Re: Technical Question

I agree with Woodstock, I would miss your posts...I learn from them even
when you don't realize it. I love your travel tales and Rik's. Your
knowledge of the mystery field is wide and varied and I can rely on your
reviews...and that is just from your posts....of course we have met and I
would also miss you if you stopped attending Bouchercons...but then again
perhaps the exchange would continue in emails as well at least I would hope
that the kinship would remain past RAM.

Patricia
[to email remove the knot]
"A R Pickett" <WOODeSTOCK_AP@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:bF7Kg.13844$%j7.8302@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Jane wrote > There's a post from Woodstock over on another thread
saying that
some people have left RAM over the years because of OT posts---

Well, I feel like clarifying a little here -

I don't mind OT posts. I participate in some, usually not dealing with
politics or religion but in other subjects I often jump in. The most
interesting political discussions for me are ones involving local
candidates
and as far as I know no other RAM regular lives in my political district.
Religion I regard as my business and my business only.

What I was responding to was the assertion that off topic posts "drive on
topic posters away." I think that does happen. And some of the people
who
are no longer here are people I miss hearing from and about. As other
responders have noticed RAM is a community where we share with each other.
Some of the people who used to share don't anymore, and at least one of
them
is now a regular enthusiastic email correspondent of mine and we discuss
books all the time. So I have a satisfying correspondence, but the most
of
the rest of you don't. And I think you are missing something.

Perhaps to much of RAM, it doesn't matter. It is usenet after all, and
it's
not a moderated group.

For me, it does matter that former regulars are no longer here. I miss
them. I guess on some admittedly childish level I'm a little sad that the
other responders on this issue take it in stride.

That was the only point I was trying to make.

--
A R Pickett aka Woodstock


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