i'm worried about melinda and her family.  the santa cruz mountain area is
ablaze.  the fire has devoured about 3000 acres so far, only 20% contained
and they are expecting it to cover 10,000 acres before it is contained.  so,
if anyone hears anything from melinda, please post it ...

American Airlines to charge for 1st checked bag
Hammered by rising fuel costs and facing a soft U.S. economy, American
Airlines will begin charging for a first checked bag and announced cuts
to its flight capacity.

You know, it was much harder to post after AOL stopped doing
newsgroups.  so this morning I reply to Kate and there is a validation
code I have to type in.  When did this start and what purpose does it
serve except to make posting more difficult.  Any one reading ASA not

They've decided to NOT raise the cabin pressure ..
Not enough evidence ..
They aren't counting the db's .. just the cash ..
Reminds me of the water heaters which had the 'defect' .. they decided

Remember our discussion about lightweight luggage? I ended up buying
Tutto luggage, which I don't believe we discussed, but since i just
returned from a ten day trip with it, i thought i'd give it a review.
Tutto is endorsed by the Arthritis Foundation. It's lightweight and

US court:  Paper money discriminates against blind
Tuesday, May 20, 2008               13:19 EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. discriminates against blind people by printing paper money that makes it impossible for them to distinguish among the bills' varying values, a federal ...

My 35 year old toilet needed replacing so the plumber installed one that
is Chair Height.  My knees have never been so happy!!!!   It's a larger
unit, takes up more space, costs more money than a standard one, but is
soooo worth it.  I highly recommend it to any one with arthritis.

I just got a new MAJOR ankle  brace. There is a steel shank inside the
sole of my shoe (they cut the sole, then glued it back together). then
there's a channel cut into the sides of the heel of the shoe and a
metal bar runs through that and is attached at either side to metal

had my mr images done yesterday morning.  that's got to be the narrowest mri
tube i've ever been in!  i don't know if it was an older model or a newer
one, but it felt like it was made  kidsize.  needless to say the hard metal,
sliding bed was a challenge because of having to be ...

I have been diagnosed with AS at 29.  I am now 45 years.  I have been
managing with NSAIDs all these years without much concerns since the
pain used to be intermittent  (about 3 in a year) and goes away  in
about 3 weeks when I could stop NSAIDs. I also used to get Iritis

I am new to this group.  I was diagnosed this year as having Marfan's
(HCTD - Hereditary Connective Tissue Disorder).
Currently, I am taking anti-arthritics, anti-inflamatories and
cortresone injections

We are researchers at the Social Psychology Lab of the University of
Virginia conducting a study on pain intensity.  This study will allow
us to investigate how thoughts and feelings combine in the experience
of pain.

Rose,
I'm so sorry to hear that Sylvia is still doing so poorly.  I can only
imagine how difficult this is for all of your family!!!
Prayers continuing for all of you!!!

An estimated 46 million adults in the United States reported being
told by a doctor that they have some form of arthritis, rheumatoid
arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia.
One in five (over 21%) adults in the United States report having

The exposure to toxic chemicals interrupts normal bodily function.
Pharmaceuticals, herbicides, pesticides, hormones, antibodies, heavy
metals, pollution, preservatives, dyes, fillers, cleaners,
disinfectants and processed foods represent only a small percentage of