HI Anne,
Anne Page wrote in a message to Richard Webb:

 > Probably is, but none of the three are active anymore.  wIllie's node in
 > Hence all three are no longer on the backbone.

AP> That is a real shame!  I am sure there are many blind people who
AP> don't have access to the internet because they can't afford a
AP> connection to an ISP but have no problem using telnet to access a
AP> BBS.  Even a nominal $10 a month charge by an ISP to a dialup user
AP> would be too much for those blind people whose sole income is a
AP> monthly SSI check.  
fEW bbses with regular modem lines, to utilize telnet they'd have to pay an isp.


AP> To get back on topic (dogs) I wish you an easy time of training your
AP> Rottie.  Also, do you remember Laura from Texas who participated in
AP> Willie's echo (and probably the others I didn't read back then)? 
AP> She lives about 10 miles from me and although we haven't had an in
AP> person visit the past couple of years and lost touch for a while we
AP> have been chatting on the phone the past couple of months.  Her old
AP> seeing eye dog died last year and she has a new one that I hope to
AP> meet in a few weeks.  And recently Laura got her ham operator
AP> license and is now part of a group in her area that activates
AP> whenever there is a need for rescue people to assist (after
AP> flooding, hurricane, etc.). Right now she can only operate locally
AP> but when she gets a different kind of equipment she will be able to
AP> get out over the air internationally.
My wife and I were the ham radio operators for charity/University hospitals
in NEw ORleans during Katrina for a week there. WE've both been active hams
for many years.  I"m still active in fact, assisting vessels at sea,
missionaries, etc. as well as local emergency training for the new hams.

Don't recall Laura, but it's 5 in the morning and I just got up to get a
glass of water and see what's happening with the bbs overnight.


Btw on the echo moderator thing, rOger NElson is listed in the echolist as
current moderator, so you're safe there .



I may have told the story in this echo of the first ROttweiler we had which
we rescued off the street of NEw ORleans.  IF I didn't I"ll tell it in
this echo. MIght've scrolled off Frank's board though if I did, because it
would have been when I first rejoined fido about a year ago.

Regards,
           Richard
... Braille:  support true literacy for the blind.
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