That's nothing -- recently I've been Googling up old USENET posts I wrote back in 1990 or thereabouts on topics I'd long since lost any interest in, as well as some truly wretched attempts at fiction I had for whatever reason decided to share with the known universe. At least in the old days a bad author could simply burn the manuscript! :) Regards, Tom Bruno Access Services Widener Library Charlotte Coats <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Ah, come on now...if the politicians can explain away past statements > surely > that will work here as well....:) > > I mean we all grow, mature, say things we ought not to, change our minds, > gather new information on an idea, play devils advocate and on and on and > on...and if an employer is going to hold you to a something you said 10 > years ago, I don't think I'd want to work for him or her or whatever....:) > > But I gotta tell ya, sending a private abusive off list message to the > list > is a good way to stop that sort of thing... > > My rule of thumb, if I wouldn't say it to the list, maybe I ought not say > it > at all....:) and then I hit the send button....:) > > Charlotte > Life can really get bogged down in the minutia > > A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the > Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. > For the terms of participation, please refer to > http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] > In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname > *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES > To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] > > Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html > > Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> > A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>