Of course I can't fix a flat.  I have a paralyzed arm.     Even if it worked, I can't get down on the floor and get back up without help.  There are TONS of things I can't "DO" for myself.  That's life as a cripple chief.  Your empathic ability is astoundingly low.

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I was working on the limits to growth web page night before last and I suddenly felt nauseous.  I stopped and went to bed.  Within an hour I was hurling and yesterday I had a temp over 100 degrees.  Stomach pains so bad I did not want to be here.  It is good we cannot make such decisions in such a state.  Now I am getting back to human.  And back on the Diner.