Re: Our Gang

Judith Latham wrote:

> This can be our own private cyber get-away. I'm starting to think that=20
> there may be a future between us; but we'd have to take things slowly.=20
> I'm not very observant but as an Orthodox Jew, i do adhere to certain=20
> traditions. But let's not put the cart before the horse just yet


Maybe a little too private.  I prefer the food group.  I realize you're hav=
ing problems there but I see them as minuscule compared to what's going on =
in the other group.  This place has no soul.  No yet.  Maybe it never will.=
  I do not want to take sides in your disputes in the food group.  But I wo=
uld if I followed the dispute and thought you were right.  Anyway, I posted=
 into the food group years ago but it was not my favorite spot.  I only had=
 3 or 4, never wanted to delve into all of them.  But I have looked at some=
 just for the techno aspect of it, to see how long they've been defunct and=
 sometimes even wonder how or way they became defunct, in much the manner t=
hat one might ask, "How did it happen?", the minute they hear about someone=
 dying.  If a person wanted to, they could probably make a study of a selec=
t few defunct groups, studying the number of posts, the group at it's peak,=
 and its diminishment over time, trying to find out at what point exactly t=
he group began its decline.  I want these newsgroups as a source of absolut=
e abandonment of purpose.  I mean total freedom to say whatever you want, a=
nd as a plus to sometimes say it in an entertaining or interesting way.  In=
 other words I'll pop into this joint from time to time, but for now I'm "u=
sing" the food groups and don't think I should have to abandon them on the =
basis of your problems with them.  By the way I see you post only at select=
 times to certain groups.  I sometimes suspect you have over a hundred grou=
ps you go to and you take them in order so that your visits to each group s=
eem a pleasant surprise to others in the group, like maybe you're been in t=
he hospital or visiting another country, when in reality you've been going =
to 100 different groups at the rate of just one per day, never overstaying =
your welcome - well, maybe sometimes - and never hesitation to get lost whe=
n you get the vibe that maybe people are getting just a bit tired of your r=
outine.  This same "once every so often" approach can be used in real life =
like a guy going to 5 or 6 poolrooms in a big city but staying in each only=
 a week, so that every 5 weeks or so his return to another poolroom is seen=
 as some sort of historic returning bordering on the "He is risen" routine.