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Wed PM 01/09:
Hooray ... first posting from Firefox and Gentoo Linux 2.67. Added BIND9 and it all works. Next stop set up mail and then a firewall.
Wonderful Spring day today. Just a scattering of clouds to let you know it isn't summer. Not to mention the other fact that it is about 20 degrees centigrade cooler than summer.
Posted on 01 September 2004 at 08:43 AM by Stephen Gunnell
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Oh, congratulations! Streamers and bunting and fireworks and stuff! Scantily clad ladies jumping out of Black Forest Cakes and all that! Well done!
Posted on 01 September 2004 at 09:31 AM by Alicia Smith
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Steveg has been off in hospital after a little argument with a 4wd who wasn't sure about the correct protocol at a give way sign. I have a bunch of broken ribs and a sore pelvis. I am likely to be sent home this weekend (25th). Many thanks to everyone who visited, sent flowers, or cards. More details when I get access to a real connection.
Posted on 22 September 2004 at 12:18 AM by Steve Gunnell
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Nice to see you back in the real world. Welcome back.
Posted on 22 September 2004 at 03:22 AM by Alicia Smith
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Just arrived back home today after 22 days in hospital. More catch-up later.
Posted on 25 September 2004 at 05:15 AM by Stephen Gunnell
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Flashback I
Friday 3rd September. Start the day by driving to work as is usual for a Friday. Maureen is about to start her first day on a new contract. I sort of remember prepping for work but the morning was quite unmemorable. The next thing I remember is an insistant voice saying "Keep your head up", "don't go to sleep now!". Thank you voice whoever you were. I can hear talking in the background but the words don't actually make much sense. I can sort of see Maureen beside and in front of me. I reach accross to touch her leg and say "I think we've had an accident". There is an almighty crunching sound as the rescue workers cut away the car doors. I sort of remember being transferred to an ambulance stretcher and the scene ends.
Posted on 27 September 2004 at 04:17 AM by Stephen Gunnell
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Flashback II
I woke up in ICU sometime Saturday and found a bunch of tubes attached to my arms and also a set dissapearing down my mouth. Got a brief run down of my injuries and current location. Late Saturday or early Sunday it was decided to take out the mouth tubes and switch me to a BiPAP machine. Unfortunately the ICU staff didn't seem to be BiPAP savvy and wanted to experiment with the settings. At one point the pressure was turned up so high that my cheeks were trying to explode past the edges of the mask at another point the nurse was saying "Breathe slowly Mr Gunnell" which of course you can't do when the intake pressure is set too high. As soon as you start to draw a breath the machine fills your lungs to capacity at which point the machine drops the pressure and it is hard not to breathe out. That was the worst damn birthday I can remember. Sometime Sunday evening everyone recognised that this wasn't working and the doctors decided to put in a tracheotomy tube and let me breathe through that.
Posted on 28 September 2004 at 03:47 AM by Stephen Gunnell
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I'm very glad you've come out of things okay!
Posted on 30 September 2004 at 07:52 AM by Grant
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The written-off car at the assessors.
Posted on 30 September 2004 at 11:45 PM by Stephen Gunnell