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Hell o! In a message dated 6/28/02 1:59:01 AM, brunoklein@ideastudioweb.com writes: >Did you find me unpolite? No! Not at all. I hope it did not seem that this was what I was implying. I was just saying that many "lurker" or "non-respondsive" LD list member/ subscribers are merely trying to be "polite" by not inserting commentary when they have little to ad to a discussion. Personally, I read many, many fascinating posts on LD that I may have some thoughts on . . . but, after thinking about it I realize that I have nothing really very original to say . . . or somebody has already said it better than I would have and it's a waste of time to say, "Me too! Me too!" And . . . maybe it was impolite to insert MY comments into a discussion where I'd previously only been a listener/observer. I could sense some disappointment that the list was not responding to your posts "en masse." I spoke up in defense of all the silent ones. >but I don't think that this dispense us to try and contemplate other >issues... My only point . . . and then I shall go silent again . . . is that many CONTEMPLATE what is said . . . but do not often speak themselves. That's all I was trying to say. Now I've said too much. >I thought that a list of differents ways and ideas >would have help me to be less predictable in my looping Mine to. The LD list is very helpful in this regard. I've subscribed for 6+ years and it is very important to me. Like I said before . . . I read many more posts than I respond to . . . and I believe many others do as well. >PS: FWIW, OTOH... (pardon me... >sometimes most of the loopfolk forget >that this is an international list) Sorry! My turn to apologize . . . here's a quick glossary of common english/american webspeak abbreviations you may find in cyberspace: FWIW = "For what it's worth" OTOH = "On the other hand" IMO = "In my opinion" IMOHO = "In my own humble opinion" BTW = "By the way" LOL = "Laughing out loud" There are others but these are the ones you'll encounter most often. Best regards, Ted Killian