Nicely said, Tony. You're learning (joke,smile). If people would be careful about putting the right subject, and OT when necessary, you could just delete quickly.That's what I do now, and hope I don't miss anything of interest that might be under the wrong subject heading. (smile). Cindy -- Tony Baechler <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello. I've tried to say this in a friendly way, > but maybe I was not > clear. I am not leaving because of how people take > my comments. It's > unfortunate that people think I'm negative, but all > I can do is learn from > it and move on. Cindy and others have helped in > this regard. Yes, I do > almost always read my message back to make sure it > sounds right. I am > leaving because the traffic is just too much. I > can't keep up. I get > about 200 messages a day. The majority are from > this list. I'm sorry, but > I need a break. The reason for my decision to > generally quit posting is > because I don't like my comments being misunderstood > by the same few people > every time. I will not mention names, it doesn't > matter and I don't want > to generate ill feeling. I think it's best to not > post and no one will be > upset by me that way. It isn't meant as an insult > to anyone here. Also as > I mentioned, I'm not going to be volunteering after > July 1 for quite > awhile, at least a few months, so I don't see much > point in being on this > list. Primarily it comes down to too much traffic. > I know about the > digest but that's still just as much email but in a > more compact > form. Besides I don't like digests generally. > Maybe I'll be back later in > the year. I'm undecided on that. Thanks again to > all of you for your kind > words and encouragements for me to stay. I don't > feel unwelcome or > anything and I guess I should have said that before. > > At 10:33 AM 6/21/2005 -0400, you wrote: > >This is a friendly list. If you stay here Tony, > you will have the chance > >to chat back and forth with a group who are > basically on your side. I > >sometimes get feedback from folks about my being > too abrupt or phrasing > >things so that they may rub some the wrong way. It > is not easy to get > >such feedback but the only way to learn better > technique is to be open to > >how what I write is received and do my best to > learn from it. We all seem > >to like each other so let's all stick around. If > you feel like not > >writing for a bit that is understandable but do > stay and listen to the > >conversation and be welcome. > > Tony Baechler > Maintainer, goldenaudio.net (TM) online archives > http://goldenaudio.net/ > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html