Just had a message from Rosie Norton, SWMBO as John refers to her, letting me know that John is in the hospital with a broken hip. No info on how he managed it, only that he'll be away from his "'pooter" for a while, so incommunicado to the rest of the world.

Told her that I hoped he'd be one of those who is walking around a few hours after the surgery and booted out of the hospital in a day or two, but then the task will be to keep him tied to his "comfy chair" and listening to the rehab folks about letting things heal. I'll update if I hear anything else before he's on to tell the tales.