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!
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Ruth Barton
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