----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Beasley" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-West] What cheeses me off and Vic CDs > are you crazy Beryl ? actually inviting 200 people with for the most part > English heritage to have a moan and groan session.Well if I must, what > cheeses me off, and I could be jumping the gun and invite any further > information,is the "wisdom" of a multi Kilo dollar upgrade of the state > library genealogy centre only to find when you want to rummage through your > favourite microfilm you end up getting the reader that makes some strange > clicking noise with the other 2 people along side of you looking at you like > you're from another planet as if you're doing it on purpose just to > interrupt their train of thought.You spend most of you're time adjusting and > cursing and apologising and most of the time giving up in despair.I'm sure > it's only a temporary situation and to be honest I haven't been in there for > a couple of months but PLEASE SLV fix the readers that's my little gripe > have a good year everybody Chris Beasley > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beryl O'Gorman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 4:47 PM > Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] What cheeses me off and Vic CDs > > > > OK Folks > > > > I can't stir the 200 of you up to tell about your research interests or > your favourite books or any other Western District history snippets, so how > about "What cheeses me off!" > > > > Keep it related to genealogy and mailing lists. > > (And this one is banned: Listowners who continually nag their Listers to > put up messages.) > > > > What cheeses me off is when I've been asking questions on Lists for years > and occasionally get a reply, and then someone else asks a question and gets > 25 replies in the one day! > > > > I'm also willing to do lookups of individual names in the Vic CDs over the > next couple of weeks. Those who can offer the same or similar service might > also like to volunteer and we can share the load. Don't ask for bulk > downloads of a surname please as that breaches Copyright. No more than 3 > names at a time and email me or other volunteers privately. > > > > Cheers > > Beryl > > > > Beryl O'Gorman > > Greensborough Victoria Australia > > List Admin > > > > ______________________________ > > >