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From: "The Mellingers" <>
Subject: [PITTSBURGH] Get Rid of Cop & Silly Things
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 09:43:42 -0400
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I've been a member for quite a while. I stay silent since I'm looking for
geneaolgy that I'm interested in. I don't want to clog the site since there
is so much stuff coming through on it.

But -- I vote for genealogy and history constant replies on the same subject
with no meat (i.e. cop, driving in city) They are not genealogy while
inclines, geography, etc. are

Get back to geneaology, if you want to keep boasting such a "good" site.

B. Mellinger
----- Original Message -----
From: Sue M <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 3:17 AM
Subject: [PITTSBURGH] From the administrator


> Kathi,
> Each list administrator runs their list differently. Some have extremely
> strict rules and a violation is quickly met with a gentle warning or a
> bounce from the list membership. Others are more relaxed, flexible,
> informal and permit a lot of things. I am one of the latter and I believe
> that's why this list has been extremely successful in only a few short
> months, with a large and growing membership. The official description for
> the Pittsburgh list is: "PA-PITTSBURGH. A mailing list for ancestry
searches
> which includes the diverse ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds of
> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the surrounding area." The word, historical,
> was omitted due to an error.
> The incline, coal mines, the Clark building, Vic the cop, driving rules,
and
> the singing doctor may not be ancestry, but those things are exactly what
> makes Pittsburgh a unique and glorious city that I love. In turn, because
> of that, 'Burghers are unique and proud with a dialect all of our own, and
> that is part of our ancestry.
> BUT, the list belongs to the members, I only created it and administer it.
> I would like to take a vote, but the thought of over 500 emails flooding
my
> box isn't an exciting idea for me. Especially while I'm working on the
> Master Roll Call for all of the members.
> I appreciate your suggestion and I will look into it, but RW is no longer
> allowing the creation of Community Lists, which a memory list would
probably
> be considered.
> I appreciate your suggestion and it's a good one that I won't just shove
to
> the back of my mind. For the time being, I'd like to ask everyone to
PLEASE
> use the subject line when making a new post. That way everyone can get an
> idea of the content and can chose to delete whatever isn't of interest to
> them. I hope that this is a good compromise for the time being.
> Thanks again Kathi, for bringing this to my attention, I'm very
> appreciative.
> Sue*
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kathi Truex" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 2:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] get back to genealogy
>
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> > Sue,
> >
> > Even though I am enjoying the conversations, this discussion IS NOT
> > genealogy. Nor is 'driving rules' or 'singing doctors.' All of the list
> > administrators on the other lists I belong to would have gently reminded
> > you by now to get back to genealogy as Thomas did. YOU ARE the list
> > administrator, so I guess it's not going to happen. Might I make a
> > suggestion? The Allegheny County List also has a separate memories list,
> > on which subscribers can reminisce about the area and it's people. I for
> > one, would like to see the two separated. I would them subscribe to both
> > lists, and could read the memories email when I wasn't working on
> > genealogy. Anyone else out there agree?
> >
> > Kathi
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> > Thomas,
> > THIS IS GENEALOGY!!!!
> > Sue*
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Thomas J. Kerr" <>
> >
> >
> >
> > > He danced in the middle of the interesction.
> > > He got very angry at bad drivers.
> > > He wore white gloves.
> > > He stood on one log.
> > > He waved his arms as if to chase away crows.
> > > He blew his whistle.
> > > He wore a blue uniform.
> > > Everybody thought he was a scream.
> > >
> > > He was a Pittsburgh Police Officer.
> > >
> > > Now lets get gack to genealogy.
> > >
> > > Thomas
> > >
> > >
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