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[excessivehubris]

[ While it can be easily argued that his fashion sense was occasionally, lacking, Charles looks to be dressed up for office life. At least, he's wearing a button down shirt, with a suit coat over it and he's sitting at a desk with paperwork strewn all about.

The paperwork, for anyone paying close attention to such things, look like some sort of outer space globe like schematic. That or a really odd looking hat.

Never mind the paperwork. Have a warm smile instead, as he reaches for a mug of tea. ]

Good morning.

I have a quick question, which I suppose I could have just looked up in the yellow pages [ ssshhh, he comes from the Seventies, when yellow pagers were still a thing ] but I was hoping for some more personal recommendations.

Now that things have calmed down a bit I am hoping to start spending time at a gym. [ He'd actually been wanting to ask this question for awhile now but ... Russians. ] Preferably one with a pool.

I live in Nonah, work in De Chima, so either area would be good, if anyone knows of something. I would be most appreciative.

[ He starts to reach over to switch the video feed off but pauses. ]

Oh! Ah, one more item. Does anyone know of a good general medical practitioner? Or do most of us utilize the local medical professionals?

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[morethan084]

[Daisy was of no help as far as finding a gym without doing the same thing he was avoiding, as in looking it up.]

Long time, no see.

[excessivehubris]

Hello, my dear. [ Charles exclaimed in a warm tone, before he paused and blinked. ] Really? I wasn't aware that I'd been out of contact.

[morethan084]

I think it was more my doing than yours. Stuff...happened.

[Did she have to remind him about the hot mess that was most of the imPorts last week?

She could only hope Charles hadn't seen her like that.]

So you want to start working on your summer body?

[incogneto]

If you want, I'm allowed to bring a friend with my membership.

[ and u know Erik makes an excellent spotter... ]

[excessivehubris]

[ You dropped a stadium on him. Understand he's a little worried about bar bells. ]

You have a membership?

[ Why this comes as a surprise ... ]

[incogneto]

[ wow RUDE charles look at this body he works out ]

Yes. I'll show you around.

[akito]

I used to work in De Chima... I think I know of an okay place you could try! I'll send the info in a minute.

[ and, true to his word, a few minutes later he sends over the address of a little gym/pool he went to every so often with reasonable prices. ]

I don't know any specific doctors though, sorry. I usually just take care of my own injuries now.

[excessivehubris]

[ Charles waits a moment till the address comes over the feed and then flips the phone back around so he can give Akito a smile. ]

Thank you, Akito this is very helpful.

Unfortunately I've never had much luck at taking care of more than the odd bruise or scrap for myself.

[akito]

You don't know first aid?

[maglevflash]

I've got a friend who does medical technology, but despite being a healer he isn't exactly a doctor.

And the training facility there in Nonah has a pool. It's where I go to box. [Yes, she travels across the country to hit a bag. Don't judge her.]

[excessivehubris]

[ Certainly no judgement here. ]

It's good to hear from you Gogo! [ Just going to get that out of the way first. ]

Which training facility would that be?

[maglevflash]

You too. Did you get hit by that craziness the other week? [She would apologize for her professor, but it's just her friends. Everyone from her world causes havoc here, it seems like.]

The Nonah Import Training Facility, [Charles will get a message with the address.] Made by imports, for imports. It was intended as a sturdy place for power training, but I just like being away from the natives sometimes.

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[mathemagier]

You might want to consider a native medical professional. ImPorts aren't particularly wonderful at staying in place. If you have insurance, I could refer you to my doctor in De Chima.

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[excessivehubris]

Oh.

[ Charles exclaimed, paused briefly and then nodded, though Hermann couldn't see it. ]

That is an excellent point and one I hadn't thought about.

[ The fact that an imPort physician had a high likelihood of being ported out. ]

Can your doctor cover spinal issues?

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[mathemagier]

[He's gone through a medic or two. Granted, not for his own sake]

He's a neurologist, specializing in disorders of the nervous system, so I rather imagine so.

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[rideme]

Huh. There's the one I work in. But I'm pretty sure that's for the sports team only...

Maybe they know some others.

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[excessivehubris]

[ That earned a rueful chuckle. ]

I doubt I'd fit in with any sort of sports team. Even before ... well, sports was never my long suit.

But you raise a good idea about using them for recommendations. Could you send me the name?

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[rideme]

Hey, it's not for everyone. Don't worry.

[There's a pause, before a text comes through. Several names and contact information for players on the Minotaurs, a football team in Nonah.]

These guys are your best bets.

[liverletdie]

It would help if you said what kind of doctor you're looking for, you know.

[excessivehubris]

I figured 'general practitioner' was a good, neutral starting point.

[ While he didn't particularly shy away from his condition, he wasn't overly interested in putting 'spinal specialist' out across an unsecured network feed. ]

[liverletdie]

Yeah?

[ A pause. ]

I can forward you to mine. She's known for being...discrete.

[ Not that he went beyond the required physicals for his health insurance. Healing factors were difficult to conceal from doctors. ]

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[performance]

I don't think we have Yellow Pages anymore. [ #priorities ] Or... if we do, they just get used as doorstops.

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[excessivehubris]

Doorstops? [ That earned Dick a bemused blink and then a slight frown. ]

In my time we occasionally used them as booster seats but for the most part, it was to ... well, find people.

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[hisheartsdesire]

Perhaps it might surprise you as much as it did me, the yellowbooks are hardly ever used anymore. To think the years go by so quickly...

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[excessivehubris]

[ The comment caused him to chuckle and there was a definite hint of ruefulness to the tone. ]

Indeed, you speak the truth my friend. I felt like I was ahead of the game with understanding my device fairly quickly and the rest of the technology in this world but every so often I find myself tripped up.