Guys, this was something I got as an email from the guy that sold me my boat, and you must admit, there seemed to be some resemblance to him and Hanks. However, I didn't really have time to check it out and would not have known that it was a hoax until I read the above posts. I worked Christmas Day at a NH facility and near the end of the job I became very ill. I had sever shortness of breath, nausea, dizziness, and muscle aches. I came home, went to bed, and by the next day, I could barely walk. I had my wife drive me to the hospital, I was immediately admitted, and just got home an hour ago. They really never provided a diagnosis, but believe it was caused by a nasty viral infection that suddenly shown up in the mid-Atlantic region. I feel like I've been hit by a truck and hope I feel well enough to go back to work on Tuesday. The doc said what especially made this bad for me was my nasty lung condition (asbestosis), and my O2 saturation was down to 80 percent. Normal is 99 percent.

Getting old really sucks,

Gary