Comments for Albany Capital District Walk for Pancreatic Cancer Research http://www.albanypcrwalk.org Raising funds for pancreatic cancer research, one step at a time. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:41:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Albany Capital District Walk for Hope by Neil Piper http://www.albanypcrwalk.org/#comment-12 Neil Piper Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:41:53 +0000 http://www.albanypcrwalk.org/#comment-12 Hi David. Please send your question to info@albanypcrwalk.org. I'll answer it as best as I can. Thanks. Neil Hi David. Please send your question to info@albanypcrwalk.org. I’ll answer it as best as I can. Thanks.
Neil

]]> Comment on Albany Capital District Walk for Hope by David Haas http://www.albanypcrwalk.org/#comment-11 David Haas Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:56:00 +0000 http://www.albanypcrwalk.org/#comment-11 Hello, I have a question about your blog.  Please email me! Thanks, David Hello,

I have a question about your blog.  Please email me!

Thanks,

David

]]> Comment on Our Walk Rocked! by Neil Piper http://www.albanypcrwalk.org/2011/09/25/our-walk-rocked/#comment-10 Neil Piper Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:27:00 +0000 http://www.albanypcrwalk.org/?p=203#comment-10 What a shame that Steve Jobs had to lose his life so early.  I'm sorry for his passing.  He was a revolutionary - a man who thought outside the box, and he should have had many more years to innovate new ideas and concepts.  He affected my life.  I still remember opening the boxes containing my Apple II+.  It was an exciting moment in my life, and it changed my life.  I learned so much about computing from that little computer.  Many were the nights that I spent creating programs that I used in my research, or as a computer consultant, or as a gamer, playing Adventure, or other fantasy game.  And the Apple affected my family's lives as well.  My daughter Kim and my son David, used to play games on my Apple II+.  Now, many years later, they have their own Apple iMacs, iPods and iPads.  They are fully influenced by Mr. Jobs' creations.  People of all ages walk around the streets, or study, or do their jobs, earbuds inserted, listening to music delivered to them from Apple devices.  His stuff is as common as, you'll excuse the phrase, Apple pie and coffee.  It's a shame that someting so insidious as pancreatic cancer killed him.  I hate the damned disease, and I want to obliterate it. What a shame that Steve Jobs had to lose his life so early.  I’m sorry for his passing.  He was a revolutionary – a man who thought outside the box, and he should have had many more years to innovate new ideas and concepts.  He affected my life.  I still remember opening the boxes containing my Apple II+.  It was an exciting moment in my life, and it changed my life.  I learned so much about computing from that little computer.  Many were the nights that I spent creating programs that I used in my research, or as a computer consultant, or as a gamer, playing Adventure, or other fantasy game.  And the Apple affected my family’s lives as well.  My daughter Kim and my son David, used to play games on my Apple II+.  Now, many years later, they have their own Apple iMacs, iPods and iPads.  They are fully influenced by Mr. Jobs’ creations.  People of all ages walk around the streets, or study, or do their jobs, earbuds inserted, listening to music delivered to them from Apple devices.  His stuff is as common as, you’ll excuse the phrase, Apple pie and coffee.  It’s a shame that someting so insidious as pancreatic cancer killed him.  I hate the damned disease, and I want to obliterate it.

]]> Comment on Welcome to Our New Site! by Neil http://www.albanypcrwalk.org/2010/08/25/welcome-to-our-new-site/#comment-9 Neil Sat, 03 Sep 2011 12:33:00 +0000 http://www.albanypcrwalk.org/?p=23#comment-9 Why do people walk?  Almost everyone has been directly affected by PC, by losing a family member or friend.  Some people walk to support friends.  But some people walk because they are curious.  They've heard about pancreatic cancer, and they've heard about the walk.  Over the years, we've seen more and more people who want to know about this cancer.  One person I met was passing by in his car and saw the sign, so he turned in to check it out.  Another read about the walk and was enticed by the donuts and pick-a-prize.  Hey, if that's what it takes to get people interested in learning about PC, then so be it.  One of the Walk goals is to raise awareness of this disease and what's being done to fight it.  I'd like to see more curiosity seekers.  I'd like to be able to have more participants at the walk who have NOT been affected by the disease.  I'd like to see more participants who have survived this disease - who have battled it and won.  I'd like to see a survival rate that reaches 80% percent and have walkers who can stand strong and say "we beat it"!  But most of all, I'd like to see the day when we can say that this cancer is no longer a killer.  So I applaud those curious people who come for some other reason than being affected by PC.  I welcome you, and hope you will spread the word. Why do people walk?  Almost everyone has been directly affected by PC, by losing a family member or friend.  Some people walk to support friends.  But some people walk because they are curious.  They’ve heard about pancreatic cancer, and they’ve heard about the walk.  Over the years, we’ve seen more and more people who want to know about this cancer.  One person I met was passing by in his car and saw the sign, so he turned in to check it out.  Another read about the walk and was enticed by the donuts and pick-a-prize.  Hey, if that’s what it takes to get people interested in learning about PC, then so be it.  One of the Walk goals is to raise awareness of this disease and what’s being done to fight it.  I’d like to see more curiosity seekers.  I’d like to be able to have more participants at the walk who have NOT been affected by the disease.  I’d like to see more participants who have survived this disease – who have battled it and won.  I’d like to see a survival rate that reaches 80% percent and have walkers who can stand strong and say “we beat it”!  But most of all, I’d like to see the day when we can say that this cancer is no longer a killer.  So I applaud those curious people who come for some other reason than being affected by PC.  I welcome you, and hope you will spread the word.

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