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Originally posted by dogcat:
Earnest,
Can you re-fresh us as to what happened to Stuart and to yourself? Did your .404 kick too hard and rattled a few ribs?

JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous.

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Originally posted by JudgeG:

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Originally posted by dogcat:
Earnest,
Can you re-fresh us as to what happened to Stuart and to yourself? Did your .404 kick too hard and rattled a few ribs?

No need to rehash everything, in my humble opinion, but succinctly, Stuart, a Zim P.H. while hunting in Mozambique, was accidentally shot in the left shoulder with a .458 Win Mag during the maelstrom of an unexpected buffalo charge.

As for me, on April 6th, after partaking too much butternut squash soup at the Victoria Falls Hotel, in the dark, I tripped on a loose cobblestone in front of the Kingdom Hotel when returning to the Ilala Hotel. At the conclusion of a double twisting, one-and-one-half summersault, I planted my right ribcage on the curb. Damn that hurt, and still does.

The guards at the Kingdom gave me a 9.9, a 9.9 and a 10.0. Not bad for an old fart.

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Originally posted by PSmith:
Judge, thanks very much for the update on Stu Taylor. Sorry about the ribs, I know from experience that it hurts for a good long time.

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Originally posted by PSmith:
Judge, thanks very much for the update on Stu Taylor. Sorry about the ribs, I know from experience that it hurts for a good long time.

JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous.

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Originally posted by JudgeG:

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Originally posted by PSmith:
Judge, thanks very much for the update on Stu Taylor. Sorry about the ribs, I know from experience that it hurts for a good long time.

I've discovered that the ribs don't hurt much if you don't breath.

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Originally posted by D. Nelson:
Great to hear you are both doing well! Attitude is everything!

Best regards, D. Nelson

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Originally posted by JudgeG:I've discovered that the ribs don't hurt much if you don't breathe.

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Originally posted by JudgeG:
I had a very enjoyable supper and drinks with Stuart Taylor last Sunday evening at the Deck in Bulawayo. As some of you may know, he is back hunting after taking the Zim P.H. shooting test (and passing it higher than he did as an apprentice!).

Stuart does still have some limited range of motion in his left arm (mainly raising it above his head), but considering all the damage done, he is doing remarkably well. There is pain (but he's a tough bastard) and significant loss of feeling, but with a tee shirt and shorts on, just having supper, you'd not know that he had been wounded.

I'd have absolute confidence in him as my P.H. and will certainly consider using him if my brother, Lou Hallamore, isn't available for whatever reason.

I asked him if I might report this good news and he agreed.

He certainly didn't seem bitter about his fate, and even though he had an opportunity to vent if he wanted to about some, perhaps understandable perceptions as to money donated and attorney's fees, etc., he was the perfect gentleman and, in my humble opinion, just wanted to make the best of his unfortunate situation and take clients hunting. He's not mad at anyone and hopes that no one is angry at him.

Again, I'm sitting there at the picnic table feeling the burn from a few recently broken ribs and wincing when I was lifting a glass of drink... but I did drink... ... and that rock-hard fellow never flinched a time during the two hours we were together when you know he has to hurt.

I think we can all rejoice in his continuing recovery.