I have just received a few minutes ago an email from Dingbat's cousin. He wrote to everyone whose address he could find on her computer. The central part of the email is below, with only Dingbat's street name changed to her Archive name:

Earlier today "Dingbat" went down to see her parents as her father had a fall. On the way down another car spun out of control and hit "Dingbat's" car head on and it cartwheeled off the motorway. The hospital rang to tell us about it. We went down to the hospital immediately and she has very serious head injuries and quite a few other injuries. She's in the intensive care. They have taken her for surgery and Josh is staying up there while I've come back to collect some things we need and then I'll go straight back down again.

The police told us the driver who hit her shoudn't have been on the road because he'd been banned but he was driving illegally and he was also drunk. He is in custody at the moment.

I've had extensive email contact with Dingbat and spent nearly four hours with her on the telephone on Saturday. She's every bit as nice and as interesting as she has appeared here on the Archive. Direct any positive thoughts you can toward Southwest England. I will pass on any further information as I receive it.

This is sad news indeed. My thoughts go out to dingbat and family.

I am shocked and saddened. This injury to her is a blow to us all. --FLO--

Dingbat is in my prayers. I've lost a close friend in December, my older brother and an uncle four weeks ago, enough already! Dingbat you can't leave us!

Words and music by queen

Sometimes i get to feelin'

I was back in the old days - long ago

When we were kids when we were young

Thing seemed so perfect - you know

The days were endless we were crazy we were young

The sun was always shinin' - we just lived for fun

Sometimes it seems like lately - i just don't know

The rest of my life's been just a show

Those were the days of our lives

The bad things in life were so few

Those days are all gone now but one thing is true

When i look and i find i still love you

You can't turn back the clock you can't turn back the tide

Ain't that a shame

I'd like to go back one time on a roller coaster ride

When life was just a game

No use in sitting and thinkin' on what you did

When you can lay back and enjoy it through your kids

Sometimes it seems like lately - i just don't know

Better sit back and go with the flow

Cos these are the days of our lives

They've flown in the swiftness of time

These days are all gone now but some things remain

When i look and i find no change

Those were the days of our lives - yeah

The bad things in life were so few

Those days are all gone now but one thing's still true

When i look and i find

I still love you

I still love you

Goodness, that's terrible... Bad stuff always happens to good people, eh? All my happy thoughts will definitely be directed toward her recovery.

Dingbat

When I was in a car accident 20 years ago, I had only 4 people rooting for my recovery.

You, my friend, have the greatest people on Earth rooting for you.

You have the enitre Eunuch Archive prayng for you.

Get well soon and suffer as little pain as possible.

With so many prayers and well wishes, God will surely take notice.

WE LOVE YOU Dingbat

aww Dingbat you seem like SUCH A SWEETIE PIE I hope you are okay! we need people like you on this planet!!!!!

Thats very bad news, and my thought also go out to Dingbat and family

Oh my God! That is terrible news. Prayers for her recovery. What a shocking and tragic turn of events....

Dingbat you are in my thoughts and prayers. I enjoy your threads, posts and insights and look forward to them again. Wishing you a quick recovery and a return to your EA family.