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Date: | Fri, 20 Apr 2001 14:04:12 -0400 |
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I know where Steve is coming from here. I've posted several serious
questions that didn't really get a response. They might have gotten lost in
all of the joking e-mails. But, more likely, I think people just didn't
have an answer. That happens, and I'm fine with it. The emotional lift I
get from reading the humor on this list is just as valuable as any practical
information would be - maybe more so.
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~Joy~
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Currently Reading: "1st to Die" by James Patterson
Last Movie Seen: "Charlie's Angels" - 4 out of 5 stars
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ISM" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 3:47 PM
Subject: CP List or AoL Chit Room
> I've been on the Cerebral Palsy List a long time. I've seen much fine
> writing, learned much, come to respect, cherish, and love many people.
> With few exceptions I hope the friendships made here will last a
> lifetime and evolve beyond the confines of an email list into the
> tangible delights of three dimensional life. This is my 60th birthday
> year and I want to claim some part of each day in celebration.
>
> When Carla MacInnis last appeared she asked that the List develop
> threads of importance and significance at a level worthy of our
> abilities and useful to others. I absolutely share and endorse Carla's
> concern. Some more significant postings have been born and died because
> they were not developed or sunk in a smarmy swamp.
>
> Like the next person I'm for fun, the quick line, ribaldry. But a
> clique is growing here and being encouraged by people who should know
> better. This List reads more and more like an AoL Sex Frenzied Chit
> Room. The older married men and some not always younger single women
> are having an orgy while others watch the nonsense. Some of the younger
> single guys scramble to be included. To their credit most of the
> married women have tended to be discreet, understated, or post
> infrequently. Actually, several have attempted sensible and worthwhile
> threads. Notwithstanding my perhaps too frequent blatancy for which I
> may deserve criticism but not condemnation and exile, I prefer the more
> sophisticated subtle conversations to the side of the loud noise and hot
> house crowd. Frankly I am posting more off List than on. Thank God for
> my friends.
>
> I don't think I'm alone in my opinion but I don't expect many will offer
> open endorsement. If I am correct then time will heal wounds recently
> incurred and ultimately change tenor for the better. But like many here
> I have a life to live elsewhere and intend to go on with it.
>
> Steve
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