As the main person who has been criticized here for being off topic, I am going to have to admit that lately I have been pretty off topic. As for me, though, it is simply a matter of responding to the messages I get. That means that my posts are no more off topic than the ones I am responding to. I would be quite happy to stop the off topic posts if everyone else did so. In fact, I would prefer it. That is because it is taking up a lot of my time and it has led to an off list discussion I am now involved in that is taking up even more of my time. I would especially like the personal attacks to stop. Good grief folks, I have feelings too. So if I have to be identified as the troll, then please stop feeding the troll. table with 2 columns and 6 rows Subj: [bookshare-discuss] Off topic messages Date: 1/24/2009 12:49:39 PM Eastern Standard Time From: jenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reply-to: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from the Internet (Details) table end Why do you guys insist on cluttering this list with so much off topic discussion. When I signed up for this list I thought it was supposed to be about bookshare and reading books and authors we liked. We can have enough traffic on the list talking about those things without all this unnecessary chatter that belongs on other lists. aftter a while, we will lose members that would have something meaningful to contribute to the topics of this list. ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)