Bravo, Camilla! I guess you really can't please all of the people all of the time. We PWPs seem to be a particularly prickly bunch. Carole H. --- Camilla Flintermann <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I just sent the post below to Kelly OFFLIST so as > nmot to add to the list > volume--- but then read Joe's echo of her comments. > Please folks be aware > that for YOUR express benefit several people took > the trouble to create the > SPARKLE list within the past week, as has been > announced on PIEN, and I'm > sure members of PIEN will learn to send NON-PD stuff > there-- but give us a > break! Relearning takes time---and one friend who > objected to the NON-PD > volume because of problems with deleting has already > said it makes a big > difference having SPARKLE----haven't you noticed > there haven't been any pig > posts lately? And most humor goes to SPARKLE now? > Now PIEN has TWO > sub-lists, CARE and SPARKLE--that ought to do it, > don't you think? > > > > > > >To: [log in to unmask] > >From: Camilla Flintermann <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: NON-PD mail > >Cc: > >Bcc: > >X-Attachments: > > > >Dear Kelly--you are perhaps too new to the list to > have been around for > >the BIG recent "discussion" of this subject. Let > me assure you that MOST > >of the NON-PD mail is now going to the new SPARKLE > list--started only a > >few days ago to solve this very problem! There > have over the years been > >numerous suggestions about splitting the list, but > mow there IS an > >alternative, where humor and other non-pd subjects > are removed from the > >PIEnet and still available to any PWPs and CGs who > wish to subscribe to > >it. SPARKLE is a sublist of PIEN, (just as CARE is > for CGS). But it IS > >new, and folks will learn to move non-pd postings > to it--just give them a > >little time---and be glad you weren't here a few > weeks ago when the > >vo;ume of non-PD posts was MUCH higher! You now > have a choice, and can > >avoid everything but the serious, med-symptom-etc > stuff if you like. I > >assume you know about the PD webring and the list > archives, too? > > > > > > > > > > JUST 0000000 > > TO 0/ 0 000 > > SAY HI! 0| o o |0 > CAMILLA > > 0| ^ |0 > >. ......... ...o00o..........\.. *.. > ./.......o00o........... > >| | | | | | | | > | > >| | | | | | | | > | > > > ><[log in to unmask]> > > > > > http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm > > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com