12-15-08 00:46: Ardith Hinton to Kevin Klement, "click click"

 AH> My body has a few quirks, though, to keep me humble....  ;-)

Is *that* what they are for!?! 


 AH>           So is ours.  Hang in there... James & I need you!
 AH>  Although the folks who still use this medium have
 AH> certainly diminished in number, I believe you're providing
 AH> an important service.  A large proportion of my own modem
 AH> buddies are physically disabled and/or on a limited income
 AH> and/or residing in an area where other options aren't
 AH> available to them.  I value the work you're doing....  :-)

And HOW!!! If people only knew what they could do with less-than-fifty-bucks
worth of computer and a BBS, Micro-Spend and the Internet wouldn't be *nearly*
as popular.  Kevin even gates a few NGs, and grants me an email
"soupgate" , so I only traipse off to community
I-net connections about
once a month. 

I could afford a dial-up connection easily enough, but with this BBS, I don't
miss a direct connection NEARLY as much as I was expecting to. Besides, the ten
dollars a month helps feed the cat, and he's more entertaining.


 AH>           Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... [chuckle].  Nanaimo

RRR!!! You two chuckle all you want, but I have a cul-de-sac *full* of spoiled
neighbours, who don't seem to own snow shovels. On my way to the community
connection today, I expect to volunteer to dig a few out again. 

 AH> seems to have got most of it, but we have a few inches.  Here on
 AH> the Wet Coast the stuff doesn't hang around for months as
 AH> it does in other parts of the country... it's a novelty for
 AH> us.  And because we cleverly selected a wheelchair which
 AH> was able to handle hills & rough terrain, it handles snow
 AH> fairly well too.  We could use some ideas, though, about
 AH> attaching a snowplough in front of this rig.  The one
 AH> remaining problem is ground clearance... it doesn't do well
 AH> in deep snow.  :-))

I wonder if they make chains and skis for chairs. 



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