Quote: To start with Al Gore did not invent the internet. The internet was around long before Al Gore came on the scene. Unquote It was a joke, Fred. A joke. Try laughing. Al Gore made the claim and was ridiculed for it when he ran for President. Enough about that. As to the rest, I stand by my original message. I didn't just fall off the turnip truck. My ONLY fee is for translations, which includes ancient German script. That's only been the last couple of years, after 52 years of doing this. The rest is free. It is all explained at the website. NO ONE is obligated to ask me to do a translation. Fairly simple, huh? A smile a day wipes away the haze! Be happy! :-) Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred H Held" <fhheld@netzero.net> To: <rhein-pfalz@rootsweb.com>; <baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com>; "Don Watson" <dwats@cox.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:11 AM Subject: Re: Contacting German by letter or other means is routine Don, Your posting of 12/9/2008 smacks of being a solicitation, which is forbidden on most genealogy mail lists. In any case, many of us have experiences which contradict your statements. To start with Al Gore did not invent the internet. The internet was around long before Al Gore came on the scene. -end-