Hi all!

Yeah I use a screen reader to John.  I've been getting the same kind
of stuff you're talking about here.  A week or so ago I replied to
something on this list, and it got sent to the list in mime format.
So what's up with this list addmins?!!

So everyone have a great week-Gary


On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Jonathan Rand wrote:

> guys.....  i'm getting more & more extrainious characters in emails i get
> from this list.  it duznt happen with anyone else.  all kinds of weird stuff
> like =20 & =93 etc., etc.....  i'm visually empaired & i use a screen
> reader. (my computer reads 2 me alloud.)  so it gets very confusing, hearing
> stuff like, hello=20 I=59 would just like=98 to say=20 that i haven't=10
> put=93 2=77 & =55 2 =19 together=20!
>
> reading it visually may allow u 2 quickly skip over all the meaningless
> stuff but wen yor listening 2 the text, it get very confusing.
>
> Anybody no wat 2 do about this?
>
>
>
>> From: Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List"
>> <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: May I please have a SCOOBY-SNACK?
>> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 07:09:53 -1000
>>
>> Great email!
>>
>> At 05:17 AM 12/2/2005, you wrote:
>>> its bin documented that non-human animals hav ways of communicating with
>>> eachother.  even chickens hav actual words, (I guess, scientists call
>> them
>>> =93calls=94), for all the different preditors.  so, in affect, a chicken=
>>  can
>>> say, =93IN COMING!=94
>>>
>>> dogs hav dun a much better job of learning OUR language than we have,
>>> theirs!  & actually, I 4got the =93words=94 I learned!  they hav
>> =93grammer=
>> =94 I
>>> guess!  they never use certain words next to others=85  I only know the=
>>  =93let=92s
>>> play=94 posture.  & I guess every1 knows wat exposing yor belly means=85
>> =
>>  but I
>>> don=92t remember the doggie sounds.
>>>
>>> for CATS, =93meow=94 is also a word, with meaning.  suposedly it means,
>> =93=
>> I wanna
>>> b yor friend, but don=92t hurt me.=94  =93MEE,=94 of course, means, =93I=
>>  wanna b
>>> friends.=94  & =93ow=94 naturally means, =93but u won=92t hurt me, will
>> u? =
>>  cause if u
>>> do, I=92m letting u no that I=92ll defend myself.=94
>>>
>>> we probly recognize som language of higher animals, unconsciously.  we
>> all
>>> no wat a growl or a hiss means.  we no wen a dog is saying =93=94why u
>>> bleerer-bleepin=92 no good so & so!=94  We use the exact same inflection=
>>  wen
>>> we=92re getting=92 ready to take a bite outta somebody=92s GOOGLE-GOGGLE!
>> =
>>  & 4 us,
>>> a sound like =93ow,=94 is also associated with getting hurt!  (=93mee=94
>> is=
>>  a more
>>> friendly sound.)
>>> weev long considered other anamals2 b, I guess, 1 step above=85=85.  car=
>>  parts?
>>> :)
>>>
>>> BIRDS can think & reason.  they can even speak 2 us in ENGLISH, &=
>>  understand
>>> wat they=92re saying.  they no their COLORS, SHAPES, & TEXTURSE, they can
>>> COUNT & use =93complex=94 logic wen MAKING TOOLS.
>>>
>>> & of course, chimpanzees can b taught human sign language.
>>>
>>> hav u guys herd of COCOA the golilla?  wen cocoa=92s pet cat died, she=
>>  cried
>>> all night.  wen a stranger did something that upset her, she went & hid
>>> behind a curtain=85..  wen her =93teacher=94 asked wat was wrong, cocoa=
>>  signed, =93I
>>> wanted to bite him.=94  but cocoa didn=92t bite anyone.  do these
>> =93people=
>> =94 sound
>>> like
>>> =93car parts=94 to u?  :)
>>>
>>> even I, am still amazed wen I see a pussycat open the bathroom door, (by
>>> jumping up & turning the knob,=94 & goin in & turning on the water &
>> taking=
>>  a
>>> drink!  I can=92t help it!  om just a STOOPID human!  :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List"
>>>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: i lost my bestest buddy
>>>> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 07:33:54 -0500
>>>>
>>>>  I really believe dogs have a way of talking to eachother
>>>>
>>>> Once when we were visiting Janet's parents, and I was walking him,
>> there
>>>> was
>>>> this HUGE dog behind a four foot chain-link fence that started barking=
>>  and
>>>> snarling, and Carhartt got between me and the other dog, and barked,=
>>  which
>>>> he
>>>> rarely does.  The other dog's "bark must have been worse than his
>> bite,"
>>>> because
>>>> he stopped barking, and went back by the house.=3D20
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