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From: Stephen.White@f853.n681.z3.fidonet.org (Stephen White)
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Subject: Re: Hearing
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Date: 12 Jan 90 02:18:49 GMT
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 > It WAS my concern that too MANY deafies are impatient with
 > us neophytes at
 > signing. An attitude CAN become prevalent. I think that
 > deaf folks who do not
 
No argument here! I'm BORN deaf, and deafer than most of the mainstream 
deaf, and THEY get impatient with me, even though I've been signing 
for a short time, and bloody good for the length of time. One of the 
ones that DO bother, reckons it'll only be another year before I'm 
indistinguishable from the signers from birth. I notice that it is 
generally only the deaf that are concerned about other deaf, that bother 
to interact with the hearing world. They know that the future of deaf 
groups doesnt rely on growing in on itself.
 
 
I'm using my other terminal program, so I guess this signoff will have 
to do!
 
           .-. .   _      _
           `-. +- ;-` || ;-`
           `-' `- `-  `' `-
 
 
(which is actually a part of a longer macro).. the rest of it is
 
       -.        .-.   .-.
      |  .-.  _  `-.. .`-..-..-.
       -'`-'     `-'`-:`-'`-':-'
  -.         .       _' .-.  ;   .-.
 |  .-.. ..-.+- .-. .   : :.-.. .`-.
  -'`-'`-'' ``- ' `-:   `-':-'`-'`-'
                   _'      '
 
which is rather irrelevant anyway!

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