On Nov 12, 1:32=C2=A0pm, Amy Guskin  wrote:   
   >   
   > Ha! =C2=A0It is so funny to come back =C2=A0here after all this time and =   
   see what is   
   > going on.   
      
   Happy to be of assistance.   
      
   >StarFury, first of all, you can lay the blame square with me on   
   > your Claudia post not getting through.   
      
   Are you the only moderator here? I could swear I saw another within   
   recent days claiming that my comments about missing posts is of no   
   concern.   
      
   > I have had a VERY complex and tough   
   > year, starting with my February surgery that went wrong, and had long-run=   
   ning   
   > complications through the spring (hospital-acquired infection had me on a=   
    pic   
   > line for months) followed by more complicated and painful physical therap=   
   y   
   > than I'd had before. Then came the late spring and summer, when my elderl=   
   y   
   > parents found a home down here, and I spent every weekend schlepping up t=   
   o   
   > New York with my husband to help them pack a lifetime of stuff and get th=   
   e   
   > house ready for the sale. Then they moved here, right around the block fr=   
   om   
   > me, and that quickly became a full time job that I didn't expect (taking =   
   them   
   > to supermarkets, doctors, stores, etc.).   
      
   This looks and smells like too much of an obvious trap, and I refuse   
   to take the bait if it is.   
      
   > And then I went to Paris for a few   
   > weeks on a much-deserved vacation.   
      
   Well, at least someone got to go on a vacation this year.   
      
   > Then I came back, and it was election time   
   > =E2=80=B9 I'm a seasonal poll worker so this takes up some space in my li=   
   fe. =C2=A0And now   
   > it is post-election, and I am back looking in on things. So, am I telling=   
    you   
   > all of this so you can play your tiny violin for me?   
      
   I don't play a violin, tiny or otherwise. The only musical instrument   
   I've played was the clarinet, and that was a long time ago.   
      
   > Indeed no. I am just   
   > telling you that I was more busy than usual all year long, and thus have =   
   not   
   > been holding up my end of things in moderation land. For at least a year,   
   > this place has become so empty it is practically desolate.   
      
   Yes, a wonder it didn't happen a lot sooner, as I said.   
      
   > So instead of   
   > popping in several times a day, every day, I have only been popping in to   
   > moderate VERY occasionally, for which I apologize.   
      
   If you say so.   
      
   > But when week after week   
   > goes by with NOTHING in the queue, I started to think that maybe this pla=   
   ce   
   > was just being deserted by people hopping over to Facebook. Obviously I w=   
   as   
   > wrong, and I'll get back on the stick with my daily moderation.   
      
   Oh, the temptation ...but that one is too easy anyway.   
      
   > So, that post   
   > *specifically* not appearing was indeed my fault.   
   >   
   > But the second point I want to make is this: I can't speak for anyone els=   
   e,   
   > but as long as I have been moderating, which is some years, NO ONE is loo=   
   king   
   > at who is posting and deciding on that basis whether or not to approve it=   
   .   
      
   Didn't you just say that you couldn't speak for anyone else?   
      
   > You have a highly inflated opinion of yourself if you think that.   
      
   Nah, not really.   
      
   > Most of us   
   > are really quite busy with our actual lives, and we are doing this =E2=80=   
   =B9   
   > moderating, keeping the newsgroup running =E2=80=B9=C2=A0out of the kindn=   
   ess of our hearts   
   > and a love for this property.   
      
   Oh, the devotion! In fact, I'm the one hearing a violin at the moment.   
   --- SBBSecho 2.20-Win32   
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