UNBELIEVABLE! SUCH WORDS FOR AN "ELDER STATESWOMAN" OF OUR SOCIETY WHO IS TRYING HER DARNEST TO KEEP UP WITH US TECHIES IN THIS DAY AND AGE THAT SHE SHOULD FEEL THE NEED TO UNSUBSCRIBE TO A BB BECAUSE SHE CAN'T SEE AS WELL AS THE REST OF US!! I AM TRULY AMAZED AT THE LACK OF CONCERN THAT HAS SHOWN UP IN THE BB FOR THIS WOMAN'S PREDICTIMENT. I TRIED TO HELP HER OFF LINE TO GET HER STRAIGHTENED OUT AND HELP HER OVER THE HUMP. UNFORTUNATELY SHE FELT SHE WASN'T UP TO THE CHALLENGE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO ACT UPON MY SUGGESTIONS FOR INCREASING THE FONT SIZE. APPARENTLY SHE WAS ALSO GETTING SOME PRIVATE EMAILS COMPLAINING ABOUT HER "SHOUTING" AND HENCE UNSUBSCRIBED. I WAS AMAZED TO READ THIS SINCE THE ONLY REAL TRAFFIC I SAW WAS THESE STUPID RESPONSES. I AM TRULY SORRY TO SEE HER GO AS I FEEL ONE OF HER OUTLETS IS NOW GONE DUE TO NO FAULT OF HER OWN. PERHAPS I SHOULD FOLLOW SUIT AS WELL AS APPARENTLY THE ATTITUDE ON THIS BB IS NOT UP TO MY HIGH STANDARDS. YOU PEOPLE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES FOR CHASING THIS WOMAN AWAY DUE TO SOME STUPID SHOUTING RULE WHICH JUST SO HAPPENS TO FIT INTO ANOTHER SITUATION (HER NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE). JOE -----Original Message----- From: John McRae [mailto:jgmcrae@verizon.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:31 PM To: MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MI-Genealogy] LOOKING FOR HELP WITH BARNES FAMILY PLEASE HELLO JOYCE, AND GREETINGS FROM JOHN IN FL. GO FOR IT! NOTHING WRONG WITH ALL CAPS. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT, IT IS EASIER TO READ. FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN RECENTLY THIS IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT YOU GET FROM COLLEGE KIDS, AT LEAST THEIR ONLINE MESSAGES, NO CAPS AT THE BEGINNING OF SENTENCES, NO PUNCTUATION, SENTENCES RUN TOGETHER, MANY ABBREVIATIONS OF THEIR OWN INVENTION, ETC. MY OLD PROFESSORS WOULD BE TURNING FLIP FLOPS IN THEIR GRAVES. SOME OF SEASONED CITIZENS WILL REMEMBER WHEN AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF WHAT BECAME THE ELECTRONIC AGE WHEN TELEGRAPH MESSAGES WERE SENT OVER LONG DISTANCES THEY WERE ALWAYS IN CAPS! SO YOU MIGHT SAY THERE IS EARLY PRECEDENCE FOR IT. HAVE A BETTER DAY TOMORROW. JOHN ----- Original Message ----- From: <NUM1GEN@aol.com> To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [MI-Genealogy] LOOKING FOR HELP WITH BARNES FAMILY PLEASE > THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUGGESTION, BUT I JUST HAD EYE SURGERY AND I CAN'T READ > THE VERY SMALL TYPE IN MY COMPUTER AFTER RECEIVING 25 VERY HURTFUL > MESSAGES, > THAT I HIRED A COMPUTER TECH TO CHANGE MY FONT, BECAUE I AM A 75 YR OLD > ALMOST > BLIND WOMAN JUST TRYING TO DO RESEARCH BEFORE MY TIME IS OVER, I AM NOT > AWARE OF > THE CAP RULES, AND I DID NOT DO IT OT OFFEND ANYONE AND I JUST CAN'T > BELIEVE > THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE COMPASSION FOR THE HANDICAPS IN THE WORLD. THERE > IS SO > MUCH HATE AND TERROR IN THE WORLD WHEN WILL IT CHANGE I CN'T SEE IT COMING > IN > THE NEAR FUTURE IF PEOPLE CAN'T ACCEPT US UNFORFUNATES. WHO MAKES THESE > STUPID RULES, I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS SHOTING I THOUGHT I KILLED SOMEONE, > WHEN THEY > MEANT SHOUTING, WHICH I WAS NOT AARTE OF THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP JOYCE > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > MIGenWeb. Michigan Genealogy. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/ > Locate resources, browse counties, search and contribute to special > projects. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== Share memories about Michigan, to join MI-MEMORIES-L, send mail to MI-MEMORIES-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join MI-MEMORIES-D, do the same thing with MI-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx