Re: Lurkers

At 12:27 04/21/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>To all our Lurkers:
>I'm not trying to be offensive; I honestly don't understand. Why lurk?
>Don't you feel like you want to join in with all the arguments (whoops!
>civilised debates). That's the best bit for me- my first day on the list I
>sparked off an argument (the s-->h debate, which I thought should go
>s->z->h) and the most recent such was my argument with Vasily about
>fracturing in OE (that was fun! thanks Basileus!). What do you actually
>do, just read all the postings?
>
>Dan
Well, I don't really qualify as a lurker, but I don't have the time nor the
inclination to join in with all the discussions. I read most of them, the
email equivalent of listening. Actually, even in a group of physical
people, I prefer listening to talking. I learn more that way. :-)

Sylvia

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Sylvia Sotomayor                                  sylvia1@ix.netcom.com
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