Too many chiefs........
Not enough Indians....

.......American Proverb!     :-)

Jay A. Henkelman 49/39/30
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-----Original Message-----
From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: Could I have your attention for one moment please / reply to
barb m and george and gerrit and all cyber-siblings who don't have a
permanent frown glued to their kissers


>hi barb
>
>At 12:13 1999/01/26 -0800, you wrote, in part:
>>George, Walter, et al....
>
>sheesh, there he is again!
>
>>.... I've voluntarily cut my volume of responses to questions asked
>>by fellow List-members, cut my quips and teasing posts, and you'll
>>hardly ever see me originating new topics any more.
>
>i, for one, hate this!
>you have a brain and a curiosity which i admire
>and the idea of your voice being squelched
>makes me feel deprived
>
>and i hate feeling deprived
>
>>This self-monitoring/limiting has cut the volume my of outgoing
>>List-mail by more than half since last July (or there abouts).  My
>>motivation was the number of complaints posted (not made directly TO
>>me, so I don't know if any were meant FOR me) about the high volume
>>of  List-messages posted each day....
>
>are we [all] [possibly] guilty of the
>half-empty-glass-perception-syndrome [HEGPS] here?
>have we been paying too much attention to the complainers
>and discounting the 'i love it the way it is'-ers?
>
>don't the 'i love it the way it is'-ers count at least as much?
>
>similar to a response that i was thinking of making
>to backwards george in re his 'attaboy/girl' request:
>i was going to say to him that my experience has been
>if i do something wrong, i generally hear about it right quick
>but if i do something right, i generally hear a profound silence.
>
>sorta similar to gerrit's musings
>in re the 'successful' and 'unsuccessful' brothers
>[but i'm not sure how]
>
>by the way, gerrit, attaboy!!!
>
>>.....my  natural instinct  is to REPLY when I
>>see a question I can answer, to educate when there's the
>>opportunity, and to joke and tease when the List-mood appears
>>to become blue and the collective spirit of the group feels
>>like it needs a virtual tickle....
>
>absolutely!
>that is the core and foundation of your spirit and your soul
>and the idea of muffling its/their expression
>is anathema to me
>[now who the heck is she?]
>
>just what kind of wimps are we anyway
>to let a few sad grumps
>get to us?
>
>>Hey folks.... have ANY of ya ever heard "Too many cooks spoil the
>>broth?"  Well, in MY opinion, the PD-List has got waaaay too many
>>"cooks" in the virtual-List-kitchen right now and the broth IS
>>tasting kinda spoiled!"  YUCK!!
>
>yowza!
>yep yep yep!!!
>
>so...
>"if you cain't staind the heat
>get the heck outta the kitchen!!"
>is my thoughtful and considered reply to all complainers and grumps
>from here on in!
>
>are ya with me?
>
>
>yer cyber-sibling from hail
>
>janet
>
>janet paterson - 51 now /41 dx /37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada
>http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm
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