It would be a shame if Preservation-L were to die.  It is a resource and may be
somewhat easier for people who are in need of help with preservation to find.

I suppose I should post something there and stir things up a bit.

But its so hard to stay serious for the required amount of discourse.

Maybe we could post a communal "mia culpa" and they'd take us back for a little
while.  The presense of a bunch of pinheads would certainly breath new life into
the list.

-jc

Ruth Barton wrote:

> Ken,  I have nothing to do, directly, with historic preservation.  I own a
> cleaning service.  I'm not sure how I dropped into this list, I think from
> the preservation list--which someone pointed out is just about DEAD.  I
> think I got on that one through the Old House list.
>
> This is the BEST list I am on because we talk about EVERYTHING on here.  I
> am also on several genealogy lists and they are so narrow in focus that the
> most active list member could drop dead and it would never be mentioned on
> the list.  I hate that but have to put up with it because I need the info
> that is there.
>
> I love you guys and gals even if you do live in large population centers
> that I will most likely never visit.  Ruth
>
> At 2:07 PM -0400 10/16/02, Ken Follett wrote:
> >Sharpshooter,
> >
> >Good questions, and not new. These questions have been brought up since when
> >BP originated.
> >
> >The way I see the one-liners or off-topic community building is that we have
> >a steady hum that keeps the list active and interspersed we have shots of an
> >"on-topic" signal. The jibes and jokes and chatter build context, granted, a
> >flow of gibberish that some outside of the list, or more self-contained in
> >their lives, may find off putting. I find it cumbersome at times to wade
> >through -- then again, I tend to encourage it, I think for good reason...
> >though I am open to discussion. I've spent a good deal of time in wonder
> >trying to figure out how BP works. Beats me!
> --
> Ruth Barton
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> Westminster, VT
>
> --
> To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the
> uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to:
> <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>