Get well soon Big Mick

Subject: Get well soon Big Mick
From: alison
Date: 31 Oct 99 - 11:20 PM

Just a note to let you know that Big Mick has been very ill over the last few days. He's slowly getting better. (I got a voice mail from him today and he sounds like he's improving.)

Maybe it was the oysters? Maybe we worked him too hard in the kitchen? Either way.. I think he could do with our good wishes at this time.

Hope you're taking it easy Mick....

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Mudjack
Date: 31 Oct 99 - 11:23 PM

Get Well Big Guy...

Mudjack

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Allan C.
Date: 31 Oct 99 - 11:30 PM

Cut out all that snorting and carrying on. I can hardly hear myself think! Get better soon, big guy!

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Art Thieme
Date: 31 Oct 99 - 11:34 PM

Hey, Mick-----I'd wondered why you hadn't been around lately. It's probably hangin' out with Alison that's got to ya. Yeah, a pretty girl is like a malady.

But seriously, Mick, we miss your insights!!! Be well, sir.

With respect & admiration,

Art

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: DougR
Date: 31 Oct 99 - 11:38 PM

Big Mick: Whaddayamean sick? You can't get sick! Who's gonna cook for us and chase all the women (well Alison anyway) if you let yourself get sick. No way. Get well quick!

DougR

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 12:08 AM

Hey, Mick, buddy. Sorry to hear you've been ill, best wishes for a rapid return to blustering ruddy Mickness from your Pal LEJ.

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: DonMeixner
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 12:09 AM

Hey Mick,

I was sick once. I didn't like it much so I got better.

Don

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 12:12 AM

Mick, darlin, you know t'won't do this mucking aboot in bed and all! And you should also know I am beaming that light of love and healing to ya, like never before.

Fare well, me *mawn*.

luvyaKat

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 12:15 AM

Jeez Mick, don't fucking scare me like this! Get better.

Rick

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 12:30 AM

And, what Rick said ,too!

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: catspaw49
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 12:56 AM

Now ain't this a bitch? I figure the simple ass has been busy cause I knew that he had a party and a gig and couldn't make the meet with El Swanno......So the insomnia sets in and I check the e-mail just now and I get this note that scares the crap out of me at first. Then I read on and see that things are better and not so bad...a severe sinus is infection is a pain in the ass (if that's where your sinuses happen to be, as in Mick's case), but at least its not what he first feared. On the plus side, he will be through here soon and we'll finally get together!

And the Fair One has already got a thread going, which was what I was about to do. Alison has been busy doing wash since her underwear supply has been so severely depleted by Alan of Oz and his preference for dressing in drag. Everybody was so helpful in getting Cletus a new pair of longhandles, maybe we need to get Alan some u-trou of his own in a larger size since he's ruining Alison's. But I digress...........

So Mick my friend...get well NOW. And BTW...If you ever fear you are having a stroke or something again, CALL A FOCKIN'SQUAD!!! Don't drive to the ER. I KNOW exactly the feeling... Oh Yeah....."I'll just drive myself, it'll be OK....I'm not all that bad."...... Been there. Done that. Dumb shit. No shit!!!!!!!!!

AND THAT GOES FOR THE REST OF YOU TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In any case, get well brother....I think you damn near gave Rick a heart attack!!! And then where would I be? I got no album comin' out to write a "Rick's Rag" for, ya' know?

Spaw

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 02:50 AM

I second Leej's wish for a quick "return to blustering ruddy Mickness," your royal Mickness. I'll try to add a bit of my good wishes to Kat's psychic stream, buddy, not being blest with the gift myself. If laughter is truly medicinal, don't miss the BS: Possum Arrives thread. It should be truly therapeutic.

--seed

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Llanfair
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 03:45 AM

Gosh, what a shock, Big Mick poorly!! Get well soon, Mick,you have fans in the UK as well as the US and Oz!!!!! Hwyl, Bron.

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Alan of Australia
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 04:48 AM

This IS a shock, wondered where you'd been. Get well quick Mick. The Bonny Irish Lass says I need the competition. She's scared I might succeed in 'Spaw's fantasy & actually get into her undies. May the best man win.

Cheers,
Alan

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Vixen
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 08:10 AM

Dear Mick--

Just because they invite you to "take a snort of Irish malt" doesn't mean you suck it up your nostrils. I'd a thought you'd a known better than that, bein' of Irish extraction and all. If you inhale whiskey, it infects your sinuses and can lead to nosebleed. You "SWALLOW IT," *then* snort! Got that?

Get well quick. You're missed.

V

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Big Mick
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 08:36 AM

Hello, my friends,

It has been a tough couple of days.

For those who were at the Getaway, you may remember that I would just start sweating for no reason. No fever, but would just start sweating. Turns out that if I had a damn brain, I would have recognized what the symptom was. But the good feelings were so thick that weekend that one couldn't feel sick if they wanted to. All this past week I was feeling not quite up to snuff, but on Thursday, as I was getting dressed for the day, I felt a sinus headache coming on. It very quickly progressed to a piercing pain, blurred vision, nausea and weakness. I called the Dr. and tried to explain that I thought it was the worst feckin' sinus headache and they indicated that it sounded more like a stroke and get to Emergency Room as quick as possible. Now, I dealt with dying a long time ago, and it doesn't scare me. But the thought of sittin in a chair, helpless while 'Spaw and Rick dance around screwing with me and laughing hysterically (You know, "hey tough guy, what ya going to do now? Here, Big Mick, let's see what you look like with a squash in your ear and a spud up yer arse......." kind of stuff) scared the hell out of me. Well anyway, to make the long story shorter, they got me in and performed all sorts of very rude tests and determined that I had not had a stroke. NO SHIT!!!!! They gave me a load of some very good drugs and sent me home many hours later. I woke up the next morning to the realization, while they had told me what it wasn't, they had not told me what it was. And it was starting again. I called my Dr. (a lovely WEE man) and indicated to him that it is in the best interests of all concerned that I not be scared AND hurt, and would he mind putting that amazing talent of his to work figuring out what the hell is wrong. He figures it is a massive sub something kind of sinus infection. I am on massive antibiotics, allergy meds, and some sort of nasal inhalant. So, the world goes on, the infection seems to be responding to the regimen. And I have to head on the road with my traveling medicine show.

Which reminds me. Are there any 'Catters in the Cincinnatti area? I will be in a hotel there on Wednesday night and could probably get away for some music that night.

Thanks to all my dear friends here for the well wishes. It is not over, probably won't be for a while. But it is made easier for your presence.

And Mr. Foster........cute, real cute. I suppose imitation is the sincerest form of flattery..............LOL. Have fun while I am down a bit, but expect a rigorous battle for the hand of THE FAIR ONE as I recover. And sorry to hear that you have to swipe those undies..........if you work a bit on your technique, they will be given freely. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.......Sorry, ladies, a bit of testosterone flowing there......

All the best,

Big Mick

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Jeri
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 08:41 AM

Mick, I hope you feel better FAST. Is this a continuation of the Getaway thing? I still haven't quite recovered, but I'm among the walking wounded. I used to get sinus infections on a regular basis, and know how painful they can be. Here's do da health of da holes in your head
Dage all your bedicine, ged back to bed
For habby we're nod, when you're choged ub by snod
Ged well and ged choged ub by lyrigs instead.

Love ya and miss ya, big guy!

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: MMario
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 08:46 AM

Mick! What the heck am I suppossed to do with the tractor-trailor full of seafood at the tavern if you are still sick? there ain't enough room in the fridge, and I think 'possums are getting into the shrimp.....

MMario

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Allan C.
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 08:50 AM

Well, Mick, when you get to be as old as YOU are, some of those little things become far more of a nuisance. I am glad that it is/was only a major nuisance and not more serious. It is good to hear that things are improving. Say hi to "Pigtown" when you get there. I travel out that way from time to time to visit a friend in that neck of the woods. I'll try to check with him and see what he's up to Wednesday.

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Davey
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 09:24 AM

Welcome back to the Mudcat, Big Mick... Glad to hear that you're OK ...

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: JedMarum
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 09:35 AM

Sounds like yer well on yer way to getting well, Big Mick. I hope you make a comlete and speedy recovery. I am especially sympathetic about sinus infection, I have suffered too many since moving to Dallas (and, my doctor says, since breaking my nose - he wants to fix it).

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Patrish(inactive)
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 09:47 AM

Glad to hear you are on the mend. I nearly passed out once, due to mega sweating... it was my first time in a steam room and it frightened me alot I felt as if I was melting. The cure was easy enough, - get out of the room. Not so easy for you Mick. Anyway pleased your back Take care

Patrish

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Liam's Brother
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 09:53 AM

If he wasn't so big, I wouldn't be so surprised!

All the best, Mick.

Dan

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Roger the skiffler
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 10:09 AM

Glad to hear you're on the mend ,Mick. The Tavern is too quiet without you. I hope the medication isn't one of those sneaky "not to be taken with alcohol ones"!
RtS

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 10:12 AM

Keep mending, dear Mick.

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Bill Cameron
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 10:17 AM

Wit fails me, Mick.

Just get better, eh.

Bill

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Alice
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 10:27 AM

Hey, big guy, you're not supposed to get sinus infections.. that's my department!! I still have the effects of a year-long sinus infection that came from letting what I thought was a "cold" go too far without going to a doctor. So much for saving money on medical bills. It took a year of heavy duty antibiotics, so, man, I hope this doesn't happen to you. Now I will live with the tendency to get them forever. As you know, it hurts your brain and makes thinking very fuzzy, as well as general body weakness. No fair, man, you were supposed to be the big strong guy all of us ladies could lean on!

Well, enough of that mutual misery mumbling... get better, and email me privately for advice on the home remedies and preventions I've discovered.

love,
alice

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Bert
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 11:29 AM

Get well soon or I'll tell you how I cured my sinus problems.

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: bill\sables
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 11:40 AM

Hi Big Mick, you'd better be better for Jan I'll bring you some grapes and sit by your bedside and eat them myself if you're not. See You Cheers Bill

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: lamarca
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 12:03 PM

We might have known that those empty spaces in your head would start giving you trouble one of these days, Mick! Seriously, sinus infections and how they affect musicians and our hearing, thinking and balance are no joke. Glad you're on the mend...

LOL, your sweet little transvestite

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 12:08 PM

liam, if ya'da stayed out of the jello pit at the Tavern and not taken that nose dive after THE FAIR ONE when Mick wasn't lookin', you wouldn't have that nose break! I suppose the doc fixing it means another break? Come on over ta the Tavern and we'll help ya out!

katLAUGHING

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Peter T.
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 12:21 PM

Mick, do the words "take a break" mean anything to you? Sheesh. Seriously, get well soon. yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Den
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 12:26 PM

Sorry to hear you were poorly Mick but glad to know you are on the mend. There will be a few parish priests downed in a toast to your health over at the tavern. No there will not be an indesciminate attack on the catholic clergy, parish priests are another name for Mick nad my favourite tiple the glorious cure for what ails you. The wonderful pint of Guinness sccchtout. Den (I know waffeling a bit)

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Penny S.
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 12:36 PM

Get better fast. (Try inhaling steam)

Penny

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Cara
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 12:54 PM

Oooh, those sinus deals are brutal. Sorry to hear it. If you don't get better soon, cut off your nose and learn to breathe through your mouth. It's a quick fix (*BG*)

I hear that alcohol kills germs in your bloodstream. I've replaced my former regimen of echinacea and zinc with a steady diet of beer and wine, and I've never felt better (except for the mornings but I've never liked those much anyway).

Seriously, breathe well and feel better.

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 02:39 PM

So, Mick, you should take better care of yourself. As Catspaw intimated, it's time to throw that macho stuff out the window. I know that that big heart shines on these threads, but let it shine on you sometime.

So you're sick and you think you're strokin' out. Yeah, that's what ambulances are for. I'm sure Dave would have picked you up if you had only called down to 'Spaw's place. And now, you're headed for Cincinnati and you not only want to work, but you want to go out to the music while you are there.

Modern medecine works miracles, but you don't have to force them to be miracle workers. Slow down a bit! Come to the important realization that you can't do it all. You will live longer and less stressfully.

Seriously, Mick. I'm sorry you had that scare. I don't do sick very well either. I'll put you in my prayers.

Love,

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: KathWestra
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 03:16 PM

Hey Big Mick. Big Hugs! I've been missing you around these parts. Take very good, tender care of yourself (just pretend you're one of your best friends kinda like Spaw). As so many of our buddies have said earlier in this thread, when you're sick is no time to be a hero. Whimper a lot and get people to take care of you. Wallow in being coddled by anyone willing to coddle you. (No, not cuddle, although now that I mention it...) Get well soon, my friend. (And you'd better be ALL better by the first weekend in December, when I intend to traipse down to Conklin to hear you and the fellas hold forth at Fenian's and collect on that brew you promised.) Kath

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Judy Cook
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 04:13 PM

Hi Big Mick,

sorry you've been ill. add my warm wishes to the long list for a speedy & complete recovery.

-- Judy Cook

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Dave Swan
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 04:35 PM

Mick, here are my good wishes from home and Dave's from on the road. We'll be glad to hear from you soon!

PJ (La Swanna)

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Kernow John
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 06:38 PM

Hey Big Mick
Just heard you aint been well.
Take care, your a guy that's needed by lot's of folks not just us here on the 'Cat.
But most important see if you can fit in some time and space for yourself.
You are in our prayers,
Baz and Marion

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Lorraine
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 06:55 PM

Oh Mick-Sorry to hear you haven't shook the dreaded sinus affliction. Meeting you at the Getaway was special although brief- Get well and give em hell. Love- Lorraine

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: TheMuse
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 07:02 PM

The tavern has been way too quiet and now we know why . . .sorry to hear you've been under the weather. We'll keep the place going and "leave the light on for you". The Muse

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Helen
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 07:56 PM

Hi Mick,

I hope you are getting better & better. I don't have time for more than a flying visit to the 'Cat today so I have jsut skimmed through this to make sure yuo are okay. I'll check in tonight or tomorrow for a proper visit.

Helen

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Brakn
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 08:10 PM

Glad you're recovering Mick.

Mick Bracken

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: bbc
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 08:19 PM

I was so sorry to hear you've been sick. I know sinus & sinus is no friend of mine (as I'm sure it's not yours, either!!!). Missing those hugs & wanting you up & around sooner than soon.

with love,

Barbara

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Cap't Bob
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 08:27 PM

Once you get to feeling better Mick be sure to clean the flem out of your low "D" pennywhistle er else you will reinfect yourself.

By the way, you were right about my loss of Mudcat ~ I got ahold of my ISP and they were able to clear up the problem. Thanks for the advice.

Cap't Bob

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Dani
Date: 01 Nov 99 - 08:36 PM

I thought that sweating WAS all the good feelings. Sorry it was illness. Love, lust, life-threatening illness - sometimes they're damn hard to tell apart!

Keep 'em draining.

Dani

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Barry Finn
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 12:06 AM

Gee Mick, I'm glad I found out you were doing well before I found out that you weren't, can't handle the shock that well myself at OUR age. Well yobo, you can go ahead & fall down now that you're been knocked out for so long,,, then you can get back up & sing. All that sweating & I thought you were doing the pig thing again & here I was teasing you about whimping out, ya know I didn't think you looked so hot the first time I laid eyes on ya but that was before I knew ya, then I thought he probably never looked so good, go figure. Well I'm about 2,000 east of you & you're really gonna have to make a full recovery to come this far to kick my butt. So I'll being seeing ya soon? Best of health & luck & lots of love. Barry

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Escamillo
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 12:25 AM

Very glad to see that you are now OK, Big Mick.
Andrés Magré

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: WyoWoman
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 12:36 AM

Well, fer heaven's sake. I leave town for a few days and his Royal Mickness gets all poopy. Or snotty, as the case might be.

Get well, honey bunny. (And how yucky rotten to have to be in a motel room when you're sick. I did that last year -- strep and bronchitis in Washington D.C., then taking the airplane back looking obviously sick. Nothing like that to make you feel like a complete pariah....)

I hope you're all mended up by now and feeling sassy again.

best, ww

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: thosp
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 12:42 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
opppps that's wrong----ahhhhhh ohhhhhhh yea ahh
GET WELL SOON

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 01:45 AM

Mick, I think I read this in the Berkeley Barb, a Vietnam Era underground newspaper: it's the hippy's cure for the flu: Toke up, crawl into a sleeping bag with your girlfriend, make love, go to sleep; when you wake up, start the whole process over and over and over. In three days your flu will be gone (of course it's usually gone in three days, anyway, but you don't usually enjoy it). I suppose the original also said something about replenishing body fluids as needed, and I don't recommend peeing in your sleeping bag, not if you're going to stay in it for three days...

--seed

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: thosp
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 01:57 AM

ORACLE-- BERKLEY BARB-- ORACLE-- BERKLEY BARB--
gee seed sweet memories of selling the papers on Haight St.----
peace

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From:
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 04:58 AM

I just read this thread. I am glad you are on the mend Mick. If the world ever needed good Union blokes it is now! Take care of yourself and don't overdo it until you are better.

Murray

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Jeri
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 08:57 AM

Mick, I still liked the hugs, even the damp ones. I'm sending mental hugs your way, and a big bowl of virtual chicken soup. Please devote yourself to yourself with the same passion you devote to your job and your music.

Barry, do you know what a 'yobo' is? Did something happen at the Getaway you're not talking about? I knew you guys liked each other, but I never suspected...

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Barry Finn
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 10:52 AM

Jeri, I thought so but the way you ask I think not. Don't explain, Mick may have a stroke yet. Barry

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: paddymac
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 03:21 PM

jaysus, Big Guy, hurry up and get over the crud. I've been vicariously medicating for you and don't know how much longer my liver can hold out. Tried to do the "seven nights drunk" therapeutic regimen, but had to give up after only four. Maybe there's some other catters than can do the full week for you. A pint and a jimmy, that's the ticket.

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Mbo
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 04:27 PM

Micheal Mhor Go Bragh!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Susan A-R
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 10:31 PM

I too am glad that I found out that you were getting well before I found out that you were not. Keep up the improving trend (usually that does involve rest) and get back to the tavern before they do something rash about the dress code. You just sit back and give me instructions and I'll do the seafood. POSSUMS IN THE SHRIMP!!!!

Get well soon.

Susan A-R

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Susan A-R
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 10:31 PM

I too am glad that I found out that you were getting well before I found out that you were not. Keep up the improving trend (usually that does involve rest) and get back to the tavern before they do something rash about the dress code. You just sit back and give me instructions and I'll do the seafood. POSSUMS IN THE SHRIMP!!!!

Get well soon.

Susan A-R

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Susan A-R
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 10:33 PM

I too am glad that I found out that you were getting well before I found out that you were not. Keep up the improving trend (usually that does involve rest) and get back to the tavern before they do something rash about the dress code. You just sit back and give me instructions and I'll do the seafood. POSSUMS IN THE SHRIMP!!!!

Get well soon.

Susan A-R

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Susan A-R
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 10:34 PM

I too am glad that I found out that you were getting well before I found out that you were not. Keep up the improving trend (usually that does involve rest) and get back to the tavern before they do something rash about the dress code. You just sit back and give me instructions and I'll do the seafood. POSSUMS IN THE SHRIMP!!!!

Get well soon.

Susan A-R

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Susan A-R
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 10:44 PM

Guess I made my point. I have NO idea what happened. couldn't get back to the main page and I was lost and it was awful, I thought I'd lost the MUDCAT!! and in my panic I guess I sent four messages. Well, at least it's emphatic.

GET well!! (or else)

Susan A-R (again)

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Alan of Australia
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 11:34 PM

Gee Mick, ain't it good to know somebody really really really really wants you to get well.

Cheers,
Alan

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: lamarca
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 11:42 PM

Not to mention is Really, really, really, really worried about Possums in the Shrimp - and wouldn't THAT be a good name for a rock band?

Have we talked you into feeling better, yet, Mick? Or should we send you some oysters?

LOL, Mary

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Jeri
Date: 02 Nov 99 - 11:56 PM

Word is he's meeting with Catspaw tomorrow. It's no use, *sigh* the man just continues to live dangerously.

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Big Mick
Date: 03 Nov 99 - 02:25 AM

My God, but how I love you folks. I have been trying to rest, and work and this illness is driving me nuts. And tomorrow I do indeed have a 6 hour drive to a place that I am going to meet up with 'Spaw for dinner. Would you folks call the Municipal Authorities and have them put on an extra cruiser tomorrow?? Thanks.

I am trying to get better, and I will get caught up on my 'Cat duties this weekend, I promise......And Susan, would you mind icing those shrimp down real well?? thanks.

Your good wishes are making me feel very good. I really do love you all.

Mick

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: alison
Date: 03 Nov 99 - 02:47 AM

speaking as your personal nurse from way over in Australia...........shouldn't you be asleep??? It's 2.25 am......... you're meant to be resting.... hahaha...

typical Irishman... won't listen to Dr's orders

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Bert
Date: 03 Nov 99 - 08:42 AM

Jeri, do you know something about 'yobo' that I don't? Where I come from, yob is backslang for boy. The final o in yobo (more often spelled yobbo) is added 'cos it sounds better.

Backslang is used in England by shop keepers, especially butchers and to a lesser extent grocers. It is used so that the customers don't know what they are saying. Because of supermarkets, butchers and grocers are dying out, and backslang is dying with them.

The term yobbo is derogatory and most often used to mean layabout. Except of course when it is used as a term of endearment by the likes of Barry.

Bert.

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: bbc
Date: 03 Nov 99 - 11:30 AM

Yes, Bert. Jeri knows something you don't know & so do I. Hint--it's Korean.

love,

bbc

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Jeri
Date: 03 Nov 99 - 02:45 PM

Barry, don't read this. I know you meant it the way Bert explained it. I never knew about that meaning before, so thanks, Bert, for the info.

A 'yobo' (pronounced yoe-boe) in Korea, at least as the term is used by American GIs, refers to a 'live-in girlfriend.' It was never very clear to me whether this was a relationship or a profession. I've heard married partners refer to each other by that term, to them it probably means 'honey' or 'darling-dumpling-sugar-plum.' I don't know which usage came first. A bit of totally uncalled-for information: Koreans don't call each other by their names, but rather by their positions/titles. A man would normally call his wife by the Korean word for wife. Men in general are called 'adashi,' which as near as I can tell is a word that means 'man' respectfully, like 'sir.'

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Bert
Date: 03 Nov 99 - 02:52 PM

I'm glad I asked now. I've learned something.

A friend of mine once said that "a day that goes by without you learning something new is a day that you've wasted".

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 03 Nov 99 - 02:55 PM

Now, Mick. You've not been well. I am counting on you to show restraint in your consumption of the vile black stuff when you meet with Spaw. It would be a damn fine example for him as well. If you just can't restrain yourself.. well then have one or two for LEJ!

Subject: RE: Get well soon Big Mick
From: Wolfgang
Date: 03 Nov 99 - 03:09 PM

couple of days away, and there's no word left for me that hasn't already been said. MIck, let the music keep your spirit high.

Wolfgang