I'll take up for you, John................I received a smart remark from another person on here the other day for something even more picky than this! You know, some of us are new to computers and genealogy and just ask a little more patience along the way. What ever happened to the slow to anger and quick to forgive practice..................especially where the little things are concerned? Thanks for your time, Stella ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lrjwj@aol.com> To: <ARSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 1:52 PM Subject: New limits on Queries posted? > Readers: The following is a nastygram "Jess"(Jlewis@cafes.net) (list > owner?)sent to me for having annoyed his clicking finger and other > sinsibilities,by my method of genealogical posting. > It is followed with my comments to it, so scroll on. > > Please stop making the same "Johnson" query, over and over, on the > Tn-Coffee (and other lists). It doesn't do much good to post it every > week, it only makes people mad. I am getting complaints every day. Let > it ride, for a few weeks. > Thanks, > Jess, > The way I read part of this is: > Youre getting complaints everyday about me posting every 2-3 weeks? Cant be! > " There are always "Whiners"about having to click off "subjects" Why dont > they start their own site that has only "subjects"of their interest. Dont > they know that everything isnt going to interest them or you? > > I place queries every 2-3 weeks to the various counties and states,where my > decendants lived from 1790-1900, I have received replies from new people each > time I send these out.( & you receive complaints every day) > Unless there are rules that restrict me from sending these same queries out > every week,2 weeks or 3weeks, and that restrict the number of counties I am > allowed to search ,as you attempt to do in your email to me,I will continue > to search in the manner in shich I am accustomed. > > If there are rules set up by the chief adm.of rootsweb and Im not following > them,then by all means I'll conform.Let me know where they are listed. > "Cant we all just get along?" > John Johnston > > > >