 |
 |
On 27 Nov 99 at 17:02, Bob Anibal wrote: > Murray et al. > Notice that all those definitions derive from many centuries ago - > Lurking from the 14th century, f'rinstance - long before the Net. We're a little slow to change Bob, and we know it's all in the context etc. but I'll still prefer to be a "student" on the PARKINSN List... It's really just a play on words of course.... :) ) > Bye the Bye ( 1xth century :) )surfing the net this afternoon I ran > across a couple of quotes that I feel are applicable to this forum - > if not today at other times. I'm sure glad you added the "qualifier". > Tom Hacker a moderator from a ZDnet forum signs off with this > "Words- keep them soft and sweet - you may have to eat them " > Another one - author not sure > " It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information > highway' , but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies" I like the first one but I would hope the second one is a generality that does not apply to this List (in general of course). > To all of you who have been swapping nasty notes and stuff like that > there - keep these 2 sayings in mind Bob Anibal lurker > extraordinaire > Excellent advice. Very good Bob, soft and sweet, you may certainly lurk as much as you wish. I'll put on Tom's blue glasses and view this List as a cyber support group filled with students of Parkinson's (and a few mature lurkers). All the best :-) .............. murray [log in to unmask]