NO I am not the administrator. I merely wrote: "you are heartless." I am a Flight Attendant for a major airline and I am appalled at her insensitivity. I can see where you made the mistake because her name is Elizabeth too. The administrator is: Elizabeth Harris; [email protected] Let us all prayer for our Country and the World in this our worst hour! God bless America! Beth The Carver's Daughter <[email protected]> wrote: I am assuming you are the list administrator? If so, this message is exactly why I just unsubbed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth Fipps" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [NCROOTS] NCROOTS is for North Carolina genealogy : : you must be heartless : Elizabeth Harris wrote: I apologize to you list members for not staying on top of the Social : Security discussion over the weekend. When the original message came : through on Friday morning, I was on my way out of town, and I just : returned last night. I had time only to send one very brief, : possibly "snippy", message in an attempt to avert deterioration of : the list while I was gone. : : Now we have a national crisis, and everyone's natural instinct is to : talk to somebody, anybody; it's not something you can just keep to : yourself. : : However, NCROOTS isn't the place for that discussion. Just as you : don't subscribe to Sports Illustrated or Popular Photography, or : whatever your favorite magazines might be, to get information on : political issues, you subscribed to NCROOTS to talk about North : Carolina genealogy. It's not a general chat room, it's not a venue : for presentation of whatever your personal causes might be, and it's : not a forum for discussing the national news, no matter how shocking : that news is. : : We've been asked to keep telephone use to a minimum, so probably many : of our subscribers who use modems aren't with us anyway. For the : rest of us, let's get back to just genealogy on this list, and take : the rest of our conversation elsewhere. : : Thank you! : : -- : Elizabeth Harris : [email protected] : : NCGenWeb project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ : Winston-Salem NC area genealogy: http://users.erols.com/fmoran/ : : : ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== : USGenWeb Archives, North Carolina index: : http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/ncfiles.htm : : : : --------------------------------- : Do You Yahoo!? : Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. : : : ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== : Map set, formation of NC Counties: : http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/countyfm.htm --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.277 / Virus Database: 146 - Release Date: 05-Sep-01 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger.