OK, OK, OK!!! I'll remember that. Last time it hurt like heck when they beat me about the head and shoulders with the smoked kielbasas! Seriously though, I usually do read at least most of each issue when it arrives. And I can't believe that someone who was so patient and pleasant through the communications problems during the remote session at UPGS 2008 would really send Stas and Jas after me again. :-) ......Mike On May 29, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Fred Hoffman wrote: > Hi, > > Mike Stupinski wrote: > >> Fred, I am very embarrassed to report that I >> have been a PGSA member >> for years, get Rodziny regularly, and read >> Iwona's columns, but >> haven't read this issue yet and had no idea this >> was her topic. I've >> spent several weeks traveling recently, and a >> group of periodicals >> were put aside for later reading, including >> Rodziny. (My timing has >> always been terrible!) > > I thought you were a PGSA member, but I wasn't > certain. There was a time I prepared the mailing > for each issue of _Rodziny_, and back then I often > recognized PGSA members' names when I saw them. > But these days our printers in Texas take care of > the mailing as well as the printing, so I don't > see the membership lists any more. It's a relief > not to have to prepare 2,000 pieces of mail; the > one drawback is that I no longer have such a good > idea who is and is not a current member. > > It is, of course, essential to drop everything the > moment _Rodziny_ arrives in the mail, and to read > every word. However, I do recognize that > occasionally life makes certain demands that must > be met immediately. From time to time, one may > find it necessary to give priority to work, or > family, and so on. So I'll forgive you this time. > I won't send my enforcers, Stas and Jas, after > you. Just don't let it happen again. > > (Advisory for the humor-impaired: that was a > joke.) > > Fred Hoffman > www.fredhoff.com > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the > list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this > list: researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message