[Mishmash] I Survived And Arrived

[Fred Atkinson]

David,

    Mine, too.

    It was so inspiring to see someone who had total focus and vision
and could overcome such great odds in spite of the raw deal that life
had dealt him.

    Tim Robbins was a fantastic choice for that part.  And Morgan
Freeman was no slouch, either.

    Regards,



                                                                Fred


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Brown" <djbrown at tpg.com.au>
To: "'Mishmash'" <mishmash at mishmash.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Mishmash] I Survived And Arrived


> Well done Fred.  Shawshank is one of my all time favourite movies.
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net
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> On Behalf Of Fred Atkinson
> Sent: Monday, 7 July 2008 9:59 AM
> To: Mishmash
> Subject: [Mishmash] I Survived And Arrived
>
>     I arrived in Las Cruces about an hour or so ago.  Got my computer
> set up right away.  The place I am staying has fantastic high speed
> wireless Internet.  I'm glad I had the foresight to put a dual band
> wireless card in my PC quite some time back.  So I'm good to go.
>
>     I did stop at Emma Sansom's grave and photographed it.  My camera
> battery died after two shots (curse).  So I got some new batteries on
> the way to the courthouse where the marker to honor her was out on the
> courthouse lawn.  Due to the angle of the sun and the way it was
> imprinted, I am not sure how those shots turned out and won't know
until
> I develop them.
>
>     But I can give details to help others who want to visit Emma in
> Gilmer exactly how to find it (they are not online.  I was lucky to
find
> a Spanish couple walking down the side of the road that knew where it
> was).  The road directions are a little tricky if you don't know where
> you are going.
>
>     I got very sick on the road.  After the second stopover (when I
> checked out on Saturday morning to go see Emma), the hotel found a
> doctor's office that was open and I went there.  He injected me with a
> powerful antibiotic and gave me a prescription which I got filled
right
> there in Longview.  I started driving west from Longview and within a
> few hours, I was feeling much better.  I have a mild cough left but it
> is not one tenth as bad as it was yesterday morning.  If I stay on the
> medication, he said I should be back to normal in a few days.  If not,
> he told me to get with a doctor in Las Cruces this week.
>
>     I stopped today in Fort Hancock, Texas to get gas and to see the
> place (did you see 'The Shawshank Redemption'?  That's where Andy
passed
> over the border into Mexico).  It was a small, one horse town.  But
when
> I was driving down their main street, I though I heard something
> dragging under the vehicle.  I got out and looked.  My exhaust piple
was
> loose from the manifold and dragging the ground.  I don't know how
long
> it had been like that.
>
>     The gas station attendant got someone to come help me.  He wanted
to
> get me to someone who could weld it, but both persons (his father and
> the other welder in the town) were not available.  So he tied wired it
> back together so I could make it to Las Cruces.  I'll have to get it
> welded here.
>
>     On top of that, I developed a crack in my windshield (I just
noticed
> it today, too).
>
>     So it has been an adventurous and eventful trip.
>
>     But I arrived safely.  I start work tomorrow morning at 8:00.
>
>     With apologies to Elvis Presley, Viva Las Cruces,
>
>
>
>
>
> Fred
>
>
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