TexasTom,

I agree that there's probably a connection between PD and the ability to work a finger treadle. Observations like that are useful because they can allow you to estimate when you "got" PD.

I went on a paragliding course 10 years before diagnosis, but was slower than almost everyone else at disentangling the lines, whereas 25 years before diagnosis I'd mountaineered without any problem with the rope work.

You mention typing problems. You may like to add your experiences to the "Typing tips for PwP" thread:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread180800.html

As an aside 1, the fact that this forum has a sense of history, with threads sometimes running over many years, makes this one of the better forums, since threads turn into useful resources.

As an aside 2, yet we still have a sense of community, where we go off topic enough to build up a picture of our coforumites (?!). For instance, I've been trying for years to build a Sterling engine. But my machining skills aren't up to standard.

John