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Uhhhhh, say there, Janet, ya find yourself kinda obsessing on the topic of "subject headers" lately? My dad (may he rest in peace) used to tell a little story which I'm about to share with you. It's about a Mrs.. Smith who was the proud mother of an only child - a son named John who was then 20 years old. John went into the military and upon graduating boot camp, was in a huge parade with thousands upon thousands of other young men. Of course, his proud mother went to see the parade. As the seemingly endless legions of uniformed young men marched by, Mrs.. Smith strained her eyes searching for her son amidst the khaki uniformed men marching by in unison. Suddenly she saw her son and cried out, "Look... LOOK!.... There goes my son! And OH - - - everyone's out of step but my son John!" Please feel free to take the story any way you want. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, October 08, 1999 5:39 PM Subject: Re: Topic-Names in Subject-Header-Lines/Some discussion points >hi all > >At 16:44 1999/10/08 -0700, carole wrote: >>Dear Judith: If being tired of the constant >>nit-picking on the List makes you a Wicked Witch, then >>I wanna join the club. But I think that all the >>geographic terms that apply to my little corner of the >>world have already been taken. As I have noted before, >>the members of this List are among the most >>intelligent, caring, and well-informed people I have >>ever met. Also among the most opinionated and >>downright cantankerous, and I do not exclude myself. >>Some days and nights spent with Mr.PD are so damned >>bad you barely have the energy to fight with your >>enemies. Let alone your family and friends. And when >>the strain of being constantly courageous when trying >>to cope with cranky Parkies, as well as trying to live >>in the world of 'normals' that take for granted >>everything that you used to be able to do, becomes >>overwhelming I find a good cry, or screaming, or >>punching pillows, or whatever else you do to let it >>all out, is oddly refreshing and life-affirming. Hang >>in there. You've got friends. >> Carole H. > > > >to carole and judith and other thread-spinners >with the GREATEST respect: > >now, >there's a perfct example of really POOR use of the subject-header-line >let alone topic-names!!! > >could someone, ANYONE, please tell me what the heck >the above sentimental and totally IRRELEVANT girl-talk >has to do with "topic-names"??? > >or even with PD, >when you get right down TOIT??? > >all this boring talk about nit-picking and crying and crankiness >has NO BUSINESS on this list >and i, for one, am, quite frankly, getting sick and tired >of having to read this kind of useless malarkey >it really hurts my sensitive eyeballs AND >TURNS my delicate stomach >and i feel quite bad enough already, thank you very much!!! > >the last time i looked, >THIS list was SUPPOSED to be about Parkinson's Disease >not some do-gooder WIMPLY-ASS 'sharing' support group >moaning and complaining 'oh, woe is me'!!! >do us all a HUGE favour and >go join the PILLOW PUNCHERS' newsgroup!!! > >and another thing that i fail to understand is >just what is so darned "difficult" >for our so-called INTELLIGENT list-members >about making a simple little change to the subject header line, >[so simple that even a schizoid IDIOT would be able to do it >blindfolded and with one hand tied behind his back[ >when replying to a post??? >how on god's green earth can we keep >CERTAIN list-members from complaining about list-volume >if we can't even use this SIMPLE feature to our advantage??? >why do i even BOTHER suggesting all these things??? >nobody EVER appreciates it!!! > >and another thing that really takes the cake, >just what is all this ridiculous GARBAGE about optimism and pessimism??? >who cares???!!! i have pd, period!!! >that's ALL that matters to ME!!! > > > >janet paterson >52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset >613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 >a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> ><[log in to unmask]>