Hi Cindy,

Friday November 18 2005, Cindy Haglund writes to Kevin Klement:

 >    I'd like to visit.  :) what's the telnet?

Hay.. Cindy.. I'm back. :)

Well I don't have a telnet BBS, sorry, the only way to log on to my bbs is via
POTS, plain old telephone system, but on that point, things on the bbs front is
quite slow here in calgary, at one time we had 100+ bbs's here in calgary, we
have only 3 or so active bbs's here now. :(

As far as users of my bbs, I have about 4 active users, thats all. :(

And ALBE_LINK the echo I started, it's pretty much not used any more, but 10
years ago, it was busy. As you know fidonet is pretty slow now a days,
internet has pretty much token over.

 > I started bbsing in 1994. I was so new I stupidly mentioned
 > in a local forum (this was before telnet) my hearing loss in
 > hohpe to talk with someone with the same problem. I was new
 > to the problem at that time.

Same thing happened to me, But as time went buy, every one in fidonet here in
calgary new I was a quadriplegic. Ahhhh.. the good old days hu. :)

 > I got the impression some people just plain freak out if
 > they happen to learn such things. They want you to shut up
 > and go away.... Imagine soiling their pristine perfect
 > little world like that.

Ya.. most people don't know about my spinal injury, I'm a amiture graphic
designer (www.gypsy-designs.com) too, and most people find out that I have a
disability, after the fact of getting me to work for them, then all of a
sudden it's like, WOW.. I never would have though that.

Thats because I'm no different than alibied bodied people, 

 >  Sounds wonderful! And everybody can just be themselves
 > without having any hangups about whatever their 'difference'
 > is.

It was a great place to talk, and meet people, but sadly, that was in the
past, fidonet has slowed right down. :(

 > Nobody is
 > 'better' people. We're all just people first and last and
 > anybody can be good and anybody can be an asshole. No matter
 > their country, creed, color , gender or whatever.

Exactly.. if some one piss's me off, I will get mad, just like any one else,
I'm just as human as the next person, my disability got nothing to do with it,
treat me good, you get treated back good.


 > In High School there was a gal who had lost a front tooth in
 > a softball game. She had a fake tooth. It did not look quite
 > like the rest of her teeth. Some kids would pick on her
 > about it. So you know what this young gal did? :) She's just
 > opern her mouth and flip out that tooh upon her tuongue at
 > the picker oner's... Everyone would have a good laugh. I
 > liked her style.

Good one.. she's just a human, like all of us, but some people don't see that.

 >  Yep. Notice how it is when you have a disability yourself
 > you tend to be more understanding of others who do? Then the
 > non disabled thinks we need to be like them and want us to
 > be. They can't just let us be ourselves and focus on what we
 > can do instead.

Yep...


 >  Oh.. I see. I think there are a lot of 'mis spellings' and
 > badly named conditions. Perhaps this will sort itself out
 > one day. Was the word dysfunction?

Nope, Let me go look it up, it's a medical condition I suffer from.

        Gufus

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