hi barb At 16:02 1998/12/04 -0500, you wrote: >Wow, Janet!! that has to be the BEST description >of this list that I've ever seen!! > >whether there are 30 messages in one day or in one hour >whether they are all about pd or not >whether they are all about snake oil or not > >they reflect the living breathing organism >which is this cyber-family > >we are not a corporation bound by company rulebooks and standards >we are not a school bound by a curriculum and exams > >we are part of a new frontier of democracy >where each one of us has >the same opportunity to be heard as everyone else >and >the same right to speak as everyone else > >personally >i find it awe-inspiring just as it is wow back, barb! since you are responsible for breathing life into this organism and since you are therefore our 'list-mom' and since this forum has been integral to my finding 'my voice' in the written word, i think i'd best toss some of the kudos right back at you! sheesh, i've been writing gooshy descriptions of this list for three years and finally one of them hits a home run! yowza! speaking of which i just got off the phone from the parkinson's society of ottawa-carlton because they are arranging for me to be interviewed for an article in the ottawa citizen daily in re guess what mjf and young onset pd [as well as the tasmar flap] as i said before yowza! i guess i'd better go read that article! cyber-sibs together janet janet paterson - 51 now /41 dx /37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada [log in to unmask]