Went to the doc today, no big deal. A compression facture of my right heel that lines up nicely with my brake pedal, two broken and one cracked ribs, and a moderate concusion where my head opened a new portal on the side glass. I lucked out because I didn't need to get my foot casted. Well, I do have to wear some plastic thingies inside my boot once the swelling is down. I did have a strange lump that turned out to be a piece of glass under the scalp. Then I went to the vets to have the lucky three checked out. I insisted on xrays of each one, and sure enough, each one had insides left. BB has a tiny scab where he was scratch by the food dish or something, but that was the *only* problem. My vet suggested I start flying places because this was the 3rd accident I've been in during the last couple of years. I did tell him that you can't count the first two because I wasn't driving, and this one didn't count because the other guy ran a stop sign. Well, since "things come in threes" as one alert well-wisher noted, I will be safe from here on out. Personally, I think it was fate working behind the scenes so I might have a couple more days to catch up on all the downloaded mail. Thanks for all the nice cards and letters, and a special thanks to the anonymous person who sent a virtual 1984 Padres Brown Wool Ballcap! I hate you, but it was funny! (They correctly understood there wasn't a special ballcap for the series; it was the one I wore to the home games--not that there were very many of them--so it had some sentimental value. <sob>) Maybe it will be good luck this season, and I'll get to wear a 1998 Padres Blue Wool Ballcap with pride. On a more serious note, the chicken pox are all gone, to the vast relief of my buttocks. I don't have to tell you how many strange looks I was getting satisfying the itch while I was pumping gas. At least when I try this trip again, I won't be grabbing my butt so much in public. Oh, here's a question I was asked today for which I have no answer. No experience, no answer. And no reference. In fact, I never heard of it before. Since the person who asked is on the FML, please post the answer here. Q: "I live in the south and chiggers [redbugs] are a problem. I just got a bad case on my lower legs while walking my ferret on a leash. [My ferret] is now scratching, Can he have chiggers as well?" I suppose he can, although although I doubt that he'll be happy about the "scratch 'til you bleed then wash with bleach" cure I've heard so highly recommended from time to time. Being from CaCa Land, I never had to deal much with chiggers (although I got a great case once when surveying down in the Mohave. I was wearing shorts, and they crawled a little bit north of the knees. DO NOT EVER spray chigger killer in your shorts while wearing tight whites...); we have the Fishing Gestapo filling the same niche. Sooooooo....if anyone has the answers, can you tell us what it might look like (assuming people have had ferrets with the cases before) and how you cured it. Be funny for extra points. Bob C and 22 Mo Mitey Monsters [Posted in FML issue 2433]