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At 13:04 1999/05/19 -0400, you wrote: >Hello List! I sent my first (and introductory) message to this list >yesterday and although there have been about 40 onlist messages >since then, there has been not one acknowledgement of my message. >And, although I did ask questions, they too have gone unanswered. i'm 'off' now and need to be brief not curt or kurt here is my answer: welcome from one who was born at 100 Yorkville Avenue in T.O. >I am a long time Internaut and Cybernut and present on many lists. >This is the first time this has happened to me and I am surprised >at the feeling of abandonment I have. Ever get excited about going >to a party when you move to a new neighborhood, you go there and >no one talks to you because you are new and your excitement turns >to sadness? That's how I felt. you are not responsible for the way people treat you only for the way you treat them - rose lane >I was not sure that my message was received by the list until I >received one reply offlist, so I knew it had been received. > >I live in Toronto, my Dad, PWP is in Boca Raton, Fla. I have been >able to find 2 support groups but still have questions about medical >care. Should I resend my [original, initial] message? > >Last night I was realizing the power the Parkinson's List has. >Do you realize, that you are THE interactive Internet source on >THE ENTIRE PLANET for Parkinson's Disease info? This is _the_ list >on the planet and has subscribers from all over the world. That's >pretty amazing, and so are y'all. yes!!!! and so are you, since you joined us! >Nope, I'm not mad, teasing a little bit because I would like to >feel like a welcome member of the list. you are and you were sometimes it helps to shout a little around here just like a reg'lar fambly >Barbara Patterson does a great welcome message for those who initially >sign on. Maybe 2 or 3 folks can keep their eyeballs peeled for newbies >who post their first message so they/we don't feel so out in the cold? > >How many are on this list, anyway? >See you online. >- Marilyn - > Marilyn Gang [log in to unmask] Toronto, Ontario, Canada go dig in my website for info - it's the pienet's cyber-mobile-wwweb-wwwinnebago gee there's the media-gang, the hole-in-the-head-gang, the care-list gang and now the m-gang! janet ------------------------------------------------------------ janet paterson 52 now 41 dx 37 onset [log in to unmask] 613-256-8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> ------------------------------------------------------------