Nope not at all Jamie. Besides, at least for us dog owners it kind of comes with the territory. However, I will say I do get offended if a complete stranger comes up to me and says, "So were you blind from birth?" and or "What caused your blindness?" smile, especially when I have no clue who tthis person is. I will say there is no such thing as a dubm question. Well yes there is but not if it is asked out of sincere desire to learn. I still love the one someone asked me one day. "So, the sign says I am not supposed to pet him, is that true?" And "Is that a real dog?" Which my friend and I were so dumb founded we didn't know what to respond to that one, smile. Though he is an awful bad toy dog, smile, very messsy, and eats a lot, smile, was all I could think of, smile. Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Alumni Association Board www.guidedogs.com Dog ownership is like a rainbow. Puppies are the joy at one end. Old dogs are the treasure at the other. Carolyn Alexander ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:30 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How I read LOL!!! Jana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamie Yates" <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 7:09 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How I read >I am certainly glad to know y'all are not easy to > offend! > > I have found that in general people ARE easily > offended by the least silly things and I for one tend > to say something first and think about it later (bad > habit!). > > And with email, once it's said, it's not easily taken > back. And especially with email, it's often hard to > know the context in which the message was intended. > > When that baseball player's plane crashed into the > building in NYC, I said to a friend of mine who lives > near there, good thing it was just a baseball player. > And she thought I was putting down baseball players, > when what I meant was, good thing it wasn't a > terrorist. > > > > Jamie in Michigan > Books gone wild.... http://www.bookcrossing.com/referral/jamieyates > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.3/562 - Release Date: 12/1/2006 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.