*** LOG OPENED: Thu Oct  2 01:02:28 1997
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Participants:
  HandiBot (disabled@trantor.student.utwente.nl)
  Fenicia (melief@hotmail.com)
  CincyKid (AMCgroup@support-group.com)
  Mooooooo (dse@pacific.net)
  kb9kyy (kb9kyy@indy.net)
  Mimi (mimi@lino.com)
  Disabled (disabled@lawgiver.megacity.org)
  ChanServ (nanook@eskimo.com)
  DopeHat (khodgdon@ionet.net)
  phoenyxx
  HelloKit (carlym@u.washington.edu)
  Mooooooo via Telnet (dse@pacific.net)
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<kb9kyy> is the log open? 
<phoenyxx> is that the topic tonight? 
<Mooooooo> yes 
<kb9kyy> I got a good way... fill in number of fingers 
    you have here] finger discount... 
<HelloKit> Oh boy guys... do I ever feel like an idiot. 
<DopeHat> ok how do i save my mind 
<kb9kyy> nc 
<kb9kyy> don't leave yourself open like that....! 
<phoenyxx> ways to save.....use Pespi for paint remover :-) 
<kb9kyy> quit smoking dope, hat 
<kb9kyy> :-) 
<Mimi> lol 
<HelloKit> Okay, as most of you know... I'm an idiot and 
    completely forgot about the meeting. 
<DopeHat> yep 
<Mimi> really? 
<kb9kyy> don't insult yourself like that, let us insult 
    you! 
<HelloKit> LOL shut up Mimi 
<phoenyxx> I was getting ready to do an MST3K treatment on 
    Party of Five when I remembered the meeting :-) 
* kb9kyy smacks mimi with a large power transistor 
<HelloKit> I have an excuse, but I won't bore you. 
<Mimi> whatever that means, Simon :o) 
<HelloKit> Instead I'm just going to wing it. 
<kb9kyy> He was stuffing his face 
<kb9kyy> *g* 
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<Mimi> hello al2 :o) 
<HelloKit> Hey al2. 
<kb9kyy> yo al 
* DopeHat gives hugs and smooches to Emilie, Mimi, and 
    Carly 
<HelloKit> al2, I was just telling everyone that I 
    completely forgot the meeting and am going to have to wing 
    it. 
<phoenyxx> Party of Five is the closest thing on Earth to 
    a black hole :-) 
<phoenyxx> brb..... 
* Mimi is lost 
<HelloKit> So anyway... um, Daniel is the log on? 
<kb9kyy> when aren't you lost, mimi? *g* 
<al2> is nobody talking or am I really lagged? 
<Mimi> *HUGS and SMOOCHIES* Keith 
<kb9kyy> really lagged 
<Mimi> I'm lost because Simon is talking, as usual :o) 
<Fenicia> see you later :)))) 
<Fenicia> XXXX 
<Mimi> bye! 
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<al2> what's a good server? 
<kb9kyy> irc.tyme.net 
<Mimi> no, al2 
<Mooooooo> irc.worldnetla.net 
<kb9kyy> shut up mimi 
<DopeHat> mimi you've been getting lost alot lately 
<Mimi> irc.worldnetla.net 
<HelloKit> irc.1stnet.com or irc.worldnetla.net 
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<HelloKit> Although I had trouble with worldnetla 
<DopeHat> awwwwwwwwwwwwwww 
<Mimi> Blame it on my shrunken brain, then, Keith 
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<kb9kyy> one sixth of the meeting time is over, and you're 
    all blabbing about nothing!!!! (i can't talk, i'm doing it 
    too...) 
<HelloKit> So the first thing I'm going to ask you guys, 
    is how many of you have a significant amount of equipment 
    or assistive technology that you use regularly? 
<kb9kyy> me...Voice synth and scanner 
* al2 raises his hand 
<kb9kyy> (to read mail, etc.) 
<DopeHat> geez i give hugs and smooches and only one woman 
    returned 
<HelloKit> I have a wheelchair, custom made hairbrushes, 
    wall-mounted dressing hooks. 
* HelloKit smooches Keith. 
<kb9kyy> don't complain, be glad one did! 
<Mimi> You know who loves you, then, Keith ;o) 
<HelloKit> Anyone else? 
<Mimi> I don't have any 
<Mimi> oops, wrong... 
<Mimi> Yes, I have sunglasses 
<Mimi> and a bite splint 
* kb9kyy smacks mimi with his cane 
<Mooooooo> i have $550 glasses 
<HelloKit> Sunglasses, Mimi? 
<Mimi> what now, Brad? 
<HelloKit> Yikes! 
<kb9kyy> ^--Don't get any bright ideas! 
<kb9kyy> Yes, I have sunglasses 
<Mimi> Yeah, my anticonvulant medication makes my eyes very 
    sensitive to light 
<kb9kyy> oops, forgot the <Mimi> 
<HelloKit> Ah... 
<kb9kyy> oh...never mind 
<kb9kyy> sorry mimi 
<Mimi> s'ok Brad, don't know what you're doing anyway :o) 
<Mooooooo> my medicine costs about $15 a day for all of 
    them 
* kb9kyy is crying 'Nobody likes me!' 
<Mimi> mine is $1 a day 
<DopeHat> i have motorized chair, lift in room to pick me 
    up 
<kb9kyy> mine is none a day...(Don't take medicine) 
<kb9kyy> pick you up? 
<HelloKit> Is anyone having to pay for their equipment out 
    of their own pocket? (ie. insurance doesn't cover, etc.) 
<kb9kyy> me...I couldn't get assistance on my computer 
    equipment 
<DopeHat> yes 
<Mimi> nope, ins. covers my meds 
* Mooooooo pays cash for everything 
<kb9kyy> (good thing I got it used) 
<al2> i have to pay for some 
<HelloKit> My parents' insurance has just changed their 
    prescription program... and only covers drugs bought at 
    certain select pharmacies. 
<kb9kyy> eek 
<HelloKit> And they won't cover any pharmacies in our town, 
    so all of our family's prescriptions are paid out of 
    pocket now. 
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<Mimi> that's awful 
<CincyKid> Have the out of town pharmacies mail them