On 01 May 2008 02:22:36 -0400, Ann Burlingham <annb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>yes, i've wandered back into usenet. i realise that when my son is in
>residence with me is usenet season: i'm home nights, rather than
>pulling long days & nights at the bookstore. so i wandered in here and
>commenced reading both ends against the middle. tonight i've been
>catching up with older threads. i hadn't realised that the current
>discussion had some roots in a previous discussion. since that
>previous discussion is hanging out on my feed, i'm caught up in it,
>although i did finally notice by the dates that most everyone else is
>probably done with it by now. ah, well. i'm not sorry to be reading
>some stellar posts by aqua, kai, serene, piglet, pat, lisa, and
>others, as well as seeing the selfsame arguments, willful ignorance,
>and the rest exhibited again by the usual suspects. it's like coming
>back to a soap opera; the characters are the same, the threads are
>easy to pick up, it's all so *familiar*. same song, different words.
>
>for once i'll point out that my feeling compelled to comment is in no
>way an expectation that anyone else will feel compelled to read those
>comments. pass by if you want; i'm just refre****ng myself at the
>fountains of alt.poly, long past my bedtime.
For me you've brought back the pleasures of the discussion without the
anger and frustration. Thank you for that.
--
Kai Jones snippy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Smartass by nurture as well as nature. Oh yeah, and I'm contrary, too.
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