Janet and John --ONE of the whys and wherefores is probably that some of the folks who forgot to save the insdtructions DO NOT have web access. I like the idea of a brief post of basics monthly---why not? we have room for jokes ! >hi all > >At 22:13 2000/11/13 -0600, john cottingham wrote, in part: >>... over the last year there have been listserv instructions >>regularly posted to Parkinsn. Janet has done that until she >>was blue in the face. :) Most helpers in Parkinsn over the >>years have burned out because there is such a lack of >>responsibility on learning how to handle interactions with >>the listserv. How are we supposed to help when subscribers >>ignore the instructional posts? It really isn't the >>responsibility of the list to publicly waste bandwidth to >>try to help those who seem to resist to help themselves... > >all rumours aside >my face ain't turned blue yet! > >the repetitiveness of the requests for list help >is what inspired me to post the list instructions on my website >[and my website address is on every message i post] > >somehow my web instructions and your button instructions >which we have all heard about over the past year >many many many many many many many many times >[repetition doesn't nauseate me!] >have been ignored by the perps of this recent discussion > >all i can do is muse on the whys and the wherefores ... > > >janet > >janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype parkie >53 now /44 dx cd / 43 onset cd /41 dx pd / 37 onset pd >TEL: 613 256 8340 URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ >EMAIL: [log in to unmask] SMAIL: POBox 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 82/70/55 Oxford, Ohio <[log in to unmask]> on PDWebring at http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/genugten/flinterm.htm "Ask me about the CARE list for Caregivers of Parkinsonians ! " And visit the CARE webring at http://www.crosswinds.net/~caregivers/index.html