hello everyone this is spam.  but I dont care, I just thought that 
for everyone who isnt constantly writing on the list like myself I 
would put in what at least one of them thinks.  I have made many 
friends because of this ml.  only one truely is because of  c+c.  it 
was a starting point for me in several others, however after a few 
replys back and forth I found myself completely off the original 
topic.  however If I hadnt keept going I would never have gotten to 
be good friends with several of the people on this list that I am 
now.  I agree with thoes who say that spamage has lowered.  6 months 
ago when I started I had lots of time, I got and read about 200 
messages a day.  now I get about 100 however I dont have time to read 
them all.  What do I do?  I look for what seems interesting and read 
it.  if its not then I delete it.  its quick and simple.  as an 
example today I deleted all the spam exept for a few of the stop stop 
stop messages the one with white wolf in the title and the one with 
wayne in the title.  after reading them I decided to post this, and I 
deleted the rest.  I took about 35 messages and cut it down to about 
five that werent fanfics.  It has taken me five minutes to read them 
and write this.  I dont think that that is unreasonable.  if I had 
more time maybe I would read more of the messages and try to get in 
on the discution.  What I would just like to say is that even though 
I dont participate in much of the discution that goes on here I do 
watch what catches my interest.  if I am motevated  enough then i will 
send out a message.  

thats the opinion of one of thoes that 'lurks' some of the time.  I 
read and reply to what catches my fancy and ignore the rest.  If I 
didnt then where would I be?  not on this list.  I would be on raac, 
I joined because I didng get news on my school server and had run out 
most of the fanfics that I could find.  here I found more than just 
nice stories, I found companianship acceptance and friends.  I hope 
that everyone else has a similar experiance here.  

shade and sweet water 
skywise
kschultz1@isd.net
wschultz@randolph.spa.edu
member of AFSS
Warped Reality