At 14:44 2000/07/27 -0400, jerry and i wrote, in part: >>...A couple of years ago I spent my time sitting in my >>living room, hunched over the computer, writing stories >>and cussing the PD that kept pulling me downhill. >>Walking bothered me, the keyboard was becoming >>impossible, my wife was talking about moving to a place >>where I didn't have to do anything, thinking that the >>day was fast approaching that I couldn't do anything... >...imho, jer, >what you have done, is simply changed your visors >from looking at what you can't do >to what you can do >in an area that feeds your spirit and passion... everything has its own time and its own season [where have i heard that before?] your hours at the computer were not a negative although they may have been frustrating at times you were an inspiration then as well you accomplished a great deal maybe without fully realizing how much in the dark ages of the world wide web finding any information at all on parkinson's was shall we say a learning experience gail discovered webrings on the wwweb and you hopped into the ring with total generosity offering free web pages and web space to all and sundry you were my inspiration to 'go public' with my first web page [they are all still humming away at newcountry.nu, i might add] look how much we have all learned in three short years if the learning and growth in the world wide web is reflected in the learning and growth in neurological research parkinson's does not stand a chance the idea almost makes me sad janet janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx pd / 37 onset pd / 44 dx cd / 43 onset cd tel: 613 256 8340 url: "http://www.geocities.com/janet313/" email: "[log in to unmask]" smail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada