Our chiropractor told me recently that during his training he worked   
   in hospital with a specialist MD who described folks with chronic back pain as   
   follows (in alphabetical order):   
      
                  copers   
                  dopers   
                  mopers   
                  no-hopers   
      
      
             I'd consider the participants here to be in the first category.  But   
   it's not always easy to explain, and IMHO he summarized things neatly....  :-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)