Ah Royce....don't beat yerself up! I call those computer hand mistakes..."given em the finger." It is a thing that just happens, in accordance with Murphy's laws. Yer doin' a job nobody else will take on, and after all, this site is historically intermittently sleepy and often near dead, and then...a subject pops up that sparks interest from a lot of neat people. That is how it has been for years. I often dig into my mind to find a loitering question which is of Orkney root, and fire it out there, to test the water and to keep the wheel rolling. Your viking point of view proved contraversial which always becomes most interesting. I enjoy your word Drat. Wondered where it came from. I wondered if it is an abbreviation of deat rat, or a misspelling for dram!? Thesaurus says it is a euphemism for God rot. As an expression of annoyance, it also has an adjective form...dratted. Next time I get pulled over by a trafic cop, I will enquire if he is indeed....d-ratted. So there, our valued sargeant at arms, moderator and chief of this eclectic and diverse contigency of Orkney defenders, as Red Green, our probable next prime minister would say, " Well....Hopefully, if the women don't find ya handsome, they'll find ya handy. Keep yer stick on the ice. We're all in this together ya know." Take care of the Alamo.....yours aye....Stephen On Jul 26, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Royce Perry wrote: > Drat! I hate when this happens! > I owe Dennice a public apology. My reply to her post was Not > supposed to go > to the group. My sincere apology ma'am...that much was mental error > on my > part. > > She does have two valid points, about keeping subject lines updated > as the > topic in a string of posts mutates over time. It's somewhat less > critical in > a group like this than it is in the genealogy lists where other > researchers > use the subject line to search for data. But it's still good "best > practice" > on any list or group. > The other point is trimming the text that you are not replying to > from a > post. Tricky that one, because if you trim too much or all of > it...nobody > knows what you are replying about. > Yes...I am as guilty as anyone on both counts...let's all work on > that...OK > <G> > > As far as attacks on another poster's spelling, grammar, and reckless > accusations of "trolling"...those go over the line. It doesn't > matter who > they are aimed at, or by whom. They will be dealt with. > Discussion can lead to debate, which if everyone is not mature > about it, can > lead to argument. Spirited discussion is encouraged, lively debate > is good, > but letting it go past that, into argument, is bad...don't recall a > time > that this group has ever gone past the lively debate stage. > > R > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orcadia- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Royce Perry > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 11:36 AM > To: 'Dennice Goudie'; orcadia@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] My pet peeves > > As I am sure you expected...you are on Moderated Post until > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >