I didn't ask his permission for this but since I got his phone and address off the net don't reckon he would mind. Send cards and letters to: Allen J. Merten RR7 Box 730C Bastrop, TX 78602-5733 I'm sure he would appreciate hearing from folks on this list. George Margaret Lauterbach wrote: > > At 10:49 AM 12/28/00 -0600, you wrote: > >Just got off the phone with Allen and he is doing pretty good considering his > >health problems. We talked for nearly 30 minutes and he promises he will > >try to > >get back to talking to us on the list. He seemed rather pleased that > >people he's > >never met would be concerned about him. He is still facing surgery as the > >surgery he was scheduled for was delayed. Not able to do much in the > >garden and > >spends a lot of time in his hospital bed at home. > > > >I told him we all wished him well and wanted to see him "visiting" with us on > >the list if at all possible. > > > >George > > George, do you have a snail mail address to which we could send > cards? Margaret L