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To: Mark Bartlett who wrote (7712)	9/19/2001 9:59:12 PM
From: David Graham	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14101

Hello gang, Its been a while since I posted but I see the regulars are still going strong. I’ve read every post since my last one, including those dealing with last week’s tragedy. I have my own happy perspective to add to that commentary: Rather than spend the last few days watching endless coverage of the disaster and its after-effects, I had the fortunate occasion to spend four days in a maternity ward. On Friday, my wife gave birth to a healthy little girl. For the next four nights, the other new dads and I would pass each other in the halls (often at 3:00 a.m.) and compare notes on how the weight gain or loss was progressing, was baby feeding well, have you settled on the name etc.- our neighbours checked-out without deciding between Nolan (dad’s choice) and Nathaniel (mom’s). On my trips out to get food or a double espresso, I had the chance to read the papers, and I tried, but I just couldn’t get interested (I particularly missed baseball and hockey as a diversion). [Aside - today I read that Air Canada wants $3 billion from the taxpayers, otherwise known as captive victims of a poorly run monopoly. The market cap’s only $500 million, the government should buy it back, close it down and let Westjet, or AMR, or BA, or Virgin, take over.] The maternity ward is an oddly blissful place to spend some time. It is the one ward in a hospital that is generally filled with healthy, and extraordinarily happy, patients. Nobody spoke of the terrorist attacks in the entire time I was there. As someone pointed out, life goes on, and I would add that new life joins us. I now understand the significance behind the phrase ‘a bundle of joy’.