[Magdalen] testing w/ a new ISP

[Grace Cangialosi]

My journey was from St. Sam's, which became increasingly snarky, to St. Bede's, which started out being kinder and gentler but devolved into the same realm, at which point I gave up for awhile. Then someone told me about Maddie's, which at that point was by invitation or application only.
Mostly we seem to do fairly well, I think...  And I certainly value the many friends I've found on here, in cyberspace as well as in person!

> On Dec 9, 2014, at 3:14 PM, "Don Boyd" <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> By my count there have been about 40 people who have posted during 2014. The "10 to 12" guess about high-frequency posters seems about right to me.
> 
> When I came to the Pub, there were two other lists with similar constituencies--one was St. Sam's, which was not moderated and had some posters whose tolerance for views different from their own was very low. (I.e., "I'm right and if you weren't such an ignorant twit you'd recognize that.")  The snarl and snark (as I perceived things) made me uncomfortable. There was another (hoping to be kinder/gentler?) whose name I have forgot, but it failed to thrive.  And there was/is? a musicians' list that shared Sunday bulletins and aired views on a variety of musical topics.
> 
> Anglicans Online used to list several of these online communities, but when I looked at AO today I didn't find them.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion Thompson" <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 11:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] testing w/ a new ISP
> 
> 
>> I saw it, but let the one speak for me.
>> 
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>> On 12/9/2014 12:27 PM, Louise Laughton wrote:
>>> Sent a test to Magdalen earlier today. It went through all right and one fellow list member responded to tell me I passed the test. That's always encouraging.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Dec 9, 2014, at 11:15 AM, Brian Reid wrote:
>>> 
>>> Magdalen has 133 subscribers.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Actually, counting silent members, it's probably more like twenty or thirty.
>>>> 
>>>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>>>> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
>>>> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
>>>> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>> On 08/12/2014 18:54, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I think we have about twelve members, and, yes, yours is the only post
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> has popped up.
>>>>> I am here as well and I agree it has been quiet.  I have had nothing to
>>>>> contribute and have been in and out all day.  Lynn's post came when I was
>>>>> out at a meeting, after which I came home to find some responses to it.
>>>>> Then I went out to a training session from which I have just returned.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Roger
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