Let's hope that he recovers and can get out of that nursing home soon.
To me, it would be extremely frustrating to be confined to a nursing home or even a better quality "asisted living" facility, while retaining a sound mind. I would still want to operate my station, even if I couldn't physically work on it any more.
I'm sure most facilities are "antenna-prohibited" sites, and they would frown on radio gear set up in the room. The inmates are probably lucky to be able to get access to a computer with high-speed internet.
Just hope that when the time comes I croak suddenly and unexpectedly, rather than be forced to rot away in one of those urine-perfumed institutions. You could hire a competent fulltime live-in caretaker for much less than what even the lowest cost nursing home charges per month. Unfortunately, whatever insurance or government assistance is available, would rather pay out $100,000 a year to keep a patient in a nursing home, than less than half that amount, to pay for fulltime assistance in the person's own home.
Maybe, according to their way of thinking, the person will become so depressed in the nursing home that they will die in a year or two, whereas if they could continue living at home they might hang on for many more years, so the state and private agencies figure they are saving money in the long run.
The sword of Charlemagne the just
is ferric oxide, known as rust.
The tusks of mastodons in brawl
are now billiard balls.
Great Caesar's bust is on the shelf...
And I don't feel so good myself.
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