Well, I hate to seem a spoilsport too but I just looked at 141 messages for this list from the past week or so and I think saying that 50% of them were at all genealogically related (as Jim suggested in one note) is being generous. I have been on this list since it started and have not said or offered much since the initial flurries but have faithfully filtered all Ramey list mail into its own folder. I can't imagine how it is for people who don't use filtering. I have seen a few people using the 'just delete it' argument and I again agree with the person who pointed out that 'just deleting it' can easily take up to a half hour a day, especially if you are an active internet researcher. Everyone here seems to have a warm heart and I am continuously impressed by the willingness to share info. On a quality list with great people I certainly have no prob putting up with a more 'snowy' signal- to-noise ratio, but unrelated posts on this list seem to just be gaining momentum. Maybe (hopefully) I am wrong and it will settle down. :) I sincerely do add my plea to the others that long-running jokes and one line replies to same (especially those which quote the *whole* message beneath if you want to get on a bandwidth soapbox) be taken to personal email where they belong. Maybe if people can't resist sharing their personal messages they could do like in newsgroups and add an ObRamey to the message. (Meaning add an on-topic comment to every post). I could wax on about this but I am trying to keep my diplomatic smiley face on. :) Here's my ObRamey: Marriage record (image and transcribed) of Elizabeth REED and James RAMEY (son of John, son of Unknown, son of William REMY and Eleanor McCARTY): http://www.hypertree.com/images/marriage/mc-jr-er.html (Don't mind the rest of the site, I am redoing it and am only up to the I's *grin*) Shari