and those labor of love hours that you put in are much appreciated by all of us (and at it also probably gives you a good reason for not sleeping....Joan -----Original Message----- From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 6:16 PM Subject: Re: FYI: latest "Welcome to the PIEnet!" message for joiners >At 17:58 1999/08/04 -0700, you wrote: >>Janet....it really doesn't matter but .since you said, "and to >>fish for comments and/or...." you might want to take into >>account that possibly some of these ins/outs have changed >>their email address from one ISP to another which would be >>a remove from the list and an add to the list...which is what >>I will be doing in next couple of weeks as soon as I can get >>bookmarks and addresses transferred....wha'cha' think? Joan > >you are absolutely right > >there is a steady flow of that sort of activity >as well as >new members who sign up for a few days 'trial' and then leave > >thus >the numbers of joiners and leavers don't really mean a lot >[except maybe a net/net balance over a period of time] >other than as a possible indication of list maintenance volume >aka an indication of the labours of love >that go on behind the scenes > > >janet > >janet paterson >52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset >snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada >website: a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> >e-mail: <[log in to unmask]> >