Sandie: Good evening I'm usually just a lurker and if someone I can help, I help. Genealogy isn't just what life is about, we are all in need of getting off the subject once in a while and these people that feel that have to say mean things to people are not very carring and someday they are going to have to step back and ask themselves why no one helps them. Get an attitude adjustment folks and lets stick to what we are here for, helping each other with our family history, not to sit and bicker about who does what and why. I've done genealogy for over 30 years now and have never felt I had to hurt someone to get what I needed. Happy hunting, Franki At 02:25 AM 11/12/98 EST, you wrote: >Hello Shan, > >I am sorry that someone offended you, I am sure that it wasn't meant to do so. >I sincerely apologize for you being offended. I can see both sides of the >coin. I can appreciate that you took the statement as personal. But I feel >it wasn't mean't personal. You have got to realize that the idea that was >trying to be put across was the misuse of lists. And it does happen. Spam >etc. is very hard on list members and I have seen where lists were shut down >with reply to, reply to, reply messages. It doesn't hurt, in my opinion to get >off subject every once in a while if it isn't over done, but it is very hard >to control. Perhaps we should be more careful in what we say and think twice. >You never know.. And I really hope I don't offend anyone with my opinion.. > >Sincerely >Sandie > ICQ # 4991987 www.techline.com/~franki/ Franki Loring P. O. Box 843 Aberdeen, WA 98520-0177 Have a nice day!