Where's George Durman? I haven't seen a posting from him for several months. Usually, by the time the list discussions get so far astray from genealogy, he's on top of the situation. Honestly, I don't think that flaming somebody, due to their choice of computer or browser, is called for on this list. If you have a problem with what a person says, with regard to such subjects, please have the courtesy of writing to that person PRIVATELY. While I'm on my "soapbox", there is a problem that does affect all of us, who read the postings. There is waaay too much duplication of the originals, when a person is responding to a posting. I'm sure that most of us know how to "clean up" those responses, so that the relevant information we are responding to, is available. There is no necessity for reposting all of the previous postings, when we are responding to only one aspect of one. This takes the people, who are reading the postings a lot of extra time, especially when we receive the list in digest mode. Not only is it time consuming, it puts a lot of unnecessary duplication in the archives, thus using an inordinate amount of storage space. So, as George would say, "Use Snip in your responses." It would be deeply appreciated. Linda Johnston

At Saturday 06-12-08 07:36 AM, Linda Johnston wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >Where's George Durman? I haven't seen a posting from him for several >months. Usually, by the time the list discussions get so far astray from >genealogy, he's on top of the situation. Honestly, I don't think that flaming >somebody, due to their choice of computer or browser, is called for on this >list. If you have a problem with what a person says, with regard to such >subjects, please have the courtesy of writing to that person PRIVATELY. > >While I'm on my "soapbox", there is a problem that does affect all of us, who >read the postings. There is waaay too much duplication of the originals, when >a person is responding to a posting. I'm sure that most of us know how to >"clean up" those responses, so that the relevant information we are responding >to, is available. There is no necessity for reposting all of the previous >postings, when we are responding to only one aspect of one. This takes the >people, who are reading the postings a lot of extra time, especially when we >receive the list in digest mode. Not only is it time consuming, it puts a lot >of unnecessary duplication in the archives, thus using an inordinate amount of >storage space. So, as George would say, "Use Snip in your responses." It >would be deeply appreciated. > >Linda Johnston **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT*********** Linda, I'm here, just a little late. (GRIN) As a rule, I try not to step in at the beginning, believing that the "thread" or "flame" will play itself out quickly, as it did with this subject. You do realize that I DO have a life aside from monitoring this and the other three dozen or so Mailing Lists? Plus the Rootsweb/Ancestry Message Boards for all those List? BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOUR SECOND PARAGRAPH, 1000%! I have posted countless emails to this and the other Lists I manage, begging posters to snip out all but really pertinent text when replying to posts. As anyone can see, no one pays any attention to such pleading. Most people are just too lazy to use the mouse, highlight, and delete text from their replies. Well, either too lazy or just too uninformed. Anyway, thanks for the reminder about "snipping" out unnecessary text when replying. Regards, Sarge List Admin (P.S. I'm not "missing", just temporarily "lost". I have a brother-in-law who says that no one can ever say they were "lost". If they found their way back, they were just "temporarily misplaced".)