Padraig Breathnach wrote in
news:9t39l259g7uigaojshn43b8ca7f3o22fjr@4ax.com:
> Good idea, and I know that you have practised what you preach. It
> won't work, though, if people treat the group solely as a question and
> answer service. I don't come here just to look for questions about
> Ireland that I am able to answer, even though I deal with quite a few
> such questions. I like the conversation that can arise.
>
> Personally, I feel inclined to tolerate a bit of thread drift and some
> banter, provided it is of a friendly type.
>
Excellent point, as usual, Padraig. Few people want to be just a q and a
source, although there are excellent and valuable posters who do just that
(Barbara V. for one) It is still nice to exchange in some friendly chatter
from time to time. Unfortuntely it is hard at times to separate the friends
from the fiends on the usenet.
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Joseph Coulter
Cruises and Vacations
http://www.josephcoulter.com/
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