Category: Off-topic
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Thanks for Your Good Wishes
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThanks very much to my friends and readers of Operation Gadget who have called and written to wish me well since I broke my leg a week ago today. My recovery is going well. My orthopedist says that I will probably have my walking cast removed on February 20. I had…
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They Should Call This Thing a “Hobbling Cast”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou should see me trying to move around The Home Office since I got home from the orthopedist the other day. They fitted me for a walking cast which is a fiberglass cast from just below my left knee to the arch of my foot. I got a boot to put…
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I Was Injured While Officiating Hockey Last Night
Reading Time: 2 minutesI got injured last night while officiating a high school ice hockey game. The athletic trainer who was covering the game came into the officials’ locker room during the intermission between the second and third period, evaluated me, and said that I may have a high ankle sprain, which is a syndesmotic…
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What Color “Screen of Death” Does Your Favorite Gadget Produce?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhile researching my article on the White Screen of Death problem my Treo is having, I ran across a recent piece by Stewart Alsop where he asks “Do the vendors choose the color of the death screen intentionally?” He says that the screens of death for his favorite gadgets are: Blue…
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I’m Getting a Trek 1500 for Christmas
Reading Time: 2 minutesTrek 1500 Road Bike: Members of my family contributed to a fund so I could get this bike for a combined birthday and Christmas gift. [ Photo: Trek Bicycle Corporation ] One reason that you haven’t heard much from me in the last few days is that I’ve been shopping for a new road…
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Where I’ve Been for the Past Three Weeks
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA couple of loyal readers have emailed to find out what I’ve been up to recently. I haven’t posted much at all on Operation Gadget since we got home from The Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope, and there are some important reasons for this. Let me list a few of them…
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Target Pink Charm Bracelet Sets Help Raise Awareness of Breast Cancer in 2005
Reading Time: 2 minutesPink Breast Cancer Charm Braceletsare new for 2005 and are available fromTarget.com and Amazon.com. They benefit The Breast CancerResearch Foundation. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The businesses down on State Street in my hometown of Newtown, Pennsylvania have all decorated their storefronts in pink. This is to remind everyone that we…
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In Memory of Officer Brian S. Gregg
Reading Time: < 1 minutePlease take a moment to remember Newtown Borough Police Officer Brian S. Gregg, who was killed on September 29, 2005. I believe that he was the first police officer from Newtown Borough or Township ever killed in the line of duty. Kathleen and I have lived in Newtown, Pennsylvania since July,…
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Buried in Consulting Work at the Moment
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve had a hard time making time to write for Operation Gadget for the past week. On Friday, Kathleen and I were in Maryland attending her brother John’s graduation from a three year on-the-job training program. It turned into an all-day affair because most of Kathleen’s family was there to attend…