Kyle,

        Well said, my man. My major professor always said of children and
fund raising, "Everyone love a kitty, no one loves a horny ol' Tom cat!"

Bobby


>Well, Anee, welcome to the "real world".  I think we've all said the same
>thing--especially those of us (me, Bobby, Ken, et. al.) who already are
>older and are experiencing the accelerated aging effects.  Boils down to
>this--the baby boom generation of CPers is the first to live "normal"
>lifespans (in technologically advanced nations, of course).  The research
>$$$
>have traditionally gone to the kids because it made the most sense--nobody
>lived long enough to worry about "mature" adults.  Besides, seeing some
>doe-eyed youngster's face on a billboard is going to tug at your
>heartstrings a lot more than looking at my grizzled mug.
>
>-Kyle
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Anee Stanford [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 12:45 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Pain
>
>
><snip>  I feel that I great deal of reseach needs to be
>done in the area of adults with cp and I have said this time and time again
>on this list.
>
>Yours,
>Anee