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My Mother had Parkinsons.
As you probably know, the prescribed drugs are relatives of the LSD family - and she found that taking a higher dose prior to requiring good motor skills worked quite well - although the side effects could be scary (hallucinations for example) - but if she wanted to type or play piano, she would just dose up, do what she wanted (and have a remarkably good time of it!) and then suffer the almost completely frozen affects when it wore off by going to bed.
For the computer she used one of those trackball things[^]
(christ that was a long link) which she found usable, although not perfect.
With my mother, the mental confusion seemed to be much more a symptom of the drugs than of the disease itself (taking whopping amounts of LSD prior to popping to the shops for bread and milk is not recommended; she once abandoned her car in the middle of the street and 'ran' home because of the meteors that were streaking out of the sky; kudos to the policeman who tracked her down, knocked on the door, and after a brief chat, just suggested she tried not to drive after taking the drugs!)
There are large format keyboards[^] available which may help.
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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If you discover your cat has had its arse sown up, it's my thank-you for the present it left me ON MY DOORSTEP!
speramus in juniperus
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Hey! Think yourself lucky it was only a richard on a non-porous surface...
They hide worse things than that in your shoes, under cushions...
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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It's a wooden step and it is stained by that stuff. What do you people feed those monsters?
speramus in juniperus
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Sheep and Ronseal.
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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You own sheeps?
Mates here said so.
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I wouldn't say he 'owns' them, but he certainly 'knows' some very well indeed.
speramus in juniperus
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I'd even dare say that he has a deep knowledge.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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You can't "own" sheep in Wales. They have the vote, so it would count as slavery.
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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only because the welsh assembly is made up of them
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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About half and half - we're an Equal Opportunities country...
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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Griff has indeed been reputed to pwn one on the odd occasion.
"Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation, so that belief can be preserved." - Tim Minchin
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OriginalGriff wrote: They hide worse things than that in your shoes, under cushions
Not to mention whoopsies in berets.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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from Betty.
speramus in juniperus
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Check the feaces ! it might have been a Civet cat[^]
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Struth...
"Toxoplasma gondii could cause a change in our behaviour—even a change in our personality that could 'make us' like cats."
I have had some recent changes in behaviour. Last week I started spraying the plants around the front entrance and scratching up the railing on the deck.
Sorry about using the lounge as if it were Facebook.
I will sell the cats to science and invest in a Poodle.....and my next post will not be "I just breathed".
ARF she said...
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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At the same time... about 19% of the US is currently infected with toxo and the percentage is rising. It is really only dangerous in people with compromised immune systems and pregnant women who were not infected before they became pregnant.
CDC on toxoplasmosis[^]
I think with the amount of gin Nagy consumes, he is well preserved and doesn't have much to worry about.
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I read that "Dead cat owner". I rejoyced too soon.
I am a proud member of the CAC, the committee against cats.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Your a member of the CCC surely?
Comité contre les Chats
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Exactly [^]!
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Now, is it the cat or the owner?
speramus in juniperus
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I shudder to think of what you've sown in its arse.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: the present it left me ON MY DOORSTEP! ..that's the reason why my cat isn't allowed to roam freely outside.
Am planning on buying an invisible cat-fence; that way he can frolic outside without me worrying about the safety of the neighbours dog. It'd consist of a wire and a collar - giving a sound-warning when the cat is close to the border of the garden (collar detects the wire), and giving a small shock if the cat ignores the warning-sound.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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It could have been worse, could have been Justin Beiber.
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