Jack S....

<Faking a becoming blush>  Guess who was talking on the phone with her mom and
was typing at the same time?   Uhhhhhh.... obviously something I'd better
refrain from doing, huh? <grin>  In fact, I should NEVER be permitted to have
anything to do with math, if at all possible...

Barb Mallut
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-----Original Message-----
From:   E. Jack Savely
Sent:   Wednesday, April 30, 1997 4:15 PM
To:     Barbara Mallut
Subject:        Re: FW: PD Badge Suggestions


        Does Microsoft sell calculators? Mine must have gone bonkers!

        It worked okay on the first calculation of 1000 * $1.30 = $1300.

        However, when it got to the second calculation, i.e.,
        2500 * $1.20 = $2200, it upchucked a $3000 answer.
        April has been a bad month for me.....now the damned calculator
        is giving me bad answers.........:)  .....Jack


At 17:20 4/30/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Per my original message regarding a PD badge or pin, I've talked with the
>promo rep who I've used in the past for my business.  After getting a cost
>breakdown from her I called the "American Parkinson's Disease Assoc." to find
>out if they'd fund the the purchase of the badges for us, and was told that
>they have their own "American Parkinson's Disease" pin with the motto "To
ease
>the pain to find a cure" on it which they'll be selling in the US soon. (and
>to heck with the rest of the world's Parkies?) <sheeeesh... how narow
minded!>
>
>Here's the information on a 1 1/2 in. x 1/2 in. pin/badge:
>
>Design:   White background, black text reading "Parkinson's Disease,"
overlaid
>by an approx. 1/2 in. x 1/2 in. red-circle-with-a-lline-in-it.  There's a
>clear epoxy coating on the top pin which adds dimension and also protects the
>design from scratches.
>
>Cost:
>
>1000 pins @ $1.30 each (US funds) = $1300, plus a $100 "dye fee,"  MINUS a
>$130 discount from the promo rep because her grandpa had PD.
>
>2500 pins @ $1.20 each (US funds) = $2200, plus a $100 "dye fee," MINUS a
$220
>discount from the promo rep.
>
>The above does not include shipping and postage charges to YOU should we get
>the initial purchase of the pins funded by a person or entity.  Because of
>that, the end-user cost of the pins must somewhere in the $4 to $5 range, I'd
>think
>
>IN addition, while I'll be happy to take care of ordering pins/badges from
the
>promo company, I cannot devote the time it would take to send out the pins to
>the end user, or to do the banking or otherwise handle the monies received
for
>the pins due to a heavy work schedule.   Once I do the initial ordering and
>take receipt of the pins (presuming funding was made available), I would have
>to pass them on to a person or group who would need to see to the disbursment
>of pins. etc.
>
>SOOOOO....  there ya have it!
>
>Barb Mallut
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Parkinson's Information Exchange  On Behalf Of Barbara Mallut
>Sent:   Wednesday, April 30, 1997 1:02 PM
>To:     Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
>Subject:        PD Badge Suggestions
>
>Jim S. and All....
>
>While the tulip pins sound "pretty," it sure doesn't convey any message as
far
>as I can see.  And those little colored ribbon loops just say "take notice
>that some anonymous issue is dear to my heart," without MENTIONING the issue
>at all.
>
>Now that MAY indeed cause a few people to ask what our tulip or
>"loop-thinggee" stands for.... unless we're walking with a shuffling gait,
>have wild dystonia, have a tremor and/or other unpleasant highly visible
signs
>of there being something wrong with us.   THAT would be (sadly) a total
>turn-off to most whom we'd like to ask us about what our ambiguous badge
>stands for.
>
>To make our job of educating the world a LOT easier, how about a badge that
>just lets it all hang out and has "Parkinson's Disease" on it, with a small
>red circle-with-a-line-thru-it?
>
>THAT way, it's a definite statement, rather than a wishy-washy unknown
symbol?
>Let's not do it 1/2 way, People!!  We're ALREADY virtually invisible to most
>of the world, so let's not CONTINUE being invisible with such an ambiguous
>badge that no one's even know what it stands for!
>
>OK.... OK.... while I was writing the above, I got on the phone and called
the
>promotions company that I've used in my business.  They make literally
>thousands of promotional items from tiny pins to printed drinking glasses to
>imprinted CD's, to you-name-it.
>
>I've asked for prices on a small rectangle (2 in. x 1/2 in) with a white
>background, "Parkinson's Disease" spelled out in black, and a small red
>circle-with-a-line-thru-it overlaid on top text.  The rep said she'd have a
>cost breakdown for me later today and I'll post here on the List as soon as I
>get the info.
>
>LET'S BE  V_I_S_I_B_L_E  m'friends!!
>
>Barb Mallut
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Parkinson's Information Exchange  On Behalf Of James F. Slattery
>Sent:   Wednesday, April 30, 1997 1:48 AM
>To:     Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
>Subject:        Re: Who do you tell?
>
>> From: Tim Sanderson <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: Who do you tell?
>
>> Has anyone out there any views on this, or any neat solutions?  Wearing a
>> discreet badge or tiepin would be a good non-verbal signal, and I know
>that a
>> neat tulip motif button-hole badge is available.  The trouble is that
>it's
>> not yet a universally recognised symbol.  Perhaps if we all started
>wearing
>> one, it would become recognised.  I think responding to a question
>"That's a
>> interesting badge you're wearing, what does it signify?" might be one of
>the
>> most effective and least dramatic ways of making our condition known.
>
>Couldn't agree more!  For Aussies, there is such a pin available from state
>Parkinson's offices for $5, attached to a card with an explanation about
>PD.  Money raised goes to PD research. They are co-sponsored by Eli Lilly.
>
>Jim
>
>


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