In re 3-23's sudden absence

[Foxboy]

My dad's okay, he just cricked his neck wrong looking up at a ceiling leak and got a bolt of pain that dropped him to his knees. It was just severe enough pain, we took him to the ER.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

[ECSNorway]

Glad he's not worse off than that.
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[Star Ranger4]

Concurence. Sharp stabbing neck pains in a gentleman of that age? yes, first one thinks possible heart complications. Right and proper to make sure its NOT something serious.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children