Hey Nancy!   
      
   Dec 14 00:31 05, Nancy Backus wrote to Maurice Kinal:   
      
    NB> sure if you regularly read all the messages or just the ones to you   
    NB> directly.....  :)   
      
   Heh, heh.  I read it and saw that there was roughly as many quotes of my words   
   as Danny's.  :-)   
      
   I find your words to be the most reassuring.   
      
    NB> The Genealogy echoes were similar...  The main one GENEALOGY got so    
    NB> big   
    NB> and unwieldy that many other splintered echoes were formed,   
      
   That can happen.  I've noticed that same pattern in other successful echoes.    
   Usually the splinters are more refined then whatever echo spawned them, and   
   some become more regional based simply because of language differences.  It   
   can be a healthy thing for sure.  Not always but for the mostpart it is a sign   
   of health.   
      
    NB> Of course, it DOES depend on what one's interests may be...    
    NB> :)   
      
   Or what one feels comfortable posting about.  There are things that interest   
   me that I have absolutely very little knowledge about.  Geneology is a good   
   example.  I've never posted there but have followed and read posts there in   
   the past.  Not lately but I don't get that many echoes at the moment.     
      
    NB> That's obviously a case of people lurking,   
      
   For sure.  I've done that.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
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