Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-12 Thread Oconnelldb
be a para and not a quad.   Stacy - Original Message - From: David K. Kelmer To: Stacy Harim ; quad-list@eskimo.com ; Greg Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

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2005-01-11 Thread Jkrocks
Dave,   I know that I'm paralyzed and I accept the fact that I am.  I know what I can do and I know what I cannot do from experience.  When I first got injured I figured I could still do just about everything I did before but I learned quickly how vulnerable I was and what being paralyzed

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-11 Thread B. Kimberlin
ra's that knows what it's like to be a quad so I could never see all paralysis as the same.  I know that I am damn lucky to be a para and not a quad.   Stacy - Original Message - From: David K. Kelmer To: Stacy Harim ; quad-list@eskimo.com ; Greg Sent: Sunday, January 09, 20

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-10 Thread andrea murray
s that knows what it's like to be a quad so I could never see all paralysis as the same.  I know that I am damn lucky to be a para and not a quad.   Stacy - Original Message - From: David K. Kelmer To: Stacy Harim ; quad-list@eskimo.com ; Greg Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 5:14 PM S

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-10 Thread Oconnelldb
ll paralysis as the same.  I know that I am damn lucky to be a para and not a quad.   Stacy - Original Message - From: David K. Kelmer To: Stacy Harim ; quad-list@eskimo.com ; Greg Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustra

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2005-01-10 Thread B. Kimberlin
I found this particular poem to be very insightful and often apropos of many of the situations which I face. It is by Lloyd Saposnek LOOK AT ME What do you think when you look at me Is it only a wheelchair that you see Is he normal or is he not What kind of disability has he got   I have a brain,

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-10 Thread Lori Michaelson
rprise you as it did me! On or off line.  At least the internet has oodles of people to talk to for those who are lonely.   Lori ---Original Message---   From: Stacy Harim Date: 01/10/05 14:21:44 To: Lori Michaelson; Quad Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive   I even went that r

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2005-01-10 Thread Stacy Harim
y legs is sexy and I just think that is weird.  I don't want someone to want me because of this chair I want someone to want me in spite of it.    Stacy - Original Message - From: Lori Michaelson To: Quad Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [QU

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-10 Thread Stacy Harim
our always understanding. Probably one of the most understanding on this list.   Stacy - Original Message - From: David K. Kelmer To: Stacy Harim ; quad-list@eskimo.com ; Greg Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Hi Stacy,   I th

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-10 Thread Lori Michaelson
s turning into venting, so I will stop.take care,   Dana and ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Stacy Harim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "quadlist" <quad-list@eskimo.com>; "Dana Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, Ja

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-10 Thread Dana Miller
- From: "Stacy Harim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "quadlist" ; "Dana Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive In my situation, my self esteem is good. I know that I am a good

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-10 Thread David K. Kelmer
lmer To: Stacy Harim ; quad-list@eskimo.com ; Greg Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Hi Stacy,   I would think that in the aspect of getting looked at as a sexual being, maybe to the AB of the opposite sex, paralyzed is paralyzed, but I don't

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-09 Thread Stacy Harim
al Message - From: David K. Kelmer To: Stacy Harim ; quad-list@eskimo.com ; Greg Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Hi Stacy,   I would think that in the aspect of getting looked at as a sexual being, maybe to the

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-09 Thread Stacy Harim
Title: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive I live in Maryland.  I wish maybe I had the spark you do, but I talk with anyone and everyone.  I'm the one that people have to pull away when they are ready to leave because I am talking.  I think that I am an attractive person, have a great

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-09 Thread Stacy Harim
PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Thats a good introspective concern!  I had not really thought of it in that way--at least not to that extent.  I know my self asteem is not that good, my eye contact either.  I need to re-learn how to flirt!  I used to be very good a

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-09 Thread David K. Kelmer
at you can still get women, but that's you and you are a rare case it seems after talking to others on the list.   Stacy - Original Message - From: Houston809 To: Stacy Harim ; quadlist ; Greg Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Stacy

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-09 Thread David K. Kelmer
This is how the Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN) defines it:   http://www.asexuality.org/Theory/ranges.htm   I hope this helps.   With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 28 Years PostTexas, USA Dana Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, having only read part of this thread and

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-09 Thread David K. Kelmer
g is just as hard for para's to face.  To the opposite sex paralyzed is paralyzed.   Stacy - Original Message - From: Greg To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive That statement shouldn't hurt anyone. It

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-09 Thread Houston809
Title: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Stacy, I don’t know how each situation is. And maybe it is a little bit easier 4 me 2 get a woman. But until I get over my insecurities I’ll not be able 2 keep 1 :) Tony is DA MAN with women :) Maybe he can give us all pointers :) I have a gift of GAB

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-09 Thread Houston809
Title: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Jim you are doing great. But control is not as easy 4 everyone. :) On 1/9/05 1:20 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I was always taught by my parents never to stare at people with disabilities or that were different t

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-09 Thread Dana Miller
age - From: "Houston809" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dana Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "quadlist" Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Here's something I got of a cite I don't totally agree but you

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-09 Thread Dana Miller
quot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stacy Harim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "quadlist" ; "Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Stacy, I¹m not thinking that it¹s really that difficul

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-09 Thread Jkrocks
I was always taught by my parents never to stare at people with disabilities or that were different than I was.  Even though I didn't find myself staring at times which, I still do on occasion, I never gave it any thought about their sex life.  Now, being one of the people, I understand the

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-08 Thread Stacy Harim
Lori Michaelson To: Quad Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive    Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That statement shouldn't hurt anyone. It's true... Paras

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-08 Thread Stacy Harim
Title: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Well Houston,  I guess you are just different than some of us and women are drawn to you, however it's not that way with me and I am sure others here can tell you the same.  I have said it so many times, but I'll say it again.  I think I

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-08 Thread Stacy Harim
Title: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive I was only a quad for a short time but when I was, I said "I'll be ok if I could only just use my arms.  Now I can as a para and want to walk.  It's human nature to always want more.   Stacy - Original Message - From: H

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-08 Thread Houston809
Title: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Here's something I got of a cite I don't totally agree but you can put it in a search engine and research. Am I Asexual? Ranges of Asexuality "Am I Asexual" is one of the most common questions asked here on AVEN, and it is not on

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-08 Thread Lori Michaelson
one who would volunteer to break their spine a few levels higher.Greg   From: Houston809 Date: 01/08/05 17:11:53 To: Greg; quadlist Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive   Greg you are so correct. Because when I think about a cure for SCI I just want to be a little better than I am now. Inste

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-08 Thread Houston809
Title: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Stacy, I’m not thinking that it’s really that difficult 2 find a person that’ll be there in a meaningful relationship. I have some problems but some of them it’s more me than them. So don’t think that I’m going against anything I’ve said. But I know

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-08 Thread Houston809
Title: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Greg you are so correct. Because when I think about a cure for SCI I just want to be a little better than I am now. Instead of C/6 C/7 I want to be a low level para :) just let me be totally independent without having to wait on an aid. On 1/8/05 12:20

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-08 Thread QuadPirate
If I'm correct Dana I think it means non-sexual.   Mark    ---Original Message---   From: Dana Miller Date: Saturday, January 08, 2005 12:41:21 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Cc: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive  Hi, having only read part of this t

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-08 Thread Dana Miller
ed' the mood! take care, Dana and ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "QuadPirate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 5:03 P

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-08 Thread Stacy Harim
paralyzed.   Stacy - Original Message - From: Greg To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive That statement shouldn't hurt anyone. It's true... Paras have it easier than quads. Just like

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-08 Thread Greg
That statement shouldn't hurt anyone. It's true... Paras have it easier than quads. Just like a C5 like me has it easier than a C4. The more moement you have, the more you can do for yourself. If it's not a fact, than show me someone who would volunteer to break their spine a few levels hig

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-07 Thread Stacy Harim
ED] To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 6:56 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive In a message dated 1/7/2005 6:04:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Stacy I wasn't implying that para's have it easier I was just s

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-07 Thread TonyPony1
In a message dated 1/7/2005 6:04:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Stacy I wasn't implying that para's have it easier I was just saying if I had a good "Grip" I could help myself! It was a joke, just trying to relieve this tension oops there I go again being funny! ...i  w

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-07 Thread QuadPirate
Original Message---   From: Stacy Harim Date: Friday, January 07, 2005 4:25:01 PM To: QuadPirate; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive   It seems that us para's have just of a hard time getting a da

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2005-01-07 Thread Stacy Harim
o.com Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive That's funny Houston this is the first I've heard of a-sexual in my 5 short years as a quad. It does seem to me that a para would have a better sex lif

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-07 Thread David K. Kelmer
hat you and Mark said I am starting to believe people thing we are asexual.    Stacy - Original Message - From: andrea murray To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive He Stacy, What is the definition of being a lo

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-07 Thread QuadPirate
ssing this sensitive issue.   Mark    ---Original Message---   From: Houston809 Date: Thursday, January 06, 2005 6:13:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; andrea murray; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: quadlist Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive  MarkLike when I was in Partners

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2005-01-06 Thread Stacy Harim
PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive He Stacy, What is the definition of being a lover when it involves Quad 's and Par's. I have been asking this question ever since I was n Rab. Men say that they only wint to be friends not lovers. Can anyone anwser this o

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-06 Thread Houston809
Title: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Mark Like when I was in Partners class a few yrs back. Was the 1st time that I’d heard A-sexual which I had to ask the meaning of it 2 be sure. Now my cousin that’s a Para which was pretty much 1 of few people with a disability that I was in contact

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2005-01-06 Thread Smurfonwheels
In a message dated 06/01/2005 18:38:44 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey Stacy, I've come to the conclusion that people just don't think we're even interested in a relationship. Nobody thinks I'm interested in a sex life so no need for a relationship in their eyes.

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2005-01-06 Thread andrea murray
He Stacy, What is the definition of being a lover when it involves Quad 's and Par's. I have been asking this question ever since I was n Rab. Men say that they only wint to be friends not lovers. Can anyone anwser this old age question. Wheelcheel WarriorQuadPirate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-06 Thread QuadPirate
ay, January 05, 2005 4:33:41 PM To: Stacy Harim; andrea murray; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: quadlist Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive  StacySo I guess that I even put my costume on with you all also. But at timez I even fool myself :) as 2 my real feelings.Houston On 1/4/05 9:10 PM, "Stacy

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-05 Thread Houston809
Title: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Stacy So I guess that I even put my costume on with you all also. But at timez I even fool myself :) as 2 my real feelings. Houston On 1/4/05 9:10 PM, "Stacy Harim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Houston,   I'm glad you said wha

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-05 Thread Houston809
Title: Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive I’m still a big flirt :) I think it’s just part of me and my image/defense mechanism. :) On 1/5/05 12:25 AM, "THouston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ditto Houston I used to be very aggressive b/4 now I'm very passive.  Any little l

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-04 Thread THouston
EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: quadlist Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 1:49 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive Andrea,Were you referring 2 any quad men that I know? :) Some of us quad men don’t know how 2 read signs anymore & since we have the reverse situations with women

Re: [QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-04 Thread Stacy Harim
Title: Frustration/sensitive Houston,   I'm glad you said what you said, because I portrayed you as someone who seems to get women a lot.  I don't know why.  Maybe just because you speak with so much confidence.  I also do what you do.  I am strong around people and they would never in a mil

[QUAD-L] Frustration/sensitive

2005-01-04 Thread Houston809
Title: Frustration/sensitive Andrea, Were you referring 2 any quad men that I know? :) Some of us quad men don’t know how 2 read signs anymore & since we have the reverse situations with women we are a little hesitant of our advances. Rejection hurts a lot more now than it did prior 2 SCI ... I