Cary, As always, oh so true. I think those of us who have been on this list for a while recognize your typing limitations and "get" what you are saying. I loved your observation about different writing styles. For my self, I was born and raised in the St. Louis, MO area and my writing style is perfectly understandable and non-offensive to anyone from that area. But, a person in another part of the US may find it incomprehensible, too "mid west," or even "offensive." We were taught to stick to the point and make the point. Its that simple to me, because it was engrained in my head. I think anyone who has ever read my posts will agree. To sweeten it up with "My dog learned to pee today outside" or "Gee, how is Aunt Sally doing?" would be considered rude and evasive in a business communication, which I consider any rootsweb list to be. This is of course at odds with many others here, who from their own backgrounds think that we need to know all about the dog and Aunt Sally. We don'! t care. Why bring her up? What has it to do with the message? Yes, different libraries offer different things. There are also regional libraries and state libraries. Under no circumstances would I ever give out my library card number nor give out access codes I have to use those library collections. I wouldn't' even think about asking for it. Craig On Oct 6, 2011, at 11:08 AM, Cary Anderson wrote: > You can tell we are family. We snip at each other just as we help each > other. We share and we withhold. We become frustrated because 'you don't > do it like I do', etc. > > Here I was bemoaning the fact that Benton County, Arkansas, the most > prosperous in Arkansas, and high up the list in the US, was the only one of > two counties in Arkansas' 75 didn't have a sales tax to support the library > and draw down thousands from the state. Yet, they provide a card to anyone > who lives in Arkansas for about $10 a year. This is in comparison with > fayetteville our neighbor to the south which charges $15 for non-resident > for 3 years but in reality becomes forever to access their databases. > > I have no idea what a library pays to subscribe to Heritage Quest, but would > like to know. I can't think of any other reason. > > I decided to write on this once again as it does illustrate the main purpose > of this list. Sharing. This is what public libraries are all about. At > least that is somewhere in their statement of purpose, reason to be, or some > such thing. > > Well the story of getting access to Heritage Quest is like getting > assistance at Libraries. At some it is a piece of cake at others, it is > more difficult that getting a tour of the Bank of England! > > Some of us oldies sometime write in a way that may offend. That is never my > intention. Style of writing sometimes vary's with background, location, > etc. > > My only intent is to help, but write from my own perspective, which I'm sure > varies from many others. > Some of us have expertise in one thing, some in another, but all of us have > expertise in something. > > Not too long ago, I prided my self on my English grammar and spelling. Now > with arthritis and a bit of slowing of the thinking process, I may offend > unkowningly. > > Thanks for the patience and underderstanding of all. > > Cary > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message