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Too many chiefs........ Not enough Indians.... .......American Proverb! :-) Jay A. Henkelman 49/39/30 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> 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 >[log in to unmask]