[joel]

I didn't know they had brain chips and microchips back then. In fact, even nowadays they are extremely rare, used to help the blind see and the deaf hear (is that so beastly?). I did meet a homeless guy who had a military microchip implanted in his brain, from the Vietnam era, he said. But his was wearing out and he needed a new one, which explained why he was hearing voices and so forth. He was a mellow dude. I bought him something to eat.