<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/31/2005 3:18:22 PM Central Standard Time, okeyes@uidaho.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>It would be interesting to hear what other "vintage" techs have experienced<BR>alon= g this line.  Like I say, the diagnosis is "degenerative joint disease",<BR>so it's been in the process for a long time, but the Judo jus= t kicked it<BR>over the edge....A pity too.  It was lots of fun, & = I was just getting<BR>decent enough to kick some serious poste-rear-iours!&n= bsp; :-)<BR><BR>Otto<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>With all the pounding I do with my left hand fingers, especia= lly the middle one, I expected that hand to be the first to suffer from some sor= t of ailment. But the middle finger of my right hand, the tuning lever hand, is w= hat is bothering me. In the morning when I first get up, I can hardly bend it, b= ut then later in the day, I can't straighten it out. I hold the hamme= r by the end, and do not have a ball on the end of my lever. The only thing I can= attribute it to is racquet ball. I play hard about 2 or 3 times a week for a= bout an hour and a half. But it doesn't hurt while I'm playing. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>