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PD or Not PD- That AIN'T The Question I'm bemused at the current (discourse?debate?flame?) over superfluous messages posted to this world-wide e-mail forum. As usual, my view seems to be at right angles to everyone else's, so here it is: Without a doubt, there are many messages posted that interest only a few listmembers. When there are many, the burden of sifting out the chaff is tiresome for all the rest of us. It doesn't matter if a message is about PD or not! Most of us welcome a little humor, anecdote, confession, sympathy, etc. as relief from the dreary litany of PD, PD, PD. That content is one of the things that makes this particular list so great and so enduring where others have failed. What does matter is whether a message is private or public. Even if it is about PD, it's worthless and annoying if it only replies to some other message that the rest of us have never seen. What's this all about? Delete! If on the other hand you have something to say that might interest a lot of us, be it only a new joke (please, no more Viagra, Monica, or Titanic) then by all means send it to the whole list. If you are corresponding with only one or a few persons, please keep it private. Listening to a party line is no fun if we only hear one side of the conversation. I believe virtually all e-mail programs make the choice very simple. You have one button that says TO:MAIL, one that says RE(ply):MAIL and another that says RE(ply):ALL, or some similar set of choices. Before you hit the SEND button, take a look at the address line at the top of your message and make sure it says where you really want the message to go. It's that simple. Cheers, Joe -- J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013