at the risk of sounding a bit …I don’t know what actually … I just wanted you to know you have been on my mind / heart a lot lately .
…I just hope everything is okay with you ?
cheers !
ben
[… I’ve been missing your great boards , and humour too, lately , I guess !]
Ben contacted me, to contact you Ben. Ben is currently in a state of denial, and has as we say here in the states “gone of the deep end”.
If you would like to contact Ben, you can do so by mail only. Please send all inquires to:
Ben Shipman #12393-M
3482 Patterson State Hospital
Fullerton, CA. 92382
Room #342
No packages, or sharp objects will be accepted. Ben seems to be responding well to bright colors and shiny objects. If you do send shiny objects: Please nothing with sharp edges, and nothing that can fit into a mouth. i.e. nothing smaller that a Grapefruit.
Thank you.
Jay. maybe it’s you who has gone off the deep end here… and just for that I have kidnapped your squid and I am demanding a ransom of 1000 Clark blanks, 1 million yards of volan cloth, 50 5 gallon barrels of poly resin and tints. They must be delivered to the dumpster behind Winstons in O.B. by thursday at 1400 hour or else the squid dies. I must hear from you by 11:23 hours today or the squid loses a tentacle.
Chip thanks for your concern. I am doing fine. It turns out I just have a case of Coccidioides immitis, aka Valley Fever. I have to take it real easy for a while and let myself heal.
Anyone else out there ever had Valley Fever?
Ben.
I must hear from you by 11:23 hours today or the squid loses a tentacle.
Oh Shit, you cut of one of my pet squid’s testicles!
Hi Ben,
I haven’t had it but I personally know two people who have. One is a secretary in our office who contracted it as a teen but has not had a resurgence since. (She is now 56) The other is my younger cousin who has been living with it for 13 years and has had a few very scary moments. He on the other hand is knucklehead and ignored all of the warning sings. One thing our family has learned from it, is that if you start to feel bad, funky, tired or disoriented at any time, CALL THE DOCTOR IMEDIATELY!!! Now that he’s older and more responsible, things are going very well. He sees the doctor regularly and is now in good physical shape.
My cousin is from Bakersfield where it is not uncommon for people to catch Valley Fever. He has seen some of the top specialists in the nation. Let me know if you need DR’s names and numbers. My aunt has them all.
I hope you get over this real soon.
Marc
Ben contacted me, to contact you Ben. Ben is currently in a state of denial, and has as we say here in the states “gone of the deep end”.
If you would like to contact Ben, you can do so by mail only. Please send all inquires to:
Ben Shipman #12393-M
3482 Patterson State Hospital
Fullerton, CA. 92382
Room #342
No packages, or sharp objects will be accepted. Ben seems to be responding well to bright colors and shiny objects. If you do send shiny objects: Please nothing with sharp edges, and nothing that can fit into a mouth. i.e. nothing smaller that a Grapefruit.
Thank you.
resin , you really had me worried for a while . Although I enjoy humour usually , THAT one was a bit TOO close to home.
You see, I work in the mental health field , and lost a close friend to suicide a few years back .
I knew something was wrong with Ben , and had been very concerned for a while , I'm relieved it's physical and not mental health concerned , because I <span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-style:italic">KNOW </span></span>the anguish people go through with mental health problems .
Ben , I hope you recover fully . And soon .
Thanks for the update !
cheers !
ben
Yes, I might have taken the prank a bit too far. No squids were actually casturated in this discussion. And Shippy I hope you get over this Valley Fever thing, sounds like no fun.
-Jay
Ben,
Why the hell were you in the valley any way there is no surf there?
“RAY” help him, get him down to Keiths this weekend “STAT”
That’s quite a ransome !
Can I have one of the blanks?
Ray,
Keith will let you have one piece of balsa!
SrPato, thanks, I got a good ID doctor. I may have had this thing for a while because just about the time I got real sick I had been over doing it and not getting enough sleep, I and let myself get run down. I was also shoveling dirt around about that time to. I don’t know, …
My Neighbors son had it. He thinks he got it from riding dirt bikes out in the Romona area. He was out of school for a whole year,
I am feeling good nonetheless.
Ben
That’s quite a ransome !
Can I have one of the blanks?
greedy bastard!
Ray, thanks for the railband tool.
Scott, oh my gosh, I though you knew that I was a valley guy. gawd I’m so sure!
Ben,
Glad to hear your doing well.
I hear chicken soup, gratuitous sex and Jack McCoy films help speed the recovery. 
Marc
Hope you are feeling better. I ALWAYS wear a my respirator when travelling inland…Never know what “those” people have! Your neighbor probably got it at the Mall.
Hope to see ya at Keiths!!!
*snip* You see, I work in the mental health field , ...ben
Chipper, that explains a lot. 
The nuttiest people I’ve ever known are always the counselors and head-shrinkers!
Kidding. Sort of.
I admit, up 'till now, I had no idea whether you worked or not!
Edit: new avatar for you? :
I’m an occupational therapy assistant actually , when I work in lodges and nursing homes and hospitals . [dunno what they would be called in seppospeak …probably just “duuuuuuude” , like everything else . So benny , what’s YOUR excuse ? hehehhh
when some one cares there is hope.
earth borne illness?
the obvious clense is Pacific bourne.
quench and redeem
your self in the clean
salt water where you can find it.
the psychic web when disturbed
shakes the whole web.
And we are all effected.
be well cuz,just be cuz
…ambrose…
So benny , what's YOUR excuse ? hehehhh
uh…I’m a longboarder ?
Quote:So benny , what’s YOUR excuse ? hehehhh
uh…I’m a longboarder ?
on top of that he is also a Compsander :-0
All is well, thanks guys