[Shop-talk] Fw: Tim Mullen

[Paul Parkanzky]

Eric,

I'm afraid that I don't have any more a direct line to Tim than you do.

I can, however, pass along some great news from the forums:

---From the Forums (Not My Writing)---

My wife Debbie & I went by the hospital after work, and saw Tim. He was
quite alert, considering the pain meds he is on.

He is bruised up, has a torn muscle in his leg, and a damaged lumbar
vertebra. He can't walk on his own yet, but will be fitted for a brace
soon, which should help. They do not know yet what caused the episode that
landed him in the ER, but tests show it wasn't a seizure, nor a stroke, nor
a heart attack.

We dropped off a Get Well Soon card, from his Lotus friends from around the
world. We also gave him a Lotus 25 model kit. I told him we were going to
need the model assembled, painted, and decal'd by, say, early next week. He
said he'd look into it.

We talked cars, and car people, and he was quite lucid throughout. He is a
bit embarrassed by the fuss online, as his wife Jo has described it to him,
but he is genuinely appreciative of the thoughts. He does not have access
to a computer at this time.
/SNIP/
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I removed some forum specific stuff at the end, but the upshot is that Tim
seems to be on the mend and with his faculties in tact.  It's wonderful
news and I think it's just a matter of time before we see Tim on here again.

-Paul

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 2:05 PM, <eric at megageek.com> wrote:

> Paul,
> Can you see that Tim gets this? (Or at least email me an address to get it
> to Tim's wife?)  I'm also cc'ing the email address that I have for Tim and
> the shop talk list to make sure I get it to him.
>
> Tim,
>
> This is Eric (or "Inch") from Stop Talk list.  I just wanted to reach out
> and let you know that there are lots of us here thinking about you.  I
> just thought back over the years about things you personally  helped me.
> Some quick ones that come to mind are...
> -Advice on the difference between industrial and automotive air couplers
> -Where to find quality jumper cable connectors
> -How to do home front end alinements, and the tools needed
> -And the merits of static balancing vs. high speed balancing of tires.
>
> But mostly, I remember you taking the time to give me a detail list of
> what I needed to do to store my truck for it's year long storage when I
> got deployed to Iraq.  Advice that I had to use a second time to go to
> Afghanistan afterwards.
>
> You ended the email with "Good luck over there, and keep you head down."
> (I still have the email)
>
> Well, I kept my head down and may it home twice.  But now it's time for
> you to "get your head up" and get back online.  Us shade tree mechanics
> out here need your expertise!
>
> So, get out of bed trooper and get back in that shop!!!  That's an order!!
> (Don't forget, I'm a Captain in the US Army, so that really *IS* and
> order!)
>
> God Bless, and a speedy recovery from me (and all of the lugs on the Shop
> talk list, I'm sure.) You are in our prayers.
>
> Eric P
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
> Waldo Emerson
>
> PS- yesterday I DIDN'T keep my head down and I broke my nose putting some
> wood on a shelf.  Time to build yet another garage for MORE STUFF!!!!  8>)