Met History wrote:

> Ken, was he thinking of you?     Yrs.  Trly,  Philadelphia Inquirer...
>
> Subj: *Re: [log in to unmask], issue 180*
> Date: 7/23/03 9:55:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:    [log in to unmask] (Thomas J. Westgard)
> Reply-to: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> To:    [log in to unmask]
>
> Apropos of withdrawing from the list -  Actually, I find that people
> only write when they have something to say. I've been on other lists
> that had the opposite problem; I got an update of off-topic material
> almost every day.

Sharpshooter:

Who is Mr. Offit? He has a stoop that he is fond of. (Which is signal,
which noise?)
I've never yet received an off-topic e-mail. They always seem to be
about whatever they are intending.
Off-topic is in the mind of the receiver?

Shaman

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