My co-worker Peter sent me this story and I seem to have doubts in its validity. No other links, including the original source (a Denver-based newspaper in a land of credibility problems, see Colorado Springs) has a picture. My link has a rather weak black-and-white one yet I still don’t buy it.
If it is true, what’s this guy’s problem with calling? I don’t buy the excuses I’ve heard from advocates of using text messages over calling, instant-messaging from a computer (with a full-sized keyboard) or e-mail. He admits the surgery may pay for itself in 10 to 15 years too. He better hope text-messaging systems aren’t knocked out by the next major innovation by then. Twenty years ago, this guy probably would’ve had a pager installed into his body somewhere for convenience.