[blackdog]

The guy I referenced worked at the Customs Buiding (not really customs, just federal offices) in the early to late 80's. If there are any federal employees who may have worked there here on FR, it would be great to know what became of him. I got my territory changed from the old city district to a home office job.

Does your mom have a speech synthesis application for a laptop? My mom had ALS and used her old Tandy Word Processor to talk right up until the end. It made her life much richer.

[Outlaw Woman]

Your mom’s story is inspirational. Unfortunately, my mom absolutely refuses to have anything to do with a computer. It’s her lack of confidence I think but no matter what is suggested about it (voice commands, etc) she refuses. My step-dad is somewhat of a ‘geek’ and even got a computer built with ‘voice’ capability and she refuses to learn it. Nothing I’ve said or that he has said interests her enough to learn unfortunately. They are both elderly (he’s 84 and she is 77).

Sometimes the prisons that we are in, are built by us. (if you know what I mean.)