At 12:30 2000/11/30 -0500, i wrote: >anyone's reluctance to share phone numbers here > >mine is in my sig file on every message i send out >and is thus scattered all over the pd world > >never >have i received a threatening phone call >unlike e-mail > >never >have i received an obscene phone call >unlike e-mail > >always >have i made a connection on some level with >tena mcinerney >bob armentrout >barb patterson >anne rutherford >murray charters >barb mallut >michel margosis >bill isbell >don anderson >david boots >lucy hartley >mary yost >gail vass >ivan suzman >and more... the above 'never' statements remain absolutely true while the 'more' list now includes, to my delight, joan blessington snyder, the chillicothe pd awareness campaign on two feet, <a href="http://www.geocities.com/joanbsnyder/">http://www.geocities.com/joanbsnyder/</a> and leonard 'chy' casavant, the wwweb pd radio broadcaster and techno edge cutter. <a href="http://www.travelswithparkinsons.org/">http://www.travelswithparkinsons.org/</a> a few days ago, when i described spreading my phone number far and wide in the pd cyber world a friend said, 'you are braver than i am' i don't think it takes courage i think it takes new-found recognition in this evolving world that privacy rights and personal protections in law now apply effectively to telephone communications but are still non-existent when it comes to e-mail communications e-mail anonymity can be used for more than simply 'privacy' buyer beware 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 SMAIL: POBox 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada EMAIL: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/