I believe that I have missed out on some postings. I get the digest. For a while all was normal, then a couple of digests with only a couple of posts in them, then I get this diatribe about rudeness, but I never saw the posts that began the argument. I have found this list to be full of very many nice, helpful people. I am sorry that some people must be nasty. I certainly hope nobody will unsubscribe because of one or two rude people. The rude people will not be with us very long if they continue this behavior. The best thing to do about rudeness is to ignore it, not to start a diatribe, and to complain privately to the listowner. Anne Broomall Wiegle