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		PARKINSN August 1998, Week 3
Subject:
Greetings
From:
Rager <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To:
Parkinson's Information Exchange <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 05:28:59 -0400
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Back from Switzerland,  happy as a  pig in mud, a little ject laggy,  =
but feeling an enormous sense of personal value.  oh..yeah, uh,  can't =
sleep (sound familiar?)   Again I would like to convey my thanks  to =
whomever suggested last minute upgrading to business class due to extra =
room needed for my PD symptoms.  On this side of the Atlantic, it was =
done with grace.  (I didn't even have to shake a whole lot! Although she =
did offer me a wheelchair .....hmmm.)  But on the return from Zurich, =
well this ain't Kansas.  They were also overbooked in economy, but =
somehow neither my husband nor I could say the magic words to get us in. =
 This is a stray thought.  I usually dress really down for int'l. =
travel.  Jeans, t-shirt, if the on looker is incredibly lucky, I might =
also throw on a vest.  no make up, glasses.  no jewelry.  crummy =
luggage.  It gets us through passport control, and through customs =
quickly.  It also is designed not to attract the attention of anyone who =
might have nefarious objectives - i.e to get me to carry through her =
"diaper bag", to ask me to "share a cab" etc.  I admit, I look pretty =
slobby, but it makes me feel safe during travel, and so I go on.  =
Perhaps when I was asking for an upgrade at the Canadian desk, the agent =
felt I looked normal enough (aside from the unstoppable wag in my arm =
and leg) to slip into a seat beside those who had paid several hundred =
dollars more for the same privilege.  This did not get by the agent in =
Zurich, however.  I think I could have had a major shaking fit and her =
bleary eyed response would have been something like, "Next..."
The ones who did get an up grade were immaculately turned out.  =
Extraordinary women with ruby hair, couples with leather luggage, =
another woman who had clearly just come from the "shop" - the hair, the =
complexion, the skin, the nails - all finely buffed, polished and =
stretched.  the clothes clearly from Sak's,  and no tummy bulges!  Okay, =
so now I have to rethink my approach, at least for my next return trip =
home,  I really can't do the peroxide hair, the short shorts, tight =
little sweater, dripping gold jewelly and gold sandal spikes thing.  =
(never could, actually)  But if I just "tidy up a little", perhaps =
replace the torn jeans with a sundress, make up, sunglasses, the kind of =
quiet with quality look.  hmmmm there may be an idea here.  In Canada I =
just  have to have flapping, reeling and grinding PD. But in Europe I =
guess I need to have all of that and taste.  Next time, I'll give it  a =
shot.  It's nice to be back,  Barb


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familiar?)&nbsp;&nbsp; Again=20
I would like to convey my thanks&nbsp; to whomever suggested last minute =

upgrading to business class due to extra room needed for my PD =
symptoms.&nbsp;=20
On this side of the Atlantic, it was done with grace.&nbsp; (I didn't =
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etc.&nbsp; I=20
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and so I=20
go on.&nbsp; Perhaps when I was asking for an upgrade at the Canadian =
desk, the=20
agent felt I looked normal enough (aside from the unstoppable wag in my =
arm and=20
leg) to slip into a seat beside those who had paid several hundred =
dollars more=20
for the same privilege.&nbsp; This did not get by the agent in Zurich,=20
however.&nbsp; I think I could have had a major shaking fit and her =
bleary eyed=20
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&quot;Next...&quot;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>The ones who did get an up grade =
were=20
immaculately turned out.&nbsp; Extraordinary women with ruby hair, =
couples with=20
leather luggage, another woman who had clearly just come from the=20
&quot;shop&quot; - the hair, the complexion, the skin, the nails - all =
finely=20
buffed, polished and stretched.&nbsp; the clothes clearly from =
Sak's,&nbsp; and=20
no tummy bulges!&nbsp; Okay, so now I have to rethink my approach, at =
least for=20
my next return trip home,&nbsp; I really can't do the peroxide hair, the =
short=20
shorts, tight little sweater, dripping gold jewelly and gold sandal =
spikes=20
thing.&nbsp; (never could, actually)&nbsp; But if I just &quot;tidy up a =

little&quot;, perhaps replace the torn jeans with a sundress, make up,=20
sunglasses, the kind of quiet with quality look.&nbsp; hmmmm there may =
be an=20
idea here.&nbsp; In Canada I just&nbsp; have to have flapping, reeling =
and=20
grinding PD. But in Europe I guess I need to have all of that and =
taste.&nbsp;=20
Next time, I'll give it&nbsp; a shot.&nbsp; It's nice to be back,&nbsp;=20
Barb</FONT></DIV>
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