On Tue, 24 Oct 1995, Helmboldt, Bruce wrote:

[snip, snip]

> machine. But I'd still prefer to read more about birding and birds
> and less about politics. This group is an escape for me. If I want
> to read about politics, arguments, pollution, etc, I'll buy a
> newspaper.


Well, for heaven's sake--what I'd like to know then, if there are more
people on this list who want to escape and talk *strictly* about birds and
birding than there are who want to talk about things indirectly related,
then why ain't the former talking up a storm? ;-)

---Lisa, who (in spite of having a Life) reads *everything* on Tweeters,
even the bird stuff