Comments on: Fred the Machine Man http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/10/fred-the-machine-man/ Frederik Pohl Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chookie http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/10/fred-the-machine-man/#comment-8758 Chookie Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:31:12 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1587#comment-8758 Hope you can now write a new story on the first attempt to send colonists off somewhere... and how en route they realise what the death rates are likely to be since they don't have routine equipment like pacemakers to hand... Hope you can now write a new story on the first attempt to send colonists off somewhere… and how en route they realise what the death rates are likely to be since they don’t have routine equipment like pacemakers to hand…

]]> By: RBH http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/10/fred-the-machine-man/#comment-8553 RBH Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:07:30 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1587#comment-8553 That kind of thing can be a jolt. After a neuro guy I was seeing on account of an unexplained numbness in one arm couldn't find a right carotid pulse on me he zipped me over to get an ultrasound and then to a vascular guy who said, looking at the output of the ultrasound, "We're not going to do this before the sun sets today, but we sure as Hell are going to do it before the sun sets a week from today." Three days later they cut my throat and routed out my left carotid (the right one was -- and still is -- untreatably clogged). So be well, Fred, and know you're not the Lone Ranger. :) That kind of thing can be a jolt. After a neuro guy I was seeing on account of an unexplained numbness in one arm couldn’t find a right carotid pulse on me he zipped me over to get an ultrasound and then to a vascular guy who said, looking at the output of the ultrasound, “We’re not going to do this before the sun sets today, but we sure as Hell are going to do it before the sun sets a week from today.” Three days later they cut my throat and routed out my left carotid (the right one was — and still is — untreatably clogged). So be well, Fred, and know you’re not the Lone Ranger. :)

]]> By: Bill Goodwin http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/10/fred-the-machine-man/#comment-8534 Bill Goodwin Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:17:05 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1587#comment-8534 The spear was good for making holes, The flint fixed other inborn flaws, The trend continued; now Fred Pohl's Become The Clockwork Man of Oz! Dare I even say Man Plus? Designed by no mere chromosome! A city boy, so I'll not fuss If you call him a Metro Gnome... But, puns aside, I must now say, All the best to this fine gent, Whose heart and mind shine bright as day In Science Fiction's firmament! Mend Quickly, Bill The spear was good for making holes,
The flint fixed other inborn flaws,
The trend continued; now Fred Pohl’s
Become The Clockwork Man of Oz!

Dare I even say Man Plus?
Designed by no mere chromosome!
A city boy, so I’ll not fuss
If you call him a Metro Gnome…

But, puns aside, I must now say,
All the best to this fine gent,
Whose heart and mind shine bright as day
In Science Fiction’s firmament!

Mend Quickly,
Bill

]]> By: Stephen A Kupiec http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/10/fred-the-machine-man/#comment-8473 Stephen A Kupiec Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:16:56 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1587#comment-8473 Best wishes on recovery etc But I'm still disappointed that you didn't go for the whole Man Plus upgrade. Best wishes on recovery etc
But I’m still disappointed that you didn’t go for the whole Man Plus upgrade.

]]> By: milieu http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/10/fred-the-machine-man/#comment-8455 milieu Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:26:56 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1587#comment-8455 My mom got a pacemaker when she was visiting me. Apparently, she had been having a low heart rate and her doctor suggested she should consider one. We talked about it while she was there, and she had decided not to do it. I got awakened at 4 am by my dad saying "something is wrong with your mom". Ended up calling 911, they took her in, and they nicely explained that her heart rate was low, and she should really have a pacemaker done. While we were thinking it over, she coded, and they rushed her off and installed one. It's a wonderful souvenir of her trip, though. ;) My mom got a pacemaker when she was visiting me.

Apparently, she had been having a low heart rate and her doctor suggested she should consider one. We talked about it while she was there, and she had decided not to do it.

I got awakened at 4 am by my dad saying “something is wrong with your mom”. Ended up calling 911, they took her in, and they nicely explained that her heart rate was low, and she should really have a pacemaker done.

While we were thinking it over, she coded, and they rushed her off and installed one.

It’s a wonderful souvenir of her trip, though. ;)

]]> By: John Traylor http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/10/fred-the-machine-man/#comment-8411 John Traylor Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:02:07 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1587#comment-8411 Glad things went well for you Mr. Pohl and best wishes for a speedy recovery. Glad things went well for you Mr. Pohl and best wishes for a speedy recovery.

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