Dear Ms. Sid, I re-read your poem and then I re-read Craig's Welcome Message and tried to see if I could feel offended by the distance that you might have been "off-topic". I failed miserably. I have been on other lists (and still am) where silly chit-chat abounds -- including *many* messages that are purely personal, meant for one person, but are heaped on all subscribers. Even though your poem was not about our HARPER parents, (g*)-grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, specifically, it surely elicited a nod, a smile, and maybe a lump in the throat to the geneological spirit in each of us. You pleased many and may have displeased one person and maybe a few more, but my great-grandmother, Anna HARPER, would probably have said, "There's room on the front porch for a little bickerin' among the cousins. They'll make up soon enough." Best regards, Joe |8-<) p.s. One thing that comes through loud and clear from Craig's Welcome Message is that the bickerin' should be minimized. Of my cousins that I know, I don't have one that I don't like, and I assume that the same odds apply to the ones that I don't know yet. On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Ms. Sid Sorenson wrote: > Craig--Apparently a member of the list was offended by > the poem I submitted to the list & I would appreciate your > feedback. I felt it was relevant to genealogy. The message > I received is as follows: > > >>Your distribution of poetry on a genealogical mail list is an > egregious > mis-use of the mail list. I hope the list owner kicks you off the > list. > Please go back and read the rules regarding staying on-topic with your > postings. This information can be found in the welcome message you > received > when you signed up for the list.<< > > Ms. Sid 8-) > [email protected] > > > > ==== HARPER Mailing List ==== > If you're not already a Rootsweb member, please join with us! > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >