Jaws related .This wonderful man knows I am not playing games here!Well he
has done and is still doing marvellous work and much of it on your behalf
and your kith and kin, even now in retirement he has not let up. I do hope
he gets the recognition he so much deserves.Dorothy
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From: "Alan Bird" <alan.bird@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Dorothy Ingram-Gorban" <user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: Happy Christmas and a note to update you!
It is so good to hear from you and to sense the optimism in your message. It is very interesting to read your memories of the early days which I remember so well.
I hope that your computer is working well. I am impressed that you are using vision and keeping in touch.
I seem to be just as busy despite retirement
I send all best wishes for the New year
Alan
At 15:53 23/12/2005, you wrote:Dear Professor Bird
Just a note to update you and to thank you for your email, of November 1st. I am glad you liked the Mexican flower. I have attached another picture in case you have got bored of the other.
I expect you are still very busy, Molly and all of the staff at Moorefield's keep me updated. I wanted to ask you do you see much of John Marshall these days, as you know I don't have R.P. however in the early days my GP thought it would be a good idea to join a group like this. Because we have seeing problems in common ( It was just tea and basket making locally!) So I was in at the very first meeting down in Gravesend. When (Linda Drummond Walker) know Linda Calder launched the society John Marshall young handsome with his young wife, would come to all the dances and was the best dancer on the floor. Mary Woddruff local representative here, no local members here anymore. She got to the AGM meeting in Oxford last year, and although a bit late and breathless John Marshall came bouncing in, all smiles and hugging everyone. They realised you would not have been able to make it with your incredible agenda but everyone thought of you. Re my computer and progress, I have got to the bottom of the problem as I think I told you, and Freedom Scientific told me they are never going to make it possible to use white font on black screen. I found this out by going to the Directors. A local man who lives in Crowborough who used to be with a firm of electronic engineers has nearly finished making the box for me. This as I think I explained to you invert the signal externally, so I can see it white on black it will have a switch that I can flick up to turn it to normal view. It will not interfere with the computer or software. So I am keeping fingers and toes and everything crossed in the hope that it will work.
If you ever get out to America perhaps you could mention to Freedom Scientific that there are a lot of patients who really need to use the computer this way, It should not have been this much trouble. Thank you for your encouragement it has helped me more than you know.
May I wish you then a very happy Christmas and New Year, and hope that the pressure eases off for you a little bit.
Very best wishes,
Dorothy
With best wishes
Alan Bird MD
Institute of Ophthalmology 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL Tel (0)2075662257
