Barb, John, Dick, Margie, Dale and David Boots:

                             <SCANNING THE SATELLITE CHANNELS>

Yes, Fran, you wouldn't believe it to look at me now, but at one time I was a
real loser. Dead-end job, no friends, no girls, no money, and of course no
sex. I drove a Nash Rambler and ate at Big Boy. (And that was in 1995).  My
only credit card was from Woolworth.

That was before I discovered a revolutionary product that literally saved my
life.
Mallut's Fabulous Fecks!  After only one week of using Mallut's Fabulous
Fecks, I was offered a job at quadruple my old salary.Tony Robbins and Dionne
Warwick called and invited me to dinner. I met Christie Brinkley, fell in
love, got married and am now expecting twins. I won the Publishers Clearing
House Sweepstakes.  A Jaguar dealer offered me a free car to endorse his
dealership, and I now eat at only the finest restaurants, using my American
Express Gold/Silver/Platinum/Copper EGO Card if they have the gall to charge
me.

I've been so blessed Fran, that I want to share my incredible good fortune
with others so they, too, can live the life we all are meant to live.

That's right, Fran. The good people behind Mallut's Fabulous Fecks have
agreed to go public with this fantastic product and allow me to spead the
good word.

Now here's the great news! For only $999.00 plus a documented Proof of
Addition To Will leaving me half of your estate, we'll send you a 30-day
supply of Fabulous Fecks. If you haven't experienced a life change of
monumental propertions in 30 days, we'll gladly refund your money. (We'll
think about the will.)

Now, I know you're asking, "Gee, Stan, what the heck are Fecks?"

Well, during the next 30 minutes, I'm going to tell you . . . . .

By the way, I forget to mention. I also have Parkinson's Disease.

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David: Does the last sentence make this piece satisfy your criteria?

Your suggestions encouraging List members to give full names, ages, diagnosis
dates, etc, and to eliminate repeating  previous messages are excellent.

I don't agree, however, that we should start bombarding members with private
email notes telling them to stop posting messages just because we don't want
to read them. How about everyone else?  Do you have time to police the
List/Digest every day?  We'll end up with "1,600 Reasons Why You Can't Post
This On the Parkinson List." (That's our membership, I think.)

I also STRONGLY DISAGREE that we should eliminate discussion of any topic
except Parkinson's. For all of us (including you, I imagine) Parkinson's has
become our life, like it or not. Sure, the list is a wonderful place to share
information, rip our guts open and expose ourselves when we need help, and
extend our hands and hearts to others when they're sinking and about to go
under. We're literally a life line for some of our members. That should
ALWAYS be the primary function of the List.

But, David, there's more to life than Parkinson's. And the list should
reflect our lives, I believe.

Small example: the nonsense back and forth between me, Barb and others the
past few days has been tons of fun. And I've discovered if I can't
participate in fun like this with my friends every few days, I might as well
toss in the towel. It may not be about Parkinson's on the surface, but it is
about Parkinson's.

Believe me, it is.

I plan to keep posting anything --- Parkinson's related or otherwise --- that
I believe will interest, educate, help, amuse or entertain most of the List
members. I sincerely hope you and the rest of the List will continue to do
this, too.

By the way, does anyone know: What is the speed of dark?

Stan Houston (53/5)
Cat Spring, Texas 78933
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409/992-3402