Thx -----Original Message----- From: Barber, Kenneth L. <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, March 08, 1999 5:28 AM Subject: Re: I'm back >i can't read any more, perc. it is freezing here this morning. i hope you >had a great time in florida. welcome back. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Perk [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 1999 2:43 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: I'm back >> >> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >> >> ------=_NextPart_000_0068_01BE67D7.35C539E0 >> Content-Type: text/plain; >> charset="iso-8859-1" >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> >> I was on vacation in February for about two weeks .J I went to Florida = >> with my parents. The reason we went to Florida is to visit my aunt and = >> uncle who live down there for the winter months, and we thought we could = >> take a short summer; and soak up some sunshine for a week or two; For it = >> was in the eighties every day; nice huh. J We saw a lot of people from = >> Lancaster down there in Florida that we visited with.=20 >> >> We drove there. It was an inexpensive trip . . . the most inexpensive = >> gas was $0.62.9. The most expensive was at our own home town at a little = >> over a dollar a gallon. Motels ranged from $35 to $50 per night and = >> every one was neat, nice , and clean. Most had a refrigerator (but some = >> didn=92t work. L )=20 >> >> As we were going down the highway , I had some Mac Attacks (Big Macs = >> from McDonald=92s) (Because we stopped there almost every noon and we = >> would order some Big Macs every time.) We found that the food was about = >> the same price at home as it was in Florida. All the fruit like oranges = >> , grapefruit was about the same price as it was at home, but they tasted = >> better there in Florida especially at my aunt and uncle=92s house = >> because we picked them off the tree in their backyard just minutes prior = >> to eating them. >> >> The hi-light of our trip was that we took a boat trip down to Key West = >> (which is as far south as you can go in the US.) During the boat trip , = >> I met five other people that used to work for a telephone company and = >> now have retired (I work for a telephone company also) so we had a lot = >> in common to chat about.=20 >> >> On the day that we left my aunt and uncle=92s Florida home we picked = >> Grapefruit in their backyard and they give us some to take home with us. = >> Now that we are home we are eating grapefruit every morning for = >> breakfast and they are very juicy and tasty.=20 >> >> On the way home one of our many stops was in Nashville , Tennessee. I = >> wanted to go to The Grand Old Opray but my parents didn=92t think that = >> was a good idea for they have seen it several times before, and they = >> told me that you could see it better sitting in front of the TV, which = >> we did. Tickets would have been $18 plus tax per person and that = >> wouldn=92t have been reserved seats. I sorta hate country music anyway = >> but don=92t tell my parents that. We toured Nashville and saw the old = >> Ryman Auditorium. At lunch time , we were at Shoney=92s Restaurant. We = >> saw some of the homes and buildings and dad said "Boy, has that town = >> changed." >> >> >> >> In case some of you forgot or are new. . . =20 >> >> I was born on July 5, 1971. It was a complicated birth. . . I couldn=92t = >> cry , breathe or suck. The doctors thought I would be a vegetable the = >> rest of my life. As a result of all of this , I was diagnosed with = >> Cerebral Palsy at the age of three a half . I am very physically = >> disabled because of all of this. I can=92t walk , talk , or feed myself. = >> When I was four years old , I was the Cerebral Palsy Poster child. I = >> went to Day Care for that had disabilities and Early Childhood. Then I = >> went through all of school. When I was in fourth grade , I was put in to = >> a special education class in school. I used to to drool a lot and I had = >> a surgery to stop that. When I was a freshman in high school , I had = >> what looked like seizures but actually it was suicidal attempts. I won = >> the award for the outstanding handicapped citizen for the state of = >> Wisconsin. I went to college and double majored in Data Entry and = >> Accounting. I update telephone directories for a living. I do about = >> twenty to thirty a year. I do it right from my home in Lancaster , = >> Wisconsin USA. I=92m twenty-seven years old. I also make and sell my own = >> greeting cards. As I mentioned before , I have had a lot of problems = >> with depression and suicide. From 1992 to 1998 I was in counseling and = >> from 1994-96, I was hospitalized seven times because of this. The reason = >> of all of this is because I couldn=92t cope with having a disability. My = >> family consists of a father , a mother and three brothers. I also have = >> seven nieces and nephews . I collect angels. I=92m really involved on = >> the Internet. I=92m on about five ListServs, ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger = >> , and mIRC. My ICQ UIN # is 16632777. My screen name for AOL Instant = >> Messenger is KJPink. The servers that I=92m usually on no mIRC are = >> StarChat, Sorcery, and Talk City. >> >> >> >> After I got home, I started every Wednesday working at SouthWest = >> Opportunities Center. =20 >> >> It is a place where people with physical and mentally challenged work.I = >> like it so far. (I only went once because that last Wednesday was my = >> first day to work there. I went there before last Wednesday but only = >> for rec./leisure. Wednesday , I played bingo, listened to stories, = >> played with clay, and paper shed.=20 >> >> >> ------=_NextPart_000_0068_01BE67D7.35C539E0 >> Content-Type: text/html; >> charset="iso-8859-1" >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> >> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> >> <HTML> >> <HEAD> >> >> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = >> http-equiv=3DContent-Type> >> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> >> </HEAD> >> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> >> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> >> <P>I was on vacation in February for about two weeks .<FONT=20 >> face=3DWingdings>J</FONT> I went to Florida with my parents. The reason = >> we went to=20 >> Florida is to visit my aunt and uncle who live down there for the winter = >> months,=20 >> and we thought we could take a short summer; and soak up some sunshine = >> for a=20 >> week or two; For it was in the eighties every day; nice huh. <FONT=20 >> face=3DWingdings>J</FONT> We saw a lot of people from Lancaster down = >> there in=20 >> Florida that we visited with. </P> >> <P>We drove there. It was an inexpensive trip . . . the most inexpensive = >> gas was=20 >> $0.62.9. The most expensive was at our own home town at a little over a = >> dollar a=20 >> gallon. Motels ranged from $35 to $50 per night and every one was neat, = >> nice ,=20 >> and clean. Most had a refrigerator (but some didn’t work. <FONT=20 >> face=3DWingdings>L</FONT> ) </P> >> <P>As we were going down the highway , I had some Mac Attacks (Big Macs = >> from=20 >> McDonald’s) (Because we stopped there almost every noon and we = >> would order=20 >> some Big Macs every time.) We found that the food was about the same = >> price at=20 >> home as it was in Florida. All the fruit like oranges , grapefruit was = >> about the=20 >> same price as it was at home, but they tasted better there in Florida = >> especially=20 >> at my aunt and uncle’s house because we picked them off the tree = >> in their=20 >> backyard just minutes prior to eating them.</P> >> <P>The hi-light of our trip was that we took a boat trip down to Key = >> West (which=20 >> is as far south as you can go in the US.) During the boat trip , I met = >> five=20 >> other people that used to work for a telephone company and now have = >> retired (I=20 >> work for a telephone company also) so we had a lot in common to chat = >> about. </P> >> <P>On the day that we left my aunt and uncle’s Florida home we = >> picked=20 >> Grapefruit in their backyard and they give us some to take home with us. = >> Now=20 >> that we are home we are eating grapefruit every morning for breakfast = >> and they=20 >> are very juicy and tasty. </P> >> <P>On the way home one of our many stops was in Nashville , Tennessee. I = >> wanted=20 >> to go to The Grand Old Opray but my parents didn’t think that was = >> a good=20 >> idea for they have seen it several times before, and they told me that = >> you could=20 >> see it better sitting in front of the TV, which we did. Tickets would = >> have been=20 >> $18 plus tax per person and that wouldn’t have been reserved = >> seats. I=20 >> sorta hate country music anyway but don’t tell my parents that. We = >> toured=20 >> Nashville and saw the old Ryman Auditorium. At lunch time , we were at=20 >> Shoney’s Restaurant. We saw some of the homes and buildings and = >> dad said=20 >> "Boy, has that town changed."</P> >> <P> </P> >> <P><FONT color=3D#000000>In case some of you forgot or are new. . = >> . =20 >> </P><FONT size=3D2> >> <P align=3Djustify>I was born on July 5, 1971. It was a complicated = >> birth. . . I=20 >> couldn’t cry , breathe or suck. The doctors thought I would be a = >> vegetable=20 >> the rest of my life. As a result of all of this , I was diagnosed with = >> Cerebral=20 >> Palsy at the age of three a half . I am very physically disabled because = >> of all=20 >> of this. I can’t walk , talk , or feed myself. When I was four = >> years old ,=20 >> I was the Cerebral Palsy Poster child. I went to Day Care for that had=20 >> disabilities and Early Childhood. Then I went through all of school. = >> When I was=20 >> in fourth grade , I was put in to a special education class in school. I = >> used to=20 >> to drool a lot and I had a surgery to stop that. When I was a freshman = >> in high=20 >> school , I had what looked like seizures but actually it was suicidal = >> attempts.=20 >> I won the award for the outstanding handicapped citizen for the state of = >> >> Wisconsin. I went to college and double majored in Data Entry and = >> Accounting. I=20 >> update telephone directories for a living. I do about twenty to thirty a = >> year. I=20 >> do it right from my home in Lancaster , Wisconsin USA. I’m = >> twenty-seven=20 >> years old. I also make and sell my own greeting cards. As I mentioned = >> before , I=20 >> have had a lot of problems with depression and suicide. From 1992 to = >> 1998 I was=20 >> in counseling and from 1994-96, I was hospitalized seven times because = >> of this.=20 >> The reason of all of this is because I couldn’t cope with having a = >> >> disability. My family consists of a father , a mother and three = >> brothers. I also=20 >> have seven nieces and nephews . I collect angels. I’m really = >> involved on=20 >> the Internet. I’m on about five ListServs, ICQ, AOL Instant = >> Messenger ,=20 >> and mIRC. My ICQ UIN # is 16632777. My screen name for AOL Instant = >> Messenger is=20 >> KJPink. The servers that I’m usually on no mIRC are StarChat, = >> Sorcery, and=20 >> Talk City.</P> >> <P align=3Djustify> </P> >> <P align=3Djustify>After I got home, I started every Wednesday working = >> at=20 >> SouthWest Opportunities Center. </P> >> <P>It is a place where people with physical and mentally challenged = >> work.I like=20 >> it so far. (I only went once because that last Wednesday was my = >> first day=20 >> to work there. I went there before last Wednesday but only for=20 >> rec./leisure. Wednesday , I played bingo, listened to stories, = >> played with=20 >> clay, and paper shed. </P></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> >> >> ------=_NextPart_000_0068_01BE67D7.35C539E0-- >