To the rocketry community,
BSD started experiencing severe problems with SPAM in early April. We do not know why. Our business mailbox exceeded its 20MB limit on a daily basis. Our local e-mail provider bounced messages once the mailbox was full. It does not take long to fill a mailbox with the graphics included in a lot of the SPAM today. Our local e-mail provider now has SPAM filtering in place on their servers and we have additional SPAM filtering on our business computers. We still have about 2000 messages to wade through to be current on messages.
While we were working on that problem, I woke up one morning in late April in the worst pain of my life in my neck, shoulders, arms and hands, and my right side was significantly impaired, too. My left hand was totally useless and my left arm would not respond very well. My wife thought I had a stroke, but the doctor quickly ruled that out. After several weeks of therapy, tests, and treatment, I can begin to address BSD needs once again.
Needless to say, BSD has not shipped many orders. I apologize for this. I brought in some extra help, but the quality we demand was not there. We will do everything possible to see that outstanding get shipped in the next two weeks.
I still have no grip strength in my left hand, but we are optimistic of a full recovery with some tests and therapy to go. I look forward to once again servicing our customers and attending rocket launches.
Regards,
Mark Saunders
BSD High Power Rocketry
Glendale, AZ