Hi to all - Couldn't take using that same subject line! First of all - "all is well". Just goes to show you "never know" where a post will take you, you know? I thought we would find out if you, Vee, knew of the Swain family (and it turned out - you DO! LOL). Then - it might have headed into "peach growing" in Niagara County - or maybe even off to the side re: the use of the documentary form - to tell our heritage stories. Instead - that word "ashamed" - and the replies - my raised eyebrows - then felt like I needed to do those replies since I had brought up the subject (and the "word") in the first place! Mamma mia! Kathy? A second "all is well" to you. I'm ok over here - and hope you are too! Shoot - I hope we "all" are! LOL I know exactly what you mean about "this list". It's different than the rest - and it "is" more "conversational". Hope my "tone" came through on that last reply. I was trying to say that we agree on most - and where we're "side by side" - that we're in the same cart! :) I've seen things like what we just talked about go BONKERS on other lists or newsgroups - so guess I just wasn't "ready". I "could be", mind you - it just wasn't where I was at when I sent off the original message. I began to think that maybe I had offended YOU folks with my choice of words! Like I said - I was thinking Swain, peaches, documentary as the primary messages! Hard history lessons - but pulled out one of the positive "parts of the story" for "this list", you know? Run with the positive. LOL Little did I know! Just look at this message. I'm as 'wordy" as ever - so all must be "ok", right? LOL Hmmmm ... if some of you could have heard me earlier? I was thinking .. um .. I think maybe I'll just go listen to Roy and Dale again! LOL Deb (thankful for this list - and what we "each" write/say - as long as we get to have a cup of coffee before, during and after!)
Deb said: > > as long as we get to have a cup of coffee before, during and after! ---------------- May I skip the coffee please? I never have been able to stand the stuff! I even find the smell nauseating! But, hey, I'm also the wierd-o who loves cooked spinach (sans vinegar), as well as liver & onions. I have to wonder... From whom did I inherit these strange taste buds of mine? I love this list too. Leslie God Bless the USA