From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Wed Apr 12 10:10:45 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 k3CGAjjb025081; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:10:45 -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 k3CGAh9f025630 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:10:43 -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 k3CDcUFI023566 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:38:30 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k3CDcU48023565 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:38:30 -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 k3C9nFFI023073 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:49:15 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k3CCLI6Y024228 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:21:18 -0600 X-Envelope-From: MaeMay510@aol.com Wed Apr 12 06:21:17 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 k3CCLHjb024217 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:21:17 -0600 Received: from imo-m23.mail.aol.com (imo-m23.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.4]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3CCLG7t012312 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:21:16 -0600 Received: from MaeMay510@aol.com by imo-m23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.3.) id e.32c.2637885 (25711) for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:21:06 -0400 (EDT) From: MaeMay510@aol.com Message-ID: <32c.2637885.316e4ab2@aol.com> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:21:06 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5301 X-Spam-Flag: NO 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 Subject: [ROOTS-L] All CAPS I will not add to the fire. I want to just tell someone who can't see well how to overcome this. For 3 years I had growing cataracts that limited my vision. Then I had surgeries, first one eye, then the second to remove this film The first healed quickly, the second took over a year. Then I had surgery to remove eyelids that were bulging over my eyes so I couldn't see well. That took some months to heal. I still don't have perfect vision, but vastly improved. Okay, those are my credentials. So how did I overcome it and remain conventional? I enlarged my font so I could see what I was typing, then I reduced it to normal size before I sent it. If some message came in that I couldn't read well, I highlighted the text, enlarged it to a size I could read, replied, then reduced it before I sent it. We all have this feature. We can overcome our handicaps without breaking conventions in our hobby. (Dear friends sent me large font messages.) I believe messages to the list are defaulted to 10 font, so perhaps even reducing the message isn't necessary. My cousin, Carol Ann Moore, able to move only her head, used two chopsticks held between her teeth to type messages and she followed the conventions. We can do it. But let's be nice to newcomers and tell them in private that there are certain conventions that we do observe and why. And add a big smile. Shirley Maynard Hampton, VA