From: mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu (Mary E. Allison)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: AMC - various and sundry TANs
Date: 31 Jul 1992 17:12:22 GMT
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Various insightful commments (and/or cynical remarks)

ZEROTH -- WELCOME to all the new lurkers that are coming out.  I'd
love to welcome you all individually - but I'd NEVER have the time.
We're glad to have you here.

First comments on the yearbook

WOW -- Pauline (who has an ADORABLE kitten) made a post and used UPPER
AND LOWER CASE LETTERS.  She's finally found the shift key :^) -- she
IS impressed :^)

JEEP (a dog person) - I LOVE THE MAP

I haven't see the ENTIRE thing yet, but I have glanced at the photos.

I'm IMPRESSED (as you can tell by the number of capital letters I'm
using).

I'm wondering if we should start voting on who has the cutest cat -
well the second or third cutest cat.

On all the stuff about posting things first and people not
responding, etc. et al.

wulfekuh@cps.msu.edu.cps.msu.edu (Marilyn R Wulfekuhler) writes:

> FLAME SUIT ON
> However, it does seem that this newsgroup is at times just a leetle
> bit cliquish in that people seem to respond more to the well known
> frequent posters than us ordinary folks, regardless of where the
> subject first came up.
> FLAME SUIT OFF

     Well, in my case I'm more apt to respond to the people that I
know better.  ESPECIALly if I'm in one of my more, umm, smart alex
moods and want to get cynical.  I KNOW that certain folks know that
some things I might say aren't really to be taken seriously - but
sometimes with the flks I don't know ans well I'd rather say nothing
than be misinterrupted.

trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski) writes:

> actually...we don't have an official "welcomer"....alex is busy with
> the baby bost...granma is gone for the summer...mary has been
> sick...caz is BUSY...i haven't been posting (just lurking)....

     Umm - I've kind of always thought of CAZ as the UNofficial
greeter - she always seems to notice a new poster and say HI and
WELCOME and all that stuff.  But on the other hand, we should all try
to do that - that way when some of us don't have time others of us
MIGHT have time.

holst@mrl.arc.nasa.gov (Laura Holst) writes:

> The first time I posted to rats, not only did I not get a welcome, I
> got FLAMED because I didn't delete any of the original article I was
> responding to (I won't mention any names).  Apparnetly it was too
> long to go through again (even in computer time).

     OUCH - a first time (or newer) poster shouldn't be flamed.  Maybe
pointing out that including entire articles is not proper procedure
and maybe you should talk to someone about how to edit is ONE thing -
but yelling at you -- that's pretty bad.

     Of course, I've been at the other end too and trying to read news
when I've been on a modem and having to s--l--o--w--l--y scroll
through a few pages to get to a one line response, and I KNOW how
frustrating THAT can be.  And a LOT of times I don't read anything
that's on a line beginning with a ">" because I know that chances are
I've already seen it.

Linda K writes:

> I've been posting for several months but never have formally
> introduced myself.  My name is Linda Kasprzycki(That's why my normal
> name will always be "Linda K.) I am 34 years old, and am the Payroll
> Director at the University of Buffalo.

Is there something about upstate New York and long names.  Linda, meet
Mark, Mark if you don't get paid talk to Linda :^)

{ I'd pronounce it Cass (as in momma Elliott) pra (rhymes with bra)
zicki (rhymes with wicky) - is that close? }

--
I have the world's largest collection of seashells.  I keep it 
on all the beaches of the world...  perhaps you've seen it.
  -- Steven Wright

    Mary Allison (mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu) Urbana, Illinois
Catx2 Owned, Square Dancer, Leaper, Ballroom Dancer in training 
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