Sorry to be a Joanie-come-lately to the Jerry Finch fan club but I just wanted you to know, Jerry, how very wonderful & inspiring is the story of you & your horses!! Wow, computer wizard, chatroom owner extrodeinair, writer and cowboy-is there no end to your talents? Next, on the Hilary...my, it was great to hear your sweet voice on the telephone. Thank you so much for the invitation to stay at your house had I been able to come for the hearings but it sounds like you had trouble enough with the "powers-that-be." Glad to hear you had your & cake & ate it, too! This morning, I watched the testimony at the committee hearing. I would like to thank all of those involved for doing a gripping, from-the-heart job!! Ivan, it makes me sad to hear you feel used & abused. It is my sincere hope that after the brouhaha dies down and you get some rest, you will come to see your contribution as it stands: a valuable, important piece (when viewed in the big scheme of things) of the puzzle of PD Awareness. Job well done, all! -- Joan E. Snyder 47/9 [log in to unmask] <http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/snyder/page1.htm> "As if you could kill time without hurting eternity" Henry David Thoreau