tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post1742139155230789101..comments2023-09-28T09:00:44.681-10:00Comments on Wind Lines: A Brother in NeedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post-45086601344182372022008-04-13T09:32:00.000-10:002008-04-13T09:32:00.000-10:00I would like to express my gratitude and appreciat...I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to all the members of the flying community here for your support, help and concern during this not-so-fun time for me. Thank you to One-Eye Jim for allowing me to stay at his place during the first 6 weeks of my recovery, Thank you to Reaper Pete, Bob of the Year, and Sandy for offering me a place to stay during this time as well, though fortunately my body was not broken to the point that I could stay at more than one place at a time. Thank you to the many many fellow pilots who came to visit me in the hospital to wish me well as well as those who did so by phone. Thank you to Reaper Pete for keeping my "stuff" at his place. And, Thank you to the unnamed person who managed to sneak a get well message on a photo of me in better times into the April issue of the Paragliding magazine. I retrieved that magazine from my PO Box the same day the neurosurgeon released me from my incarceration in body armor and inactivity a couple of days ago, so that was an especially good day!<BR/>I am now back on my boat working through the somewhat painful process of healing and rebuilding all the back muscles that were sliced up during the operation and left to lie unused for almost two months, but it feels great to be moving about in the real world again. I'm also continuing working on little bit of computer work I got from UH and started a couple of weeks ago and am able to do remotely. This is great because torpidity of the brain is as hard on me as inactivity of the body.<BR/>This still continuing adventure, like all adventures, is comprised of great parts as well as unpleasant parts: A memorable flight at Tantalus that day, a beautiful flight at MPU, then the horrible ending to that flight, a painful ride to the hospital, a surgery that I wasn't around for, etc. But, a few years from now, some of those things as well as the weeks, maybe months of soreness to come, the years it will take to save up the money this has cost will be forgotten or relegated to murky depths of the mind where we keep stuff that serves no purpose. What will remain forever though, will be the memory of how the flying community that truly knows the meaning of aloha rallied around this foolish pilot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post-23732732396723690282008-03-01T10:51:00.000-10:002008-03-01T10:51:00.000-10:00Jiah mentioned that she has a "shower chair" for "...Jiah mentioned that she has a "shower chair" for "broke-back" people from the days when she too had a broke back. She says that Berndt is welcome to have it.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04656473992392127866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post-14951240148125297602008-03-01T08:37:00.000-10:002008-03-01T08:37:00.000-10:00I have my spare room in Reaper's Hostel available ...I have my spare room in Reaper's Hostel available after the 13th? <BR/><BR/>But, Sandy funny you mentioned the work part. Thats exactly what he said to me the other day; that he wanted to stay somewhere where he could do some physical labor!<BR/><BR/>He's not going to be very mobile for a few weeks...Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14574997933340807663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post-59725905052242935252008-02-28T19:06:00.000-10:002008-02-28T19:06:00.000-10:00I have some space, and can join the parade of home...I have some space, and can join the parade of homes -- but my place is a very active renovation/war zone these days. I'm living in my guest room, so all else is subject to dust and paint fumes, so Berndt may have to shuffle from room to room as work progresses. Heck, he may even have to pick up a paint brush. NOT!<BR/><BR/>Hang in there Berndt! We're pulling for you. Get well soon!sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062704709975780035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post-77473181113355545522008-02-28T17:52:00.000-10:002008-02-28T17:52:00.000-10:00I think the flying community has Berndt covered. ...I think the flying community has Berndt covered. I'll be cleaning out the guest room at my place and Reaper and 1-I have also expressed availability. That way Berndt won't get to tired of any of us. <BR/><BR/><BR/>bobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com