I, too, am tired of the pig thread. A couple of weeks ago, Dale Severance wrote a very polite letter explaining the changes that we as PWP go through that make wading through so many messages burdensome. That was followed by a message from Camilla who urged us to practice restraint and think of others. I wrote suggesting that we heed Camilla's advice. Humour is a very necessary part of our lives, but IMO the pig thread has been carried to the extreme and there has been so little Pksns content on the the list lately that it is hardly worth reading. As a point of clarification, here is David's 'Goodbye' to the list which I found in the archives. If my message is perceived as 'unwelcome' or 'offensive'...so be it. Judith Date: 21/02/97 18:12 From: David Boots Subject: Goodbye Fellow Listmembers: It's time for me to leave the list.I joined the PD-list around 7/95 hoping to correspond with other young people dealing with PD. It was a very emotional time then and the fellowship from the people that I kept in touch with was an important part of my life. Some of the posts I submitted to the group that I'm most proud of are as follows: Open Letter to God/Open Letter to Group "PD on public display" Oh Lord, Stuck In Levis Again! Come On and Safari With Me Thanksgiving Thoughts...... A Voice In The Park...A Piece Of Cloth Holy Cow!...he's got PD too? PD-ANGELS Sinemet chain-letter PD-magazine? Wednesday PD-humor How I got SSDI Chris Kinesia (Suburban Cowboy) Conveying my feelings in words unlocked writing abilities I was previously unaware of. I don't regret any words I've posted here since joining and I'm sorry, in retrospect, that I didn't share some of my parodies with you (too risque' for some). When nepotism ("He ain't shifty, he's my brother") and the endorsement of off-topic chit-chat was condoned by the Listmaster, I knew that my belief in the purpose of the PD-List had finally died. The stories of so many closet-writers (such as myself) trying to cope with their own PD-hell are overshadowed by the repeated non-humorous postings of a small-minded group of people who "thumb their nose" at the requests to "please stop this" posts from dozens of the people on the List. For those of you who would like to stay in touch, I'll still be on-line and will still be writing tales of my struggle with PD for national and international PD-newsletters but my words will no longer appear on this list. Someone has agreed to forward me posts from any young people like myself who post to the list in the future (there is a "generation gap" between younger and older people with PD that I do not understand but acknowledge). I hope to work steadily on my book after my pallidotomy surgery in the next few months as well as play my music once again. In the meantime, the weather here is beautiful, my house is clean, and my positive outlook on life will no longer be suppressed. "Chris turned and walked slowly down the hallway as he shed the heavy coat he'd worn for so long, his steps growing lighter and quicker as he approached and opened the doors and stepped outside into the sunshine to enjoy this thing called LIFE" -David Boots (38/6) -- Judith Richards, London, Ontario, Canada [log in to unmask] ^^^^ \ / \ | / Today’s Research \\ | // ...Tomorrow’s Cure \ | / \|/ `````