-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Interesting Phenomenom

sorry about the typographical errors. . .a migraine here . . .the daily
effect of the neck thing. . .and no spell check to 'help or hinder'. .
.<grin>
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kg6ocz" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 6:23 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Interesting Phenomenom


NOT put off here. And I would agree that you will find superfluous
spending
and time invested in nearly every field of life..

There are so many fields of medical research the NEED funding to find
solutions, you do wonder WHY sometimes but such is life..farrrr from
perfect.

As the world churns...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "geekette" <geekette@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 4:13 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Interesting Phenomenom


> <snip>  Too often this tangent research goes down a road that
> common sense already has the answer too, which actually hurts genuine
> research.</snip>
>
> Unless we have access to the whole research project, it is only
> conjecture
> that it is or is not of value, on my part, too.  Unless the press
picks
> up the true intent and publishes the boring details along with the
> catchy
> public interest tidbits like this, we will never know.  I agree that
> foolishness
> abounds. . .but it abounds in darned near every field of
> study/work/endeavor.
> I just can't condemn it without all the facts.
>
> And yes, I have some prejudices myself. I work, as a volunteer in
> EMA/Homeland Security.  I see an awful lot of dedicated fire/law/EMA
> personel putting in 50-60-70 hour weeks on a salary that stayed the
> same even though their workload doubled. I have a second prejudice in
> that my youngest daughter is a bio-chemist in a public facility who
> lives or dies,
> so to speak, in the grant mill.  Should everything be funded? Probably
> not,
> but because of serendipitous events that were the unplanned outcome of
> research projects we have things like Super Glue and the glue that the
> used to bind my surgical incision when my broken neck was plated up.
> [The purpose of the research was for medical glue.]
>
> As I said, perhaps I should not have spoken up without all the facts.
>
>
> I am sorry that anyone suffers from this disorder expecially the
family
> of someone I hold in high regard as I do you.  My principal put me
> in a refrigerator box in her office for a whole year thinking that I
> would
> learn if only I weren't "distracted." My mother actually signed my
> report cards with "if you would beat her, she would . . . ."
> My son fared a bit better than that, but when you combine ADD and
> dyslexia
> it compounded the problems our family faced.  Thankfully my two
> daughters
> were spared in this generation [both hold Ph.ds] while my son hops
from
> job to job after barely finishing highschool.
> I went back to college at age 49 and graduated as valedictorian,
> [only a 2-year degree] but I had a disability counselor and
> tons of help with learning aids like that didn't exist when I was a
kid.
> . .like
> large print books with colored overlays since white paper is a major
> factor in my type of problems. I even had a portable screen overlay
for
> my computer.
>
> I do hope and pray that you family has adequate IEP planners.
> It makes the quality of life so much better for everyone.
>
> I sincerely enjoy the interchange of ideas here and I beg the
indulgence
> of
> anyone who is put off by the OT discussions.
>
> ellie
>
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