Well, he only closed it for a while -- sort of a time-out for bad behavior. Apparently some people (no doubt people not quite as committed to the bar as you are) were leaving (unsubscribing) so he felt he needed to do something to calm things down. I don't think it was a bad decision. Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ursula Stange Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 2:39 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: List moderator Perhaps, Lawrence. But it would be a long time before I made as many friends in a new bar. Ursula And besides, my moving and the bar owner closing the bar are too very different things. And I liked your poem, too. Ursula, too Lawrence Helm wrote: >I liked your poem, but if you get too many drunks in your bar and they get >too raucous and the bartender won't do anything about it; won't you finish >your drink and move to a different bar? > >Lawrence > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html