I'm SO not hoping to hear someone say, "Throw it out" or "Paper weight"
Rest assured that that will not likely be said here. There almost always seems to be recourse no matter how dire the problem, and yours doesn't seem to be too bad (like having run over it with your car or something). I don’t really have any help to offer; only the encouragement that I have seen very few empegs left for dead.
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-Jeff
Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings; they did it by killing all those who opposed them.