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to say it’s me again standing in as Temporary Editor. Unfortunately Simon’s wife, Karen, is very ill the Sorryand therefore I have taken over the role on a temporary basis until Karen is better. Simon momentputting all his time and effort into helping Karen and looking after obviouslylittle girl Annabelle. A card has already been sent to them on your theirand a bouquet <strong>of</strong> flowers willsent when circumstances allow for Karen to receive them. behalfknow that you will all join me in wishing both Karen and Simon well. We look forward to seeing Simon’s Iface back at club nights and smilingride outs.daughter) and me after a long period <strong>of</strong> time in hospital. old<strong>of</strong> the most difficult things we've had to face is the tricky balancing act between keeping everyone informed Oneprogress, and protecting ourselves from the intrusion <strong>of</strong> a thousand <strong>of</strong>calls every night. Karen came up with the genius idea <strong>of</strong> setting up a 'Twitter' account. I've never really phonethe appeal <strong>of</strong> Twitter until now. If you don't know, Twitter allows you to keep a live diary <strong>of</strong> understoodtrivial and not so trivial activities online in the form <strong>of</strong> short messages. yourStephen Fry keeps a legion <strong>of</strong> fans informed <strong>of</strong> his every move, and 'followers' can post Famouslyin real time. One time he wanted a c<strong>of</strong>fee, and was bombarded with a wealth <strong>of</strong> reactionsabout where he recommendationsgo for a good brew. All very pointless and nerdy; until you find yourself confined to a hospital bed shoulda large number <strong>of</strong> family and well wishers keen to know how you are doing. Karen has posted regular withor 'tweets' as text messages to a small band <strong>of</strong> updatesand doing so has done a great job <strong>of</strong> keeping me sane and protected from the barrage <strong>of</strong> phone followers,Pete has been a great help and calls.to me at this difficult time, and many SAM members have supporton their best wishes and kind thoughts either through him or via email. passedregardsSimon KindWords From <strong>The</strong> ‘Temporary’ “Ed”Pete CraddockWords From <strong>The</strong> “Ed”forward any <strong>Journal</strong> items to me until further notice. I will keep you updated. PleaseregardsPete C Kindover the past few months. We're hoping that the worst experiencing<strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Severn</strong>Technology, who'd have thought it would come in handy? If you've read Pete's update you'll<strong>of</strong> this episode<strong>Advanced</strong>has passed and thatMotorcycliststhe remaining four5Chemotherapy sessions will pass without too many complications and that Karen will be able to enjoy some quality time at home with Annabelle (our two year been have family my that time difficult the about learnt have<strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Severn</strong> <strong>Advanced</strong> sorry <strong>of</strong>ficer I was in a hurry,Motorcyclists 6changing nappy my needed I

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