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Hi, T_Bone A friend of mine who is a retired welder (North Slope, Satsop nuclear reactor [the little engine that couldn't],etc)once expressed the opinion, "We sell our bodies too cheaply." I was asking him if he had had any parts replaced; he'd had more than a few. I've had four relatively easy surgeries on my hands and wrists (two so I could get my hands open every time I closed them, two to get back the feeling in my right hand, and keep my left from getting completely that way), surgery to make my gut stop coming out of my abdominal wall, and I'm going to need work on my shoulder joint, and one or more new hips unless I can figure out some way to sit quietly for the next thirty years. At least some of these problems occurred or got worse while I was working for pay that would make our elected aristocrats in D.C. consider me the scum of the earth. We do sell our bodies too cheaply. Anybody who works with his hands and back has experienced more discomfort and outright pain than anybody with a desk job can begin to imagine. I wouldn't trade, though, and I've had the chance. I'm proud of having earned my bad disposition honestly. Stan
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