Many of you who visit the plumbing desk know of Tom, our old mentor and friend. Tom has been off the desk since mid-December after a nasty attack of shingles. This is chicken pox in kids but when adults get it in their nervous system there can be serious complications. I had it in my face and lost the ability to talk, wife loved it, I did not. 6 Weeks of spech therapy and I told her what I thought. Tom's shingles made it into his face and all but blinded him. He is recovering but is, for all intent and purpose, too blind to read or use a computer. He is looking into some software and hardware that will read his read mail for him and transcribe his posts to AMHD. I hope to hear/see iof Tom soon and knew many of you would be happy to hear of his recovery.
