Goodness, I hope to God no-one thought I was saying anything against Carroll!!!! I was hoping that it would be clear that what I was trying to do was stand up for his right to post what he did!!!!! If anyone else received a negative impression, I apologize - particularly to Carroll. But what I was trying to say was if anyone had spent the time to read or even skim through what Carroll posted they would see he explained why his post was felt to be related to genealogy. I respect Carroll, and appreciate his contributions to not only this list but to genealogy as a whole. I also appreciate his commitment to causes he believes in. I salute you, Carroll and all the good that you do!! Maudeen@bainbridge.net Book Reviewer -www.Amazon.com Under the Covers http://www.silcom.com/~manatee/utc.html Genealogy surnames: WEATHERLY, INMAN, NEELING, CAMERON, SWIFT, CHASE, HAUSER, ARNEY, ROARK, BLAIR, CRAWFORD, PURCELL, HAZLETT, HAISCH, WIPF, MILLIGAN, Locations: Guilford Co, NC, Owen Co., IN, Marshall Co., IA, Medina Co., OH, Kossuth Co., IA, Cecil Co., MD, Chester CO., PA Washington Co., PA, Clayton Co., IA, Warren Co., NJ, Luzerne Co., PA -----Original Message----- From: Norma Lewis <norie@localaccess.com> To: Maudeen Wachsmith <maudeen@bainbridge.net> Cc: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com <PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 4:52 PM Subject: Re: FAM HIST: TACT NEEDED > >Carroll Clark is a very nice, older gentleman (70's), who has been on this >list a long time. He would do anything to help others on this list. He tends >to ramble sometimes, and he frequently enjoys sharing things with this list >that may not be on-topic, but I'm mighty proud to have him as a friend to this >list, typing such long rambling messages or whatever. Many men his age don't >know how to type and couldn't think of so much to say. He has been able to >give us some very good first-hand history of several areas of WA where he has >lived as a child and adult, and where his family has lived in the historic >past. He has been the only one to keep us completely informed about the >historic Snohomish Cemetery, retyping the Herald articles until he learned to >copy and paste. He has the utmost respect for Cyndi and will certainly do >anything she asks of him, but please, don't pick on Carroll Clark. My Dad has >Alzheimers and could barely write his name at Carroll's age. I know Carroll is >a precious >old man and I would hate for anyone on this list to hurt his feelings. And >please, don't call him Carol, that's a girl's name! >Norma > >Maudeen Wachsmith wrote: >> >> While I wholeheartedly agree that this list needs to stay on topics dealing >> with genealogy, if anyone read all of Carroll's post they would have seen >> that he explained the reason for the post and apologized in advance if >> anyone thought it was off topic, asking them to feel free to delete. I >> might suggest that in the future if there are posts of questionable >> relationship to genealogy topics, this be explained at the beginning of the >> post instead of hidden in the post somewhere where it's unlikely to be >> readily seen. >> >> ~Maudeen >> >> Maudeen@bainbridge.net >> Book Reviewer -www.Amazon.com >> Under the Covers http://www.silcom.com/~manatee/utc.html >> Genealogy surnames: WEATHERLY, INMAN, NEELING, CAMERON, SWIFT, CHASE, >> HAUSER, ARNEY, ROARK, BLAIR, CRAWFORD, PURCELL, HAZLETT, HAISCH, WIPF, >> MILLIGAN, >> Locations: Guilford Co, NC, Owen Co., IN, Marshall Co., IA, Medina Co., OH, >> Kossuth Co., IA, Cecil Co., MD, Chester CO., PA >> Washington Co., PA, Clayton Co., IA, Warren Co., NJ, Luzerne Co., PA >> -----Original Message----- >> From: George Lowe <gblowe@foxinternet.net> >> To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com <PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Thursday, January 28, 1999 11:38 PM >> Subject: Re: FAM HIST: TACT NEEDED > >> >> >I second the opinion. What did any of this have to do with genealogy? I >> only >> >scanned it but if there was two ounces of appropriate content it wasn't >> apparent >> >to me. Please limit this site to the subject at hand. >> > >> >George Lowe >> > >> >EFlad@aol.com wrote: >> > >> >> I am sorry, but I am getting more than a little upset that this genealogy >> >> mailing list is being used for political propoganda. I hope that >> something >> >> will be done about people using this list to post political meetings, >> and >> >> then following up with the minutes or opinions of the meetings! If this >> >> person is so into the politics of his/her city, then she/he needs to >> start a >> >> political list and leave this one to the researching of our Pacific >> Northwest >> >> families. >> >> Beth Fladaker >> >