> I thank you for publishing this letter Cheryl, I too am > appalled......Hopefully your mother can take comfort > from the fact that this is only one person on this usually > neat list of people......I hope! > > As one of the people who puts a lot of time into trying > to help others I fail to understand this attitude. I can only > assume it to be a bitter & greedy person. > I do an average of 30 or 40 lookups a week on this list, > (usually for non-regular posters) but I would seriously > doubt if I get 2 or three acknowledgements a week. > Dont get me wrong, I do them of my own accord & quite happily > but I am usually left wondering, 'did my email get through' or > 'I wonder if it was right' or 'what happened next' !!!! >:-) >Helen >Tangimoana Hi Helen, Cheryl and all, I agree. I also help when I can. I answered one message, went to town office, copied VR, sent back to poster asking for s-mail address to send to--twice. Never heard from them. Am I upset, no; just curious. I don't know if the person died, is ill or just decided they don't need the info. I know I had some messages hanging this summer when my mom died and then my dad was injured in an accident. I'm sure those folks are wondering what happened to me but their addresses got deleted and I have no way to get in touch with them to let them know. Ruth Ruth (HOUGHTON) BARTON Westminster,Vermont, USA mrgjb@sover.net