dated 8/5/2015 11:05:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
>
> I didn't  care what my hair looked like afterwards, at least it
> was  CLEAN!​>>>>>>
>
> I made a trip yesterday to a local unisex hair place to have my once
> every three months perm.  I have had the same hairdo for forty  years,
> and it is, by coincidence the same hairdo as my mother's was.  I  thus
> sort of look like my mother with a full beard.
>
> In any case, though I ordinarily shampoo several times a week, the
> beautician really roughs up my scalp in the process of shampooing,
> and I love it.  There's something about someone else working on  the
> scalp that is pleasurable.
>
> In any case, I am the only one of the four male sibs in my family to
> have hair.  Every male on either side of the family is bald.  It  makes
> me wonder how I ended up with hair, admittedly thin at the top, but
> otherwise fairly substantial.  I've sometimes wondered a bit about  my
> parentage!  A DNA test a couple of years ago  put that thought to  rest.
> I am a Strang who just happens to have scalp hair.
>
>
>
> David Strang.
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>