hi all At 10:47 1999/10/31 -0800, connie wrote: >no mail today am i an outcast for making a fuss >about ivan's battle with portland connie tate my dear connie if any of us got 'suspended' or were made 'an outcast' for making a 'fuss' you would probably be the only list-member left! list mail has been light, for whatever reason and since your subscription is set to DIGEST you won't receive anything until the 'volume quota' for releasing a DIGEST is reached, which will probably be any minute, since i just posted a lot of messages! BTW and FYI my thesaurus gives the following alternatives, in order of degree of the level of 'fuss' created, for 'making a fuss': 1. speaking one's mind 2. stating one's opinion 3. asking difficult questions 4. being an ornery independent cuss i think number four is almost a pre-requisite for having pd! janet 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]>