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From: Constance Tate <[log in to unmask]>
To: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, August 06, 1999 7:48 PM
Subject: petty bickering


>dear janet
           maybe i should just be still.it is my husband who has pd and he
refuses to even try to use a computer
.so i am the one who is trying to learn how to use pc and decide what i will
show him.

>   it seems that everybody is getting a bit feisty and carrying the whole
>question about humor to vent their own ability to delete or go off list.if
>some one isnt in the mood to read a bit of humor they can just hit the
>command mark all as read and then move to a sub folder. i use drafts or new
>messages and click off internet -then i can read, delete or keep stored
till
>i feel like plowing through email.
>   what i usually do is put med info in med folder and jokes in a joke
>folder,later i figure what humor my husband might enjoy  and print it to
>give him when i think he will like a bit of fun.
>  i realise that since i am cg not the one with pd this may not appeal to
>others but it does make our life a lot easier since dear jack is hard of
>hearing and refuses to get a hearing aid. since we live in a cabin in
>mountains
>jack is reluctant to go beyond market or post office this list has been a
>blessing to us.
>   we all speak the same language .and seem to be quite literate we must
>remember that english is a silly
>language because there are so many words have more than one definition  a
>person reading message can
>think an entirely different  meaning.please be patient with each other as
>there are times when a person just doesn't  have the energy to be polite.
>remember dean martin's song everybody needs somebody sometime and let's be
>more charitable toward each other.
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>sincerely
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>connie tate
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