The Magistrate

[Lithos]

(This is repeated here, but I thought it work repeating.)

I have received word from his family that our friend, The Magistrate, has had a minor health setback and is in the hospital at this time. He is doing well - bored and evidently a little grumpy from being cooped up and away from his computer. But he is well none-the-less and will probably be home sometime middle to late next week.

Thought it would be nice to send him some well wishes for a speedy recovery.

[Violet_Crumble]

1. Wishing you a speedy recovery, Sir...

Magistrate, I hope when you read this thread that yr well on yr way to being up and about again. Get better quickly. Hospitals suck, hospital food sucks even more, and I hope you haven't got any Nasty Cranky Nurses looking after you. Our friendship is one of the most valued things I've gained while I've been at DU, so from one friend to another, those doctors better have been looking after you real well, otherwise they're lucky that this temperamental Australian is on the other side of the world and can't kick some arse. You deserve the best...

Look after yrself, my friend...

Lots of love...

Violet...

[NYC]

2. Wish him well for me.

Thanks.

[IndianaGreen]

3. Best wishes and get well soon, Magistrate

I hope this is just a minor inconvenience, soon to be over.

:loveya:

[drdon326]

4. Best Wishes for a Speedy recovery...

Hopefully when you read this you'll be back
good as new.

(and remember dont take any crap from those
docs....lol)

don

[clar]

5. Please

get well soon. In the few short months I've been on this board, nobody's words have affected me as powerfully. You are one in a million.

An Admirer

[Darranar]

6. Best Wishes for a Quick recovery...

May you get out of the hospital soon.

[meti57b]

7. I wish you a speedy recovery ......

and hope you will be back soon. I miss your words of wisdom when you aren't here.

meti

[GabysPoppy]

8. A speedy recovery my friend

I insist you return at once. Your presence is sorely needed to keep the hotheads like myself in order. The only excuse we will except from you is that this brief hospital stay was an ingenious plot by you to get a very special sponge bath from a young nubile nurse.

[Cassandra]

9. Get well soon, Sir

We need you here.

[MikeGalos]

10. Sir, your renewed presence is requested

as soon as it is reasonable for you to return. Best wishes for a speedy and thorough recovery.

[bemildred]

11. Get well soon, Sir.

Stay away from those hospitals,
they are very dangerous places.

[sabbat hunter]

12. get well

get well soon magistrate, your presence here is missed.


peace
david
:hippie:

[Jackie97]

13. I'm really sorry to hear that.

I do hope that he gets better soon.

[tinnypriv]

14. Get well soon

n/t :)

[Gimel]

15. Get well soon, we miss you

Speaking for myself, and judging from the number of well wishers, I am not alone. You voice here has been appreciated, and we'll be happy once you've returned to your computer, and are feeling up to joining in again with the debate.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

16. Please Get Well Soon

My best wishes to you on a speedy recovery. You are in my thoughts. I am proud to call you a friend, and I look forward to reading your peerless work upon your return.

DTH

[Name removed]

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[legin]

18. Get very well very soon

The Magistrate :hi:

[Herschel]

19. I do not know you well

But please accept my wishes for a full recovery.

[plurality]

20. Here's hoping your absence is a short one.

Rest up and we'll save a spot for ya. :toast:

Jeremy

[Aidoneus]

21. sorry to hear this..

hope you get well soon!

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

22. Greetings from a wife

Many thanks to Mr. Lithos for posting this thread and to all who have expressed their well-wishes for The Magistrate's recovery. Your good will is much appreciated by his entire family, but by none so much as himself. A printout of this thread is by his bedside, where it gives him cheer.

The Mage is too well-mannered to give the nurses much grief. He confines most of his grumbling to us. We tease him that there are easier ways to get a spongebath, but he just responds with an arch look. ;)

We expect he will soon return here with his impeccable logic and inimitable style. Thanks again for missing him. He misses you too.

[IndianaGreen]

23. Nice to meet you, SheWhoMustBeObeyed

My best wishes to you, the Magistrate, and the entire family!

:loveya:

[bemildred]

24. Nice handle too!

.

[Karmadillo]

25. Get well soon, Sir.

I knew intuitively I was going into hospital ... And I tried to
pack accordingly. I thought first of a dictionary, a thesaurus,
some pads, pens, and pencils, a book or two ...
-- Joseph Heller

[Name removed]

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[cantwealljustgetalong]

27. good one, ex_jew...

shows real class to take a cheap shot at someone while they're in the hospital...let me guess...you became an ex_jew (hah!) because you don't believe in the mitzvah of Bikkur Cholim?...

Magistrate, if ever there was the need for your quick turn of a phrase, this is it...return to posting forthwith...

[ex_jew]

30. Why is it a cheap shot, "Sir" ?

If I had a handle implying unlimited authority and let's say a magisterial bearing, and then I persisted in adding patronizing honorifics to my every response, then I might be guilty of excess pomposity too.

As to what Mitzvahs I happen to believe in, I believe in the Ten Commandments. And when they say "Do Not Steal" I take this as applying to states (even Jewish states). This has more to do with my apostasy than the commandment to visit the sick.

If I'm ever in the hospital, feel free to insult me with whatever trumped-up charge you like !

[Lurking Dem]

31. A few suggestions

Go to the video store and rent Rumpole of the Bailey episodes.

Go back to the apparent barn you were raised in and ask your mother to define common courtesy for you.

[ex_jew]

32. Sorry, we didn't have TV in the barnyard !

nt

[Lurking Dem]

33. That comeback almost redeems you.

nt

[cantwealljustgetalong]

35. how about...

your inopportune insult was heresy to common decency, be you an apostate or an infidel...


An observation on the commandment to not steal -

"The truth is, there is scarcely one of the Commandments so universally broken, and whereof the breach is so little observed and so seldom repented of." - Archbishop Leighton

[ex_jew]

36. Perhaps it IS little observed,

but as I sat in temple with the ten commandments looking down on me I could not help but marvel at the fact that a "Jewish" state has made the theft of others' lands its official policy. And the fact that so many Jews apparently have no difficulty justifying this situation tells me that something is definitely wrong. I personally DO NOT WANT the property of others, even it is given to be me by mistake. A Jewish State built on the lands of others is no small matter.

Will you EVER start to wonder if the State of Israel was a bad idea ?

[cantwealljustgetalong]

44. hmmmm...

I have yet to sit in a temple with the ten commandments looking down on me, are you sure you weren't in a courthouse?...

you do have the guilt trip part nailed though...

how's this for a commandment - Thou shalt share and share alike (cause half a loaf is better than none)...

why dwell on what might have been a bad idea in the past, when you can focus on what will be a good idea for the future - two states for two peoples...

will you ever wonder, as Musharraf asked his countrymen recently, must we be more Palestinian than the Palestinians?...

[ex_jew]

45. Well, I always thought that's what they were

Most of them started with the word "LO" in Hebrew. Perhaps I was wrong.

If you're considering new commandments, here's my proposal:

THOU SHALT NOT OPPRESS OTHERS

As to the two states idea, I'm not optimistic. Perhaps if Israel, the West Bank and Gaza were combined, then split more evenly with a nice gentle curve following the Mediterranean, this might be fair.
An idle thought...

[Cassandra]

54. If you find the honorifics patronizing...

perhaps it's because you feel undeserving. You have obviously behaved in an undeserving manner.

[The Magistrate]

56. It Is, Ma'am

A perfect example of the old tag: "Evil to him who evil thinks." A person who conceives himself superior to those who disagree with his views, and who sets out to belittle them as a chief desire in argument, would naturally impute such intention to others. Old lags around here will know, when it is my intent to belittle, there is no conceivable doubt of it....

When asked whether evil ought to be repaid with good, the Master replied: "With what, then, do I repay good? Repay good with good; repay evil with correction."

[Lurking Dem]

28. And you, quite obviously,

have never suffered from even a modicum of shame.

[drdon326]

29. Congratulations,ex-jew

you just won the award for "cheap-shot-of-the-year" at i/p.

mods...Let it stand so everyone can see.

[Name removed]

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[ex_jew]

39. That's debatable

I personally find pomposity extremely distressing in a forum meant for the free exchange of views. Likewise, the use of epithets seems quite regrettable. But perhaps you disagree.

[The Magistrate]

37. Back Home At Last

Thank you all very much for the kind comments; it was most gratifying, and did indeed provide much cheer during my hospital stay.

Apparently, a bad bout of chest pains lasting some hours the Sunday before last was in fact a heart attack, but being something of a stoic, perhaps more than is good for me, the episode did not seem to me anything worth summoning assistance for. When a similar episode began late last Thursday, the Mother of The Children pulled rank and summoned the city ambulance. The hospital let me go finally a few hours ago; the stay was not too bad, except for the enforced idleness and boredom. This is my second bout with this sort of thing, the first being five years ago: all my coronary arteries now are propped open with stents, and there is a small cup of various pills waiting for me each morning. It will probably still be some days before I am back up to form, but I did want to let you all know everything is well as can be expected, and to thank you all for your kind thoughts.

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[GabysPoppy]

38. And not a moment too soon

You were sincerely missed

[drdon326]

40. Welcome back !!!

glad you are ok....you were well missed.

don

[DoveTurnedHawk]

41. Welcome Back!

I look forward to your excellent posting in this forum, upon your full recovery.

DTH

[meti57b]

42. Welcome Back!!

It's good to see you back here.

[papau]

43. Good to see you are home - looking forward to your postings :-)

:-)

:toast:

:-)

[Lurking Dem]

46. Hugs Hugs Hugs and

more HUGS!

I'm glad to hear you are startintg to feel like your old self! You must have given everyone quite a scare!

Again, if you need anything let me know. A day at the spa for She Who Must Be Obeyed? Childcare help? Falafel??

Please take care of yourself!

[Scurrilous]

47. Welcome back Sir!

:hi:

[Lithos]

48. Good to see you back sir

You've been missed.

L-

[Rhiannon12866]

49. It's good to see you back, Magistrate!

And to know what was going on. As you can see, you gave all of us a scare and your wise and intelligent voice was sincerely missed. I am so sorry that this had to happen to you, but you cannot doubt how much you are appreciated on this board. Welcome home, both literally and figuratively (DU)!

Memsahib Rhiannon:hi:

[legin]

50. Welcome back The Magistrate

As a little suggestion perhaps you may want to invest in a laptop with a satalite internet link. Probably exorbitently expensive but then it's not my money I'm spending.
:evilgrin:

[Muddleoftheroad]

51. Welcome Back

I feel like humming a few bars of the "Welcome back, Kotter" theme song.

Glad you are OK!

[Cassandra]

53. WELCOME BACK, Sir!

Oh, you have been sorely missed. And back just in time for any number of interesting developements.

[Gimel]

57. Glad you're

back to posting here. I've missed your steady hand on the keyboard. Stay well! Actually, hope there's peace and this discussion can end.

[sushi]

68. Just read that you were sick

I'm happy that you are back home! My brother-in-law had the same operation a few years ago. He had to give up smoking and his favorite, all bad, foods. To compensate he spends more time on the golf course, and now he listens to "The Boss," my sister.

I'm glad I joined DU. I'm reading your, and all the other, most informative posts.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

52. His family...

...is so happy to have him safe at home. He's being good, more or less, and following doctor's orders.

Thanks again for all your posts. It's gratifying to see so many at DU who understand the customs of friendship, and so few who lack any apparent experience with same.

O8)

[Lurking Dem]

55. I am so very glad he has

someone sensible looking out for him!

After reading your post I would have to say one rarely sees such a perfectly matched couple through the confines of cyberspace!

If you two are ever in Nashville, my home is open to you. My husband and I would very much enjoy your company!

[Rhiannon12866]

58. Kick!

I am just so glad that he is back among us, with his thoughtful and wise responses.:-)

[The Magistrate]

61. Rather A Shock To See This Up Again, Mem'Sahib

Not sufficient to clutch my chest, but enough to wonder if a bad "Dr. Who" episode had begun unfolding around me.

Thank you all again for your kind thoughts, and all is well as can be expected.

[bemildred]

62. Gave me a turn, I can tell you.

:-)

[Rhiannon12866]

63. LOL! I promise that I didn't mean to give you ``a turn.''

I did a search and this thread wasn't yet locked, so I kicked it. I'm sorry, my bad! However, I knew that you would get more replies, if I did. You must realize that you are very necessary to DU and how much people care. I would have given up, altogether, in ever posting in ``the grudge match in the basement,'' if you hadn't replied to my latest article. I was discouraged and I felt that this was it, for me, no matter how important I consider the I/P issue to be. Thanks for your knowledge, wisdom, and most of all for not losing it, as others do here. I know how you do it, but that's our secret.:-)

[DoveTurnedHawk]

67. Necessary Indeed!

you are very necessary to DU and how much people care

Some of the Magistrate's works should be required reading. And we care very much.

Just a brief note and visit as I take a break from the never-ending Clark wars, upstairs.

To the Magistrate, continued good health to you, my friend!

DTH

[Jim Sagle]

64. I just want to thank you for your fine contributions to I/P.

I've learned plenty from them.

[drdon326]

65. Glad to see you back.

You were well missed.

[rini]

59. Please wish him good health and a speedy recovery

[Aidoneus]

60. he is fine..

this was from July, he has thankfully returned to us since then.

[dudeness]

66. as a reader more than a poster in I/P

I look forward to enjoying more of the magistrates insights and obvious wit..

good health sir,