02-12-2004 09:38									#361
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Sent. Cast vote for trade pact.

	02-12-2004 13:07									#362
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2163 -> shawnmmcc

Vote cast for trade pact: 3-2 right now, with Zak the deciding vote/veto.

The Gaians have realized that life is too short, and have arranged government-mediated dogging in a bid to increase faction-wide population and happiness. Pundits expect a 15% increase in population over the next year, a shockingly high figure when considered in historical context. If this rate could be sustained for ten years, the Gaians as a whole would have over 3 million citizens!

	05-12-2004 01:40									#363
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Global Trade Pact passed.

Note : I have finally gotten the doctors to monitor my daily blood pressure, and surprised them when they discovered I spike as high as 192/108 - the underlying reason for my health problems, if they'd only listened to me two years ago. They are treating this with a cocktail of drugs that mucks with my blood pressure, so I may have periods where I slow down to two-three day turnarounds. I will try very hard to keep it under 24 hours.

reference "dogging" (Hooking up on a LARGE scale) - NOW they muck with my blood pressure.

	05-12-2004 07:13									#364
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Shawn,
I'm sorry to hear about your medical problems. My rule of thumb is to stay away from doctors whenever possible.
Seriously though, did your doctors warn you that the earlier treatment might cause this problem? If not, maybe you see another doctor and get a fresh oppinion.

	05-12-2004 21:05									#365
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Net Warrior, thanks for the concern. Any time you bigtime monkey with the body's hydraulic system, you can get all kinds of side effects, ranging from irritating (dry mouth), frustrating (as in for men a critical hydraulic system stops working, fortunately so far not a factor ), to dangerous (the kidneys stop working properly). However, type 2 hypertension can damage, let me change that, WILL damage, your circulatory system. Sort of like what cigarettes do to your lungs. This causes corollary damage to the brain, heart, and kidneys for starts.

I changed doctors last week. My old doctor had been treating me fairly passively, happy with my compliance. They problem is that given the family history, it wasn't working. So I have a new doctor who sort of listens, and I am an informed enough consumer that we'll negotiate a fairly agressive treatment. That's why I posted the warning, as the drug combo's may slow me down sometimes till they get it stabilized, especially as it is going to take moderate-high doses of some of the drugs. I am in no immdiate danger, and as long as I can afford the drugs (i.e. have insurance) I should be fine. It will take at least three, and maybe four drugs to treat the underlying pathology.

	05-12-2004 21:38									#366
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Shaun,
I should have known that anyone who hangs out in this forum would be into analysis and would therefore be up on their own medical problems as well. Enough said, except for the fact that you will get no quarter, as I am still playing to win.
NW

	06-12-2004 07:11									#367
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2164 -> shawnmmcc

	17-12-2004 03:46									#368
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2164 - Morgan, sent last night.

	17-12-2004 06:18									#369
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2164 to PK

	18-12-2004 20:57									#370
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to Chaos Theory

	19-12-2004 01:14									#371
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2165 -> shawnmmcc

	22-12-2004 01:48									#372
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2165 forwarded yesterday to Morgan.

	22-12-2004 02:02									#373
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Shawn, I didn't get it yet. Please re-send it.

	22-12-2004 06:46									#374
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Will resend now.

	25-12-2004 20:59									#375
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	26-12-2004 07:18									#376
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Fosse is moving as well as dealing with the holidays, so give him a few days. Talk about lethargy, they've got my pulse rate cut by 30% (from 115 down to 80) and they've said if that's not enough, they are going to start me on the drugs with rough side effects .

	03-01-2005 05:22									#377
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Hi guys. Hope the holiday went well. Shawn was exactly right. The good news is I've signed an apartment and will get some overlap days... that should mean that the game won't be interupted when I physically move from one place to the next.

Game on!

	03-01-2005 15:30									#378
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	08-01-2005 19:15									#379
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Has anyone heard from Shawn? I’m in 2 PBEM’s with him and they are both stalled. I know he has been having health problems but the last time he caused significant delays, he had his wife (IIRC) post on his behalf.
I know he wants to continue both games. Maybe we should think about getting a temporary replacement for him, if we can find one.

	11-01-2005 10:28									#380
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Turn out. They switched me from beta blockers to calcium channel blockers (they left me on angiotensin drugs I seem to be able to handle max doses of those) and I got some nasty side affects. I'm back on the lower dose, less side affects less blood pressure control. I should have a better turn around rate again. Sorry.

	12-01-2005 08:01									#381
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2166 to Pk

Shawn, it's nice to hear you are doing better.

	13-01-2005 05:31									#382
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Stay healthy, friend. Turn sent to Chaos Theory.

	16-01-2005 03:14									#383
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In other news, Chairman Yang has been diagnosed by Gaian doctors as having a form of bipolar disorder. Evidence is attached contrasting Yang's very nice offer of tech with a unilateral declaration of war.

Attachment: tgau 2167 yang.gif
This has been downloaded 21 time(s).

	17-01-2005 08:39									#384
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2167 to Lal. That's stolen tech, by the way. Grumble.

	19-01-2005 05:29									#385
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2167 to PK

	21-01-2005 21:08									#386
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Turn on.

	22-01-2005 00:09									#387
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2168 -> shawnmmcc

	22-01-2005 15:29									#388
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2168 - Net Warrior

	23-01-2005 05:28									#389
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Protocol Director

Sister Miriam convenes the Planetary Council!

Agenda:
Elect Planetary Governor

Lady Deirdre has yet to cast 114 votes
Chairman Yang casts 61 votes for Miriam
CEO Morgan casts 44 votes for Miriam
Provost Zakharov has yet to cast 319 votes
Colonel Santiago has casts 69 votes for Miriam
Sister Miriam casts 130 for herself
Brother Lal has yet to cast 130 votes

Subtotals: Zakharov: 0, Lal: 0, and Miriam: 304

	23-01-2005 10:37									#390
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I've looked at the numbers and it could be a very narrow election.

I'm holding the turn for a little while so that diplomacy can occur, ad my vote and the Gaians vote could prove decisive and everybody should have a chance to bring what they have to the table.