Hi Barbara; You wrote: > Odd, but until this topic of "Foreigners" came up, I > never actually thought of anyone on the List BEING > a "foreigner," that is, I didn't particularly think of anyone > being particularly "American, or "not American." > I certainly haven't either........ > > Online, I've had only three ways to identify List-folks.... > I either liked them to various degrees, felt ambivalence, > or I didn't like them. There has been lots of the former, > some of the second, and not many of the latter. Those > List members I've met in person I've liked immensely, > no matter what country they called "home." > Me too!! > > Mostly, if I thought of it at all, I guess, just thought of us > as one homogeneous mix - with lotsa little personal > quirks thrown in - bound together by not only Parkinson's, > but by our mutual humanity, friendship and caring. > > Anybody who didn't fit THAT criteria, I'd probably look > at as being "foreign." > > Barb Mallut > [log in to unmask] > > > Right on Barbara!! <you saw my quirkz?> Best regards ....................... Murray [log in to unmask]