Amen Brother! (Oh, that might be a cell phone response, but I agree with you.) If anyone has researched the rootsweb archives, they will appreciate keeping the topic of the post (the subject) on message, and not wading through mountains of "OK" and "Thank You" and "Me Too". Craig Kilby persisto@earthlink.net > [Original Message] > From: G STOLTMAN <stopan@msn.com> > To: <mo-stlouis-metro@rootsweb.com> > Date: 12/11/2006 9:19:53 PM > Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Let's straighten up > > Hi Barbara > > As I stated, "Please address the list with information that we could all use." I'm not asking for a sterile environment, only that we discontinue the one word answers such as, "O.K." and "that's nice," etc. This list is not for that type of communication. I'm not a new member and I appreciate the, "personal touch" as much as anyone else. But, I don't enjoy listening to others cell phone conversations either. > > Gary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Barbara Byrd<mailto:barbjbyrd@yahoo.com> > To: mo-stlouis-metro@rootsweb.com<mailto:mo-stlouis-metro@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 1:16 AM > Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Let's straighten up > > > One of the things I like about the list is the > "personal touch" that I see on the written page...or > computer screen. It makes me feel that our > Mo-Stlouis-Metro group know each other and are > sensitive to the things that we see going on in each > other's lives. I also know that most of the people on > the group will come thorough with helpful hints and > suggestions when I'll needing help. Barbara > --- G STOLTMAN <stopan@msn.com<mailto:stopan@msn.com>> wrote: > > > Listers > > > > Please address the list with information that we > > could all use. For example, don't send "Thanks > > Herbie" - "I'll find out" etc. to all of the rest > > of us. It's just courteous and the time it takes to > > send directly is a fraction of the time all of us > > take to read and delete. > > > > Thanks > > > > Gary Stoltman > > Mercerville, NJ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > > to MO-STLOUIS-METRO-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:MO-STLOUIS-METRO-request@rootsw eb.com> with the > > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject > > and the body of the message > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. > http://new.mail.yahoo.com<http://new.mail.yahoo.com/> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MO-STLOUIS-METRO-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:MO-STLOUIS-METRO-request@rootsw eb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MO-STLOUIS-METRO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message