On Oct 9, 2005, at 3:18, Jean Nathan wrote:
With her elbow, mine (and others' knees), hips, false teeth, and other surgical replacements among us, sounds like we could make up a whole new lacemaker out of artificial parts.
Reminds me of a (science-fiction) short play - must have been by Stanislaw Lem or Karel Capek, since it was compulsory reading in highschool (and only Poles, or political allies or loooong-dead authors "rated") - about a court-case of man (car racer) who was being "reposessed" for non-payment of debts incurred while different parts were replaced by different providers. Some of the parts didn't work very well, which led to further accidents, further replacements and further indebtedness, so that, when he lost his case, he was taken apart entirely...
All the best to Lori-the-lacefairy, and I agree with Lorri - a replacement elbow is likely to take care of her misery once and for all. But let's not talk of lacemakers made entirely of artificial parts... What was a hillarious and definitely fictional absurdity 40 yrs ago in Poland, is too close for comfort here and now.
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