<<In a private note [deleted] wrote:
>I get about 150 messages by E-mail. At least 10% of them are of the
>'off-topic' type.
>
>I regard your message spam. I don't like spam, and please shut up if you
>don't have anything useful for the newsgroup.

Seems we have a new moderator for the list who will be able to determine for all of us what is useful....  Apparently a little humor as a divergence on a busy Monday to bring a smile was not deemed 'useful', although others have said:>>


Someone please reassure me that this isn't another case of someone posting, for less-than-exemplary personal motives, a private email item received by the poster without the sender's knowledge or permission.

Steve