[Magdalen] R.I.P. Julian Bond

[Jon Egger]

Yes, I'm happy for your success, Allan.  Given you're survival of an aortic
rupture, you'll always be a miracle man to me.

Grace and peace,
brud

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Good to hear about the new exercise regimen for both of you !!
> Lynn
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 16, 2015, at 7:28 PM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm always shocked by people's young deaths. At 84, I'm nine years older
> than Julian Bond was when he died. I started getting depressed with my back
> and Camille's Alzheimer's a month or two ago, but it pretty much lifted
> after we joined a gym and I also re-began physical therapy. Camille is in a
> one hour seated exercise class and I'm attempting to bike in a recumbent
> bike for a half hour and to get to a medium level incline. When I started a
> few weeks ago, I could only bike for about ten minutes at the lowest
> incline level and everybody said I shouldn't exert myself. I'm done with
> that kind of advice. I've quit too many times when I had some pain and I'm
> not letting it stop me..
>
> I've managed to get to level 2 on both the Matrix bikes at Gold's gym and
> on the True bikes at physical therapy. Level 2 is much harder on the True
> bikes than level 2 is on the Matrix bikes. I'm pretty much free of pain as
> well, although I do feel the burn.
>
> Onwards and upwards. I still can't walk without a walker but I know I'm
> getting stronger. I hope that this strengthening will extend to my back as
> well as my legs.
>
> I'm also in a better mood.
>
> > On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Bob Rea <petard at petard.us> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sunday, August 16, 2015 03:49:02 PM Sibyl Smirl wrote:
> >>
> >> Same as you, Jay.  I'm shocked -- mostly because I realize anew that I'm
> >> so old.  He was older than I, but not by much.
> >
> > Three years older than I.
> >
> > --
> > Bob Rea
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> > http://www.petard.us/blog
> > http://www.petard.us/gallery
> >
> > America, it was a wonderful country
> >        until they took it private
> >        and turned it into a theme park of itself
>
>
> --
> Allan Carr
>