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Re: [at-l] Introduction

I dont care for the word "lurker" either. Thought you might want to hear
from one anyway. Backpacking is a whole new world to me one I only started
a year ago. Alot of planning and reading research has gone into discovering
a whole new place to "be" that's rewarding to the mind and soul. When I
really want to be "there" I can come to the AT-L to plan , learn, prepare, 
and educate myself to be a physically fir and mentally prepared to enjoy it
as well!
I do love the banter... I want to met Gail someday I followed her postings
while she was on the trail. I hope to go to the gathering this year (to
Lurk!)vbg>..Felix dont stop now keep the story coming and Jim and Ginny
Owen  postings flow with love of the outdoors and all it entails! The hot
debates never get totally out of hand! VBG> I could go on...Thanks for all
your advice and opinions and experience and wisdom..yes I have taken alot
from this list and I have applied it in the woods and was thankful the list
was possible.
Bethany 

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> From: Douglas K Gibbons <douglasg@nlnet.nf.ca>
> To: at-l@saffron.hack.net
> Subject: Re: [at-l] Introduction
> Date: Tuesday, February 04, 1997 11:57 PM
> 
> James P. Jim Lynch wrote:
> > 
> > >that probably only 20% of the people on this list were contributing,
the
> > >remainder were lurking.
> > 
> > I'm not real sure that this is 'bad.'  The other 80% are probably
getting
> > something from the list that is useful and positive to them.  When they
jump
> > in, it'll be great, no doubt!  (but if its average like the rest of us,
> > thats fine too!!!)...
> 
> 
> I don't think even 10% are contributing....I get nightly emails of 
> thanks for the Shakespeare quotes, some of them very emotional. All of 
> them let me know it is ok to continue....some people have personal 
> problems which are eased by the quotes I send.
> 
> Other people are too shy to post and others are too busy at work. And if 
> the authorities aren't watching, then they aren't doing their 
> job....some people are filling their notebooks for the trail....
> 
> There is graduate material here....and for the record, I would never 
> give out the name or address of a lurker who contacts me....
> 
> ALL the quotes, original poems, stories, etc are very much appreciated 
> by everybody I hear from......
> 
> I wish I knew a better word than 'lurker', but the email I get privately 
> makes me feel really good.....
> 
> Doug
> 
> 
>  
> -- 
>        Doug Gibbons, Port aux Basques, Newfoundland        
>        http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ae050/Profile.html 
>         '...lowliness is young ambition's ladder.'
> 	 (Brutus in Julius Caesar [Shakespeare])
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