In a message dated 02/07/2000 9:12:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< but many
 of us grew up during the "dark ages" with respect to this disability.  We
 have a lot to offer.  If we should go off on a 10-20 message tangent about
 "The War of Northern Aggression", use your "delete" key.  >>

Yeah -- I keep wondering how it was having a disability before the advent of
Internet.  I didn't have my disability until afterwards, and I immediately
had resources at my disposal.  This list is so cool for me because even
though I don't have CP myself, I still am disabled and feel a connection.  We
talk about other stuff, but I think in the back of my mind I feel a special
connection -- almost an extended family connection -- with each of you.  It's
like an unspoken understanding about things.  Does that make sense?  Does
anyone else feel like that?