durk183@sbc.com had it:

>
> <Linz> wrote in message
> news:32amu2d0b8q4h5r6s01tkhugjqlqn8mp07@4ax.com...
> > On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 11:58:05 +0000, JF <jf@NOSPAMmarage.demon.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>X-No-Archive: yes
> >>
> >>It's three months since I had an ataxia stroke which left me unable to
> >>walk so I thought I'd follow up with a progress report:
> >>
> >>Once one has learned to hold ones head up as a baby, the stages of
> >>learning to walk again are firstly using a Zimmer frame; a stable
> >>device
> >>that gives confidence but it doesn't encourage a proper gait. Ungainly
> >>shuffling, crouched over a frame, legs wide apart may be safe but it
> >>isn't walking.
> >>
> >>The second stage is using crutches. According to my physiotherapist,
> >>crutches are an improvement on frames because they allow more
> >>flexibility. The frame, like darleks, is defeated by stairs.
>
> Oh, my goodness. Another exercise in rhoticism! I always thought of
> them as "Dalleks".

You're nearly right - JF has it wrong. The spelling is Dalek. Evil
genius Davros, creator of the Daleks, was a member of the Kaled
(geddit?) species from the planet Scaro.

> > Aren't you dead?
>
> As with another poster or two, I didn't get the JF post, but found the
> progress report uplifting.

I think Linz may have added AUE to her reply, having read it in
another group.

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David
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