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On 12 Apr 2000, at 1:06, Eleanor Noone wrote: > I have a friend who was diagnosed with PD about three years ago. He is 55 > and has retired from the family business. He has tremor in his right hand > and has a little difficulty walking. Right now he has no trouble driving or > doing his own shopping. He lives by himself and really doesn't need a > caregiver at this point. He doesn't have a computer and I've been trying to > persuade him to get one and learn to use it now. I've spoken with his > brother and one of his sisters about this and they agree that it would be a > good for him to have one. We feel that eventually he might need it for > communication and shopping, etc. He says he enjoys doing his own shopping > and right now he can, but we all know how PD can be. So,what I am getting to > is this--would anyone (everyone?) e-mail me and tell me how you use your > computer and how important it is to you? I'd like to show him something > besides just my opinion. Thanks for your help. Eleanor > Hi Eleanor and all, Ah... My 'puter.... How do I love thee? Let me count the ways... I read this beloved PARKINSN List I post I send e-mails to friends, co-workers and family I look up "stuff" on the WWWeb I keep my "organizer" on my computer I send faxes I perform "diagnostics" at work I write my reports (much more intelligible than my handwriting) I browse the web sites of other PWP's I have made many friends over the virtual airwaves I support those friends and get warm fuzzies back I've had a computer since the late '70s beginning with Altair, Heathkit, Tandy, TI, Commodore, IBM and many clones.... I've used computers at work since 1981 (every day pretty much) (There are 3 microprocessors in each piece of equipment we install these days) The computer age is all around us. I've browsed the web with a 386 using Mosaic and Opera since 1994 I've only switched to a 486 just last week... the latest and greatest are nice but a 486 is still a pretty good computer for e-mail and the Internet. It's really all you need and... More important, they give 486's away..... Is a computer important to me? You bet... I wouldn't be without a computer .. murray