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Bravo Ray! Your honesty, truth, and courage in the stilled mask of PD has been a source of inspiration to me. Keep writing, keep opionating, keep reminding us "not to go gentle into that goodnight." David >From: Joao Carvalho <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: What has happened to this list? >Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:25:00 -0300 > >Yes Ned, I agree 100 % ............ :-) >Best to all, >JC > >Ned Gardner wrote: > >>rayilynlee wrote: >> >>>Dear Don and Dr. Bernie, >>> >>>I am the first to admit that my anger is not doing me any good. >>>Believe me, >>>I would rather be playing golf, bridge,the piano, decorating, gardening, >>>working, volunteering, bowling, dancing, but I can't do any of those >>>things. >>>I can't even get to a fairly local ACLU meeting. >>> >>>However my conclusions about Bush and his cronies and their policies >>>would >>>be the same if I was well....having PD does give me added fire and >>>intensity. >>> >>>Last Friday I drug my body out for my weekly trip to the local Red >>>Lobster. >>>As I was muscling my walker back in my car another car pulled up and >>>some >>>women got out. One was a woman with PD and a younger one got her >>>walker >>>out and it was like mine - 4 wheels, a seat, but it had brakes. >>> >>>The woman with PD had the same passive expression that cancer victims >>>had >>>when I went to a "party" for them at Good Samaritan in LA when I had >>>ovarian >>>cancer in 1979 I fled the "party." >>> >>>I talked to the younger woman who commented how good it was to see >>>someone >>>with PD out and "enjoying life" I didn't make some smart remark but >>>gratefully received her blessings. >>> >>>What disturbed me was the expression on the woman with PD's face. I >>>may have >>>the "mask" too by now, but the younger woman told me she was in the >>>early >>>stages and I don't think it was the PD mask. >>> >>>If anyone knows what I can do as a substitute for beating up on Bush, >>>let me >>>know, please. >>>Otherwise I will go down fighting, Ray >>>PS - Dixieland music is my favorite, and I used to treadmill and >>>dance to >>>it. Am going to try to get back to it when pool is done. Problem is it >>>excites me too much. >> >> >>Ray: >>Stop looking for a substitute for your informed posting here and >>eloquent letter writing >>elsewhere. I would want nothing to detour the flow of ardor you direct >>towards the search for truth and express so well. >>Ray you are indeed a Ray of sunshine illuminating the sins of bush. >>Please don't take my sunshine away.......... >> >>Ned > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn