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Dear list friends, I will have to sign off from the list in the next day for some three to four months because we are leaving Indonesia and will eventually end up back in Norway. As far as the list goes this takes the numbers of members in Indonesia to zero while raising those in Norway to one. I have been out of late mainly because of preoccupation with leaving Indonesia. We have been here for three years on this our second occasion. We leave behind many friends and memories. Just one or two comments on some of the recent postings. Magnets and coloured light: Before being totally sceptical about some of these remedies, I understand that in Scandinavia high intensity light, including light of different colour, is sometimes used as a treatment for depression in the dark cold months of winter! (when are we going? In the middle of winter.) Voice dictation: This note is written with IBM voice type. It is a bit of a pain and I will be trying out Dragon dictate when we have returned to Norway. I would try it now but it requires too much memory and my note book computer does not have sufficient. I would say, however, that the IBM system is getting better and I found that tweaking the sound card settings and windows 95 can make a huge difference to the way the programme runs. Pergolide: I have given up the fight with Pergolide. I have never been comfortable with it throughout the year since starting it in January as a sole medication in my early Parkinson's. The PD has become slightly worse through the year, mainly in restricted use of my right-hand for typing, but also I am noticing more trembling particularly in the last month or so. I tried to increase my dosage to 750 micrograms three times a day. What I found was that every time I forgot to take one of the doses I suddenly felt a lot better in myself. So I have decided to cut right back and at the moment I am using 250 micrograms three times a day. My hand seems worse but I feel a lot better. Yugoslavv Here I sit surrounded by furniture and things ready to be packed, and look back over the last six months that I have been a member of this list. Not very active apart from one duel with Charlie Meyer et. al. The list is at the same time both frightening and comforting. Frightening in what it shows for the future but comforting in seeing all of you fighting and succeeding in still living a life. Particularly Don McKinley-an example to us all. I gained strength from people like Barbara Mallut who is still writing cogent letters allbeit with giggles after so many years of this disease. I will be back and suspect that as time goes on I will become more active in supporting this group. All the best for the coming months. Regards David