Brian, I take your post as a compliment. I have no intentions (as I said in my announcement) to leave PIEN. I will probably gain no knowledge about PD on SPARKLE but hope to have a LOT of pleasure Bonnie In a message dated 8/14/1999 9:15:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > > Dear Bonnie, John and Simon. > > Congratulations and thanks for your action in producing 'SPARKLE'. I must > confess that I have been feeling a little guilty because, just at the > time that the latest argument blew up, I posted what was (for me) a > decidedly bitter message directed at those people who were making my > life so difficult. I had been working away for a couple of days, and > was blissfully unaware of the undercurrents bubbling away. > > However, with the introduction of Sparkle, I think that you have made > a positive and helpful move, and if I did inadvertantly contribute to > its inception, I can live with that. > > Now we had better ensure that the PIE keeps going: Don't throw the > baby out with the bathwater! (Oh dear - was that a joke?) > Regards, > -- > Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]> >