Longevity - 23/Jun/2012
"It's not easy talking about it." The reporter waited. The man was obviously overwrought. "Go on. If you like, we can do the interview later."
"Sorry. I'd like to get it over with. My dad was getting on. He'd been in the home for ten years. And, his mind was starting to wander. We'd never been rich, and, he was needing more medical treatment. Just to keep going."
"Our insurance ran out years ago. We'd had to re-mortgage the house. If I could afford it I'd have quite liked to 'go up', myself. But, like a lot of people, I've got responsibilities."
The man paused. And the interviewer let him gather himself.
"I scrapped together every penny I could. Asked around. Studied the web. The only firm that I could find, that guaranteed they could help him, that we could afford..."
He gulped.
"'Prometheus Industries'. 'We can rebuild you', was their slogan. I looked up 'Prometheus', they'd got a really good reputation. Turned out later, totally different company."
"We got Dad back. Eventually. Remembers everything. Fit as a horse. But..."
The man looked across the room. The third person there looked up.
"Dad?"
"Yes? Has the nice lady some questions, nyo?"
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind
"It's not easy talking about it." The reporter waited. The man was obviously overwrought. "Go on. If you like, we can do the interview later."
"Sorry. I'd like to get it over with. My dad was getting on. He'd been in the home for ten years. And, his mind was starting to wander. We'd never been rich, and, he was needing more medical treatment. Just to keep going."
"Our insurance ran out years ago. We'd had to re-mortgage the house. If I could afford it I'd have quite liked to 'go up', myself. But, like a lot of people, I've got responsibilities."
The man paused. And the interviewer let him gather himself.
"I scrapped together every penny I could. Asked around. Studied the web. The only firm that I could find, that guaranteed they could help him, that we could afford..."
He gulped.
"'Prometheus Industries'. 'We can rebuild you', was their slogan. I looked up 'Prometheus', they'd got a really good reputation. Turned out later, totally different company."
"We got Dad back. Eventually. Remembers everything. Fit as a horse. But..."
The man looked across the room. The third person there looked up.
"Dad?"
"Yes? Has the nice lady some questions, nyo?"
--
"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind
