HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: Steve.Bauer@f7.n291.z1.fidonet.org (Steve Bauer)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Artic Speech
Date: 14 Oct 92 15:29:03 GMT
Reply-To: Steve.Bauer@f7.n291.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:291/7 - Union Station, Wichita KS
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24965

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

I am running Artic 3.03 and have come up with two words that I can
notget it to say correctly.

The first is Debbie.  No matter if you spell it Debi, Deby, Debby
etc, it won't say it correctly.  I have tried many phonetic spellings
and no luck.  Any ideas?

The other is the company name A T & T.  In the exception dictionary
when you put in A space, T space the and sign and a space followed by
a  T it says it fine, but in actual reading the synthesizer says the
word  at and then and t.

Again I've tried different settings including ay t & t and no luck.
Any  one have luck with this one?

Thanks
Steve

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From: Sheila.Fava@f68.n382.z1.fidonet.org (Sheila Fava)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: SPORTAIDS For Y'all.....
Date: 14 Oct 92 15:33:57 GMT
Reply-To: Sheila.Fava@f68.n382.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:382/68 - Diabetes Discussion, Austin TX
X-Fidonet: Abled Athlete Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24993

[This is from the Abled Athlete Conference]

    Here are three addresses for nifty sports equipment:

    Sportaid                      |   disABLED Outdoors Magazine
    2462 Centerville/Rosebud Rd.  |   Attention:  John Kopchik, Jr.
    Loganville, GA  30249         |   5223 S. Lorel Avenue
    Phone:  1-800-743-7203        |
    Inside GA: 404-979-7203       |   Phone:  (312)284-2206
    ---------------------------------------------------------------
    You will find the motorized bobber in Sportaid catalog and lots
    of good information and other catalog information in _disABLED_
    _Outdoors_Magazine_.  There are other  catalogs featuring other
    outdoor sports.  Just ask.....
    ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Products To Assist the disABLED Sportsman (and Woman)
    J. L. Patchner, Ltd.
    33012 Lighthouse Ct.
    San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
      Phone:  (714)240-1565

     All new Fly-Tying Section Included.

     K.O.!  Where are those prize-winning lunkers?  There's no excuse
            for "The One That Got Away" ....NOW, is there?
-----
                    ---Sheila

                    *** HOST(ess) ABLED-Athlete Conference ***

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From: gcampbel@ecst.csuchico.edu (Gary Campbell)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Braille N Speak Comp
Date: 7 Oct 92 18:52:46 GMT
Reply-To: gcampbel@ecst.csuchico.edu (Gary Campbell)
Organization: California State University, Chico
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24765

In article <24633@handicap.news> janina@netcom.com (Janina Sajka) writes:
>Index Number: 24633
>
>Though you can choose X modem, Y modem, Kermit or Z Modem to sent

Not zmodem, at least in the August 14, 1992 revision.
From: Isaac.Obie@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Isaac Obie)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Different Strokes!
Date: 13 Oct 92 18:21:10 GMT
Reply-To: Isaac.Obie@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:101/460.0 - VI/BUG, Holbrook MA
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24921

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hi Willie, It sure is different with every dog. My Eva would lift her
head as if to say did I do thar tight/ I'd say yeah. I'd say it in a
long drawn out manner. She'd also toss her head as if to say, you
betcha! She also would look at me in a way that made me laugh when we
went out to do her thing. This look is to say, now what? Or did you
notice I haven't done anything yet? It was a kind of subtle game, but
amusing. The other thing. This dog really loved to play. Tug of war was
her favorite. Imagine seventy pounds on the other end of a piece of
rubber tug toy? You know, Willie, I think someone should address the
problem of retirement.  I know this is a very touchy issue. But I am
seeing too many people keep their dogs until they literally drop in
their tracks. I am seeing people trying to work dogs that can'jt half
stand up. Dogs that can't see. When my dog ran me in to five people in
the course of a forty five minute trip downtown, that told me it was
time. I was depressed, but I knew it was time. I never took her out
after that as a guide dog. I gave her four good years of retirement
after that. I asked that she be put down when it was obvious that she
couldn't make it to the park area and when she was having trouble
climbing stairs. I wanted her to go with dignity. I cried after the
decision, but I wouldn't tell anyone around here that. So there we are.
Someone should discuss that issue. I do know it's personal, but right is
right. After all, they do get retirement. Why not the dog? I think there
oughta be set rules regarding this. But of course, that's just my
opinion. See you. Isaac

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From: Jack.O'keeffe@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jack O'keeffe)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: How to get on other bbs
Date: 14 Oct 92 15:50:30 GMT
Reply-To: Jack.O'keeffe@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/26 - SoundingBoard, Pittsburgh PA
X-Fidonet: Silent Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25001

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 BH> Maybe the average hearing aid buyer just isn't very demanding.
 BH> When i got my first aid, my audiologist showed me the options,
 BH> i picked one that seemed good and i am still wearing it 12
 BH> years later.

If I knew then what I know now, I would have been a whole lot happier
with my first hearing aid - even tho the technology was somewhat more
primitive then than it is now.  (My first aid was a Zenith body aid,
when transistors were new state-of-the-art :-)

 BH> A good aid, i think, should not only give good performance but
 BH> also minimize the number of weirdies you need to deal with
 BH> everyday (feedback from something moving in close proximity,
 BH> using the telephone, exposure to bursts of noise, etc. ).
 BH> These things, if poorly handled, can cause stress which we try
 BH> to ignore but is there nontheless.

A true DSP (Digital Signal Processing) aid could do all that, and more.
But the dispensers continue to resist new technology.  I would bet that
most of the hearing aids sold end up unused - in the drawer with the
sox.  When people are disappointed in what the aids do, they will not
continue to use them.

Jack O'keeffe

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From: Tim.Syfert@f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Tim Syfert)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: HELL or NOT?
Date: 14 Oct 92 15:51:41 GMT
Reply-To: Tim.Syfert@f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:114/15 - St Joes Hospital, Phoenix AZ
X-Fidonet: Spinal Injury Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25009

[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

 AH>> P.S.  Quadriplegia is no gift.  Quadriplegia with pain is hell on
 AH>> earth.  Dependence and discomfort - what a combination!

 DJ> It isn't that bad and you know it.

Careful Derek,

I know Alan has got a lot of problems with pain, and when you mix it
with quadriplegia, as he put it, it's gotta be hell on earth. I haven't
had the pain problem, but after almost 20 years as a quad it comes
close to hell. It may not seem bad to you now <which seems hard to
believe, cause it seemed bad to me at 2 years post>, but wait another
18 years then think about it, you eventually get tired of all the crap.
It becomes a day to day mental challenge. It has helped to stay busy
with different things as Joe and Keith had mentioned earlier, AND a
sense of humor is always a plus.

                                Another day,

                                                Tim

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From: Alan.Hess@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Alan Hess)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: HELLO
Date: 9 Oct 92 21:00:40 GMT
Reply-To: Alan.Hess@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:261/1000 - Nerve Center, Pikesville MD
X-Fidonet: Spinal Injury Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24822

[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

In a missive of <Sep 30 18:19> Frank Whitney (1:261/1000)
writes to John Lynch:

JL>>sort.  The girl really has faith way above mine.  I believe
JL>>in God, but not paraplegic as a agift.  I do get frustrated
JL>>at times and ask Him what he wants of me if I am to be a
JL>>paraplegic.

 FW> I believe that we all do as you do.  I know that I do.  I would
 FW> never look on my being a quadriplegic as a gift and I don't
 FW> believe that many other quadriplegic or any other diseased
 FW> person would say that in 99% of the time.

Read "When Bad Things Happen To Good People".  Even a non-religious
person like me found it interesting.  Someone with more faith than
me who questions why their God would inflict such trouble on them
may derive comfort from the theories of the author (a rabbi, but I
don't recall whether he was Orthodox).  *adh*

P.S.  Quadriplegia is no gift.  Quadriplegia with pain is hell on
earth.  Dependence and discomfort - what a combination!

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From: person@plains.nodak.edu (Brett Person )
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Traumatic Brain Injuries - info wanted
Date: 15 Oct 92 14:06:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: handicap.25026
Reply-To: person@plains.nodak.edu (Brett Person )
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computer Network
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25026

I need some general information on traumatic brain injuries.  I'm
particularly interested in recovery and re-trainning programs for
TBI victims.

Thanks

-Brett
From: Tony.Young@f304.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Tony Young)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Jerry's orphans
Date: 7 Oct 92 16:45:06 GMT
Reply-To: Tony.Young@f304.n109.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:109/304 - WID East, Springfield VA
X-Fidonet: Able News Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24759

[This is from the AbleNews Conference]

I just read the reply on the Telethon. I don't know what telethon
you've been watching, but the one with Jerry Lewis on it is
horribly demeaning to people with disabilties.

Jerry treats people with disabilities as non-persons, objects of
pity, half-persons, and in need of total care from others. This is
patently ridicules. It is not an acceptible way of raising money.

Imagine going in to a job interview, and having the employer treat
you like you were a kid, or helpless. Imagine going through life
with people wanting to pat you on the head, or put a few coins in
your tin cup. That's what Jerry does to people, and why Jerry's
Orphans was created.

I support Jerry's Orphans, and will do so until Jerry leaves the
telethon and MDA changes the way they portray people with
disabilities in their fund raising and other materials.

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From: Les.Kriegler@p0.f207.n260.z1.fidonet.org (Les Kriegler)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Help! Help! Need Fax Facts!
Date: 14 Oct 92 15:29:10 GMT
Reply-To: Les.Kriegler@p0.f207.n260.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:260/207.0 - The Recovery Room, Rochester NY
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24966

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 JD> I'll take a look at this software in addition to the others that have
 JD> been suggested here.  > I have
 > a Zoom Internal, and that software came with it.
 JD> Mine is the Zoom 2400HC, and it came with Bitfax.

Hi Jeff.  Actually, perhaps we can work together on this one.
I am looking for other fax software which has additional
features to the one that came with my modem.  Here is what I
have thus far.  According to a message you received,
Quicklink is supposed to be a product that works well with
speech, and has Laser Print quality for Faxes, something that
I am in search of.  I contacted Smith Micro, and was referred
to one of their distributors.  Apparently, they sell that
product which retails for $69.95; we should be able to get a
better price than that.  A new product called HotFax, made by
the same company is being touted.  The distributor to which I
refer is Genesis Technology,(800)477-1717.  I spoke with Mike
O'Connor, who is supposed to fax information about the 2
products, along with prices for both.  Of course, nobody using
speech has every requested this product, according to him, and
he was going to research the matter further to check out the
overall structure of HotFax, the new product he was promoting.
He did not give me a firm price yet for QuickLink.  Anyway, I
would appreciate it if you let me know what you come up with.
 JD> I'll let you know how successful I am with Express Fax.

Please do.  If your speech software supports light bar
tracking, it may work for you.  Good luck and let me know what
happens.  Les

... Mary had a little RAM -- only about a MEG or so.

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From: William.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Help Getting Started With Dos 5.0
Date: 10 Oct 92 05:02:26 GMT
Reply-To: William.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/89.0 - BlinkLink, Pittsburgh PA
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24854

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 DB> going into a capslok mode and nothing I do can fix it.  It has
 DB> occured in Word Perfect most of the time (although I use WP
 DB> more than anything else) but has occured at the Dos level and
 DB> in another program. Re-booting is the only solution and it's
 DB> quite annoying sometimes.

David,
    And I thought it was just me!

     No lie, this same thing has been happening to me ever since I got
DOS 5.0, but I simply couldn't figure out what was causing the problem
as I changed so many other things at the same time!  I started running
the new version of Vocal-Eyes, I changed keyboards, and I did a few
other things that complicated the process of determing what was at
fault, and yes, I'm still dealing with the problem even now as we speak!

     On my system, however, I did find a way of resolving the old caps
lock problem without rebooting, so give it a shot and see if it works
for you.  I found that when I notice I'm getting caps when I shouldn't
ought to be getting caps, I simply hold down the shift key, type a cap
and then backspace out the results, and everything is back to normal.
The reason I'm guessing this might work for you is because, it sounds
like you've found the caps lock key to be totally worthless, just as I
did, and nothing else I ever tried resolved the problem either.  Now,
why using the shift key and then the backspace key, both of which are
necessary, resolves the problem isn't something I can hazard a guess at,
but it does work for me...
                                        Willie

... Have you smooched your pooch today?

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From: Greg.Wick@f45.n343.z1.fidonet.org (Greg Wick)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Spasms
Date: 14 Oct 92 15:52:20 GMT
Reply-To: Greg.Wick@f45.n343.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:343/45 - The French Connecti, Edmonds Wa
X-Fidonet: Spinal Injury Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25014

[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

My spasms have gotten a lot worse now that the cold weather is
coming... I have a wood stove going all the time and wear a
turtleneck and a sweater. The turtle neck is a cotton/polly blend
from LL Bean. It's probobly the best thing for the cold for me. I
keep the neck up all the way. Since I only feel from my neck up, I
must keep it covered to stay warm. But moving to Arizona is always
on my mind. I would rather be to hot then to cold.

===
 * SLMR 2.1 * Catastrophe -- an award for the cat with the nicest buns!

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From: Joel.Kogen@f1.n107.z94.fidonet.org (Joel Kogen)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Sign References
Date: 13 Oct 92 04:22:23 GMT
Reply-To: Joel.Kogen@f1.n107.z94.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 94:107/1 - Net 107 Technical O, Edison NJ
X-Fidonet: Silent Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24873

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 you might like to Try the
 The Joy Of Signing
By Lottie L. Riekehof
 The ISBN# 0-88243-518-3
  Sorry I don't recalled the Price i think it around 20.00
  you can call you local book store I know waldan Books carrie it.
  ( if the have any left.)

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From: labyris@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Amber)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Newsgroups/newsletters for Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury
Date: 9 Oct 92 20:42:37 GMT
Reply-To: labyris@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Amber)
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24784

Is anyone aware of any electronic newsgroups or newsletters for
survivors of traumatic brain injury and/or family members?  I
thought I had found one but it is defunk.  Thanks for anything
anyone can dig up!!!!!
From: mikef@pacifier.rain.com (Mike Freeman)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: braillers
Date: 9 Oct 92 17:21:15 GMT
Reply-To: mikef@pacifier.rain.com (Mike Freeman)
Organization: Pacifier BBS
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24781

In article <24686@handicap.news> dashiell@nadc.nadc.navy.mil (Jude DaShiell) writes:
>Index Number: 24686
>
>That wasn't a Marlborough brailler, but a Marburg brailler and if
>I'm not mistaken the company is still in business today whether
>they deserve to be or not.  The Hall's and Marburg's were rather
>heavy as well as being more bulky than Perkins machines.  Though I
>would buy a Stainsby interpoint machine if I were buying my first
>brailler again though.

Hmmm.  Well it was 1955 when I saw the Marburg machine and my
German was limited at that time to "guten Tag" so I am not
surprised I mangled the name.  Sorry for the kipper.

Those machines must have been made in conjunction with the
Blindenstudienanstalt that, I believe, is in Marburg.

BTW, never heard of a Stainsby.  Please dissertate upon the
subject <grin>.

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Telephone (206)574-8221 |       Loose bits sink chips!
From: Patricia.Bregman@f24.n3602.z1.fidonet.org (Patricia Bregman)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Facial disfigurement
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:45:29 GMT
Reply-To: Patricia.Bregman@f24.n3602.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3602/24 - ADAnet One (tm) Net, Pinson AL
X-Fidonet: Rare Disorder Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24727

[This is from the Rare Disorders Conference]

EM>   Let's Face It
  >   P.O. Box 711
  >   Concord, MA 01742

        There is also a conference on Ability OnLine in Toronto
        (416-650-5411) moderated by someone from About Face, an
        organization for people with a facial disfigurement.

 * OLX 2.1 TD * A closed mouth gathers no feet.
===
 * QNet3 * ADAnet: Ability OnLine - Toronto Canada - 416/650-5411

 # Origin: ADAnet(tm) NetHub Birmingham, Alabama (205)854-9074  (94:94/1)

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From: Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org (Doug Geoffray)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: trivia question again.
Date: 13 Oct 92 18:18:02 GMT
Reply-To: Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:369/8 - The Catwalk BBS, Davie FL
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24903

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 CH> doing an increase to the num of cols might help users of
 CH> mainframes, since many terminals can support 132 cols, and much
 CH> of the paper for mainframes is 132 col wide.  Could be useful
 CH> for report design.

Chris,

You are correct.  I have marked this down for a future upgrade.  These types
of features I don't mind.  They don't require much mind power.  ha ha

Regards,
  Doug

... GW Micro -- Fort Wayne, IN -- (219) 483-3625

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From: John.Lynch@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (John Lynch)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Access Chair
Date: 9 Oct 92 20:59:55 GMT
Reply-To: John.Lynch@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:261/1000 - Nerve Center, Pikesville MD
X-Fidonet: Spinal Injury Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24818

[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

Hey I told you I would forget who you are!  But the Access
stairclimbing "tank" wheelchair is made by Quest Technologies
Corp., 766 Palomar Ave., Sunnyvale, CA. 94086-3550, with a phone
nmber (408)739-3550.

Sorry it took so long, I just stumbled over the paperwork.
Goodluck and say hello to Polly if she is still working for them.

Regards, John

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From: dlc@ais.org (David Claytor)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Another Hand Control Question
Keywords: hand controls, automobile, manual transmission, clutch, MS
Date: 9 Oct 92 16:12:07 GMT
Reply-To: dlc@ais.org (David Claytor)
Organization: UMCC
X-Fidonet: Spinal Injury Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 24767

In article <24629@handicap.news> jhs@druhi.ATT.COM (Jeffrey Shore) writes:
>Index Number: 24629
>
>in article <24545@handicap.news>, dnmiller@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
>(David Neal Miller) says:
>>
>> Index Number: 24545
>>
>> My wife would welcome any suggestions for automobile hand controls.
>>
>> She's currently using a sturdy but clunky twist-to-accellerate,
>> push-to-brake hand control by Wells-Engberg which has served her
>> well over the years. It's rugged and uncomplicated, both positives.
>> ...
>> Has anyone a hand control which he or she would especially
>> recommend? or a brand to avoid?  ...
>
>A follow-up to that for related advice needed:
>
>I currently have a Bronco II with manual shift and clutch. My
>difficulty is that my left leg (the clutch foot) is getting weaker,
>fatigues very easily, and I have a hard time controlling
>lateral/rotational movement of my foot notwithstanding the leg
>brace I wear for "drop foot syndrome" (all a result of MS). It
>continues to get worse and I have almost nailed other vehicles or
>pedestrians when my foot slips off the clutch.
>
[remainder of quote deleted]
>
>Jeff Shore

Jeff, when I was searching through various literature sources re: hand
controls, I do recall seeing something about direct-linkage clutch
mechanisms.  Call:
ABLEDATA
800-346-2742
They are a federal database service.  Tell'm your needs, and they'll send
you a print-out of vendors/product descriptions.  There might be a nominal
charge if the print-out is more than a couple pages.

__Dave