From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Apr 10 18:44:41 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3B0ifjb002606; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:44:41 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3B0icld029773 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:44:38 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k3AMCTFI017997 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:12:30 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k3AMCTGk017996 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:12:29 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k3AKxfFI017767 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:59:41 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k3ANVcjk031471 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:31:38 -0600 X-Envelope-From: mmizzi@dodo.com.au Mon Apr 10 17:31:38 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3ANVcjb031462 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:31:38 -0600 Received: from relay02.mail-hub.dodo.com.au (relay02.mail-hub.dodo.com.au [202.136.32.45]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3ANVWFt000959 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:31:33 -0600 Received: from [149.135.35.43] (helo=mizzi) by relay02.mail-hub.dodo.com.au with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FT5qw-0004eb-LT; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:31:27 +1000 Message-ID: <005b01c65cf6$e38963a0$2b238795@mizzi> From: "JP & MC Mizzi" To: "John Berryman" , References: <001901c65b52$37398440$9a5b6fcc@donannd> <032901c65b70$1bfd7ce0$10ac4b0c@host> <44398FE0.7000301@charter.net> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Using CAPS Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:31:26 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 Disposition-Notification-To: "JP & MC Mizzi" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0615-0, 08/04/2006), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Score: 1.01 (*) BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_PSBL X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Good on you John! One of my eyes has limited vision also, so can understand how these near blind and older folks use the caps for messages. I am not offended by this...in fact I can read it a lot better (:-) Good wishes, Mary in a flooding Nth Queensland with 10 inches or 258 mls since yesterday. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Berryman" To: Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] LOOK-UP PLEASE > I've taught people who are legally blind to use computers. Using all > capital letters is common among the blind, elderly, those with vision > problems, and it's "not intended to be rude". People with vision problems > also tend to send the same messages as the lack the confidence that those > of us with good vision have. Please consider how you would like to be > treated if you had a disability before you chastise others. > > The goal here should be to help each other when we can. We all have flaws > and make mistakes, myself included. Someday God willing all of us will be > old and perhaps our vision will not be as good as it is today. Being > considerate shows class! > > John in WI > >> >> > >