OT: About OT &/Or Possibly Offensive Posts ....

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Howdy folks,

 

As I always say .. pretty much - anything goes here - except porn I'm

just not the kind of list mom who feels that grown ups need to be cattle

herded " on track " or their topics of conversation moderated. What I do

want is everyone to be able to come here, sit down and relax

for a little bit of time out of their day, enjoy some herbal tea,

and enjoy the list posts.

 

I say to all the folks here (or on any list for that matter)

- delete posts with topics you aren't interested in

(whether its a post on making soap cause you don't

want to make soap, or a post on some sort of political happenings)

and start threads on stuff you are interested in by golly!!!

That is the best way to ignore a topic you aren't interested in ..

start talking about stuff you ARE interested in, the more group

participation we have, the better the list flows ...

I'm personally interested in it all cause as I see it

we're a group of diverse people with diverse interests and diverse

opinions - and I love to see the cross section of all that represented

here .. whether its folks talking about how to make homemade baby wipes

or how to plant a garden, or what they feel about the things

happening in our world - which really does affect our collective

consciousness.

 

Keeping all of that in mind - speak freely, but think before you

speak, and if stuff is going to go so totally off topic for umpteen

posts, or maybe get " personal " , and its not stuff that over 650 folks

need to really read, remember that it is totally acceptable to take it

off list and go forth with thy conversations one on one But at the

same time also I'm not going to make my list members feel that their

conversations about stuff is unwelcome and/or that their passions or

opinions are to be censored - even if it is " off-topic " (unless it

becomes

personal and attacking personally - that's not cool). We are all grown

ups

and I want everyone to be treated with that respect. SO, please folks,

everyone take a deep breath, the world is an intense place

to live in, sometimes more than not - and people are intense to live

with (some more than not And the lovely thing about e-mail and

properly titling posts and topics (especially those listed as OT) is

they can be easily, quickly and painlessly be deleted.

 

So, remember as you type - read twice, then thrice, and during

those re-reads do your spell check, and if need be make an attitude

check too, and then send your posts ...

 

 

.... and by the heavens have a great week folks. There is MUCH more to

be thankful for than not!

 

I've been off-line most of the weekend, dealing with issues on my end,

including an unwelcome bee colony deciding

to take residence in my house's entrance way, and an unwelcome sinus

infection (again!) deciding to take residence in my nose ;-p

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

 

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