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    Jonathan Riddell injured in a car accident

    from an email forwarded:

    Hi all,

    Jonathan got in a car crash last week-end. Here is a forward of the mail
    Paul Sladen sent to our internal Canonical mailing-list.

    ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Sujet: Jonathan Riddell
    Date : Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:24:58 +0000
    De : Paul Sladen <sladen@canonical.com>

    TLR: Jonathan Riddell is alive! Although slightly concussed. I've
    spoken to him on IRC then video+Skype and he's back at his flat now.
    (This is good).


    Jonathan appears to have been in a car crash at some point on Saturday
    (2011-11-26), probably in a supermarket car-park, possibly somewhere in
    the bit of France that is in the Caribbean (Guadeloupe).

    Calling his phone won't work for the moment; as the local Police have
    it, along with (presumably) the remaining three-quarters of the
    unfortunate car. The car might have been a "Peugeot/Renault sort of
    thing" but he can't remember. First thing he asked me was "heard
    anything of me?".

    The concussion/memory loss applies to various other things in the same
    timeframe too; and he's been ordered to keep one eye closed at all times
    to try and cure the double vision. His parents and family are aware.

    From the video I could see that he's got bandages on the left side,
    which is apparently where the injuries were. He got out of hospital
    sometime today (two days in), and seems to have woken up at somepoint on
    the Sunday (out for a day?).
    ---------------------------------------------------------------

    I (aurelien again) had a brief mail exchange with Jonathan, he told me
    he was "a bit cross eyed and unclear about the world" but his dad is
    coming out to help him.

    Aurélien
    More details when I have them. Email is probably the best for the
    moment (ASCII-art flowers?) as I'm not sure of a postal address that works:

    Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@canonical.com>

    Hopefully he'll be a bit more alert/responsive in a few days! I
    certainly hope so and wish him the best!

    -Paul
    We all wish him well and a speedy recovery!
    He has been in irc, so that is a good sign.

    #2
    Re: Jonathan Riddell injured in a car accident

    Any more news on Jonathan.
    I hope he is recovering.

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      #3
      Re: Jonathan Riddell injured in a car accident

      He is back in Scotland now, he has been in irc a couple of times in recent days, he is still recovering, but I have heard no new updates.

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        #4
        Re: Jonathan Riddell injured in a car accident

        Thanks claydoh.
        Good to hear he is back home.

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          #5
          Re: Jonathan Riddell injured in a car accident

          Damn! thanks claydoh, wishing Jonathan a speedy and full recovery, but not to get back into things to soon!

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            #6
            Re: Jonathan Riddell injured in a car accident

            Head trauma like his affects memory more than most people realize. He many not recover to his previous mental ability for quite a while, perhaps as long as a year or more, and he may get frustrated. When he climbs back in the saddle be patient with him. He's been doing a great service for Kubuntu & KDE & FOSS, and folks like him are few and far between.
            "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
            – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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              #7
              Re: Jonathan Riddell injured in a car accident

              Indeed

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