If I had to guess, our friend musichal has good days and bad days, and mobility is limited. Likely other things in life have popped up.
I always enjoy his comments, hopefully he's feeling well, and can soon return to this thread. Wishing you well, buddy!!
Thank you for the kind comment, Tim. You got it right.
However, there is some good news. As some AK subscribers know from my thread
The Diet, I have experienced some marked improvement in strength, stamina, and mobility. When I posted that thread, I was very, very weak, and spent more time in the wheelchair. A slight adjustment in medication and nutrition supplement, in combo with buckling down on the diet - both required - resulted in an amazing difference comparing my state of health from Jan to today.
I had been dieting for years, losing about 25 lbs from a high just in excess of 280, down to 260 in January this year. Sick during the Christmas and New Year seasons, taking a shower exhausted me. Today I'm almost down to 215 lbs, and continue losing. Focusing on protein due to my illness. Legumes, meat and other animal products. Greens and veggies, which I love, keep it balanced, and I allow myself a small wasted-calorie junk food snack each day, sometimes two.
The bottom line is that I am walking with a walker or cane, now, no wheelchair for the last three or four weeks, when my nutrition and dietary efforts suddenly paid off and I found myself feeling virtually normal, though I'm not - I remain weak. But I'm walking more each day, and the leaner I get the better I can move, of course.
With Christine nearing retirement when I began this thread, I thought she'd have time to help with setup for this speaker shootout, but outdoor home improvement, requiring a lot of hard work on her part kept her extremely busy until three or four weeks ago, when she turned her efforts toward me. She's a slender, attractive and very healthy sexty-five-year old with an hour-glass figure, and has about worn me out with her frisky exercise plan... well, I'm a lucky man.
I still need to gain a bit more strength, and a lot more flexibility to set up this shootout on my own, but I'm now optimistic about getting there. My next goal, other than those daily ones for workout times and distances, is to walk with cane only by November 5, my next MD visit.
I still have all the speakers. I am very hopeful that I will return to this thread by winter - I hadn't forgotten it. We have Phase II of garden improvement and front curbside appeal beginning soon (Phase I was front and rear pergolas). A lot of dirt to be moved, retaining walls to be built, and drainage issues addressed - work too heavy for us. We have two designs/builds to decide between, bids from two of the better local landscaping companies. Only one bid design is ready for presentation, which will be Monday. I think I liked the other guy's ideas better, but we shall see when he presents his plan and the numbers.
Once that is completed, preparing the garden and plants for winter to be ready to grow next spring will keep us busy for awhile.
I do that sometimes 
