On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, ARWNY wrote:

> The preservationeers seem to have a small trickle of people joining,
> which particularly heightens after an occasional foray into PL
> territory, that keeps the list growing. In the role of list owner (which
> I see more as a role of cultivation, owning a list as any gardener
> thinks they own a purple cabbage) I don’t care if the list increases in
> subscribers, or not. 

Sure you do.  How many subscribers have we now?

> I am always perplexed by the small group of names that enter the list, say
> nothing, and then as silently leave.

Probably at least some of these have been friends of mine who joined at my
urging but then decided it wasn't their cup of tea.

> Bullamanka is not, and never has been, meant to be a list for lurking.

Some people are shy.

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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]