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I was in the hospital for a couple of weeks and had to resort to reading newspapers and magazines to get my news. I was reading the LeMonde International magazine and lo and behold theres this article in French by you and two others excerpted from the Financial Times. I didn't try reading it since I can barely understand you in English ;)

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 12:07:35 PM EST
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have a speedy return to form, LEP!

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 12:29:06 PM EST
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Thanks melo ;)

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 12:32:15 PM EST
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"Gute Besserung" as we say here and speedy recovery - hope your all well again soon. :-)

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 12:42:16 PM EST
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Glad to see the use of the past tense regarding your hospitalization! Be well and enjoy being home.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 12:55:13 PM EST
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Have a good recovery LEP!
Spring is (almost) around the corner; we could have a ET Paris lunch one of these days.

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 01:39:38 PM EST
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Take care of yourself, man! Hope you're feeling perfect in no time.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 04:08:53 PM EST
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Wow, LEP, now stay healthy, all the best.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 04:19:52 PM EST
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A couple of weeks!? That's more than just an oil change.

Hope you come out of that ordeal supercharged!

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 04:48:09 PM EST
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It was for tests; five days in, ten days home and then another five days in. I went in for very high blood pressure which is now under control with medication but the real problem they discovered is that I'm functioning with only half a kidney. That's enough to live if it doesn't deteriorate futher, so that's the current goal, to stabilize that kidney.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 05:54:07 PM EST
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Take care, LEP. Good to have you back.

by Sassafras on Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 05:10:51 PM EST
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