hi bruce, cyber-dad, virginia, camilla, et all >>Our wise Camilla wrote: >>we're ALWAYS going to have to make a choice about what >>goes where, but better perhaps to delete silliness we don't want to read >>than to lose valuable info we may need.....just my thoughts, F W I W. >>Others??? >>Agreed >>Virginia Christiansen add my name to the list of me-toos i've said it before and i'll say it again i do not see list volume as a problem and never have i echo others' comments that 'too much' volume is a healthy sign however i see the recent reduction in sharing info, help, etc as a potentially serious problem affecting the core purpose of this list sharing with everyone should be the default option for replying to a message in my humble opinion and in re 'silliness': that's a judgment call i don't think we should be judging anything or anyone here listmember A's 'silliness' might be Listmember B's 'saving grace' or Listmember C's 'source of annoyance' and A, B, and C may change their opinions depending on the day, the weather, or the moon so be it that's what the delete key is for 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]