Re: JODI and NON RLS Subjects?

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

It's truly sad that two people have been taken off the list for writing about

" NON RLS STUFF " and then I sit here and read through 10 letters all about NON

RLS STUFF!!!! It seems to me that it's alright to write about NON RLS Stuff

if you are one of the people who are " liked " ? I guess since I am now adding

to the so called problem by writing my own NON RLS letter I suppose I will

get a warning.

It will have been worth it.

I also think that if you have a computer that makes you upload all your mail

before you can read or delete it....it's time for either A. a new computer or

B. a new ISP!

I myself enjoy reading all kinds of mail on here. I used to frequent the

chat rooms, now I spend most of my free time reading here. I rather enjoy

our group and like to here about all the things that people have on there

minds and what they feel is important to include in their notes. ( the

weather, ads for there personal web pages or even the whole pages that get

sent to EVERYONE saying simply....ditto! )

OBTW! My RLS has been really horrible the last 2 weeks and I always find it

a relief to know that there are others who know what I feel.

Peace to all,

Brynn

[Guest guest]

From: Raine2Nite@...

Hi Everyone,

It's truly sad that two people have been taken off the list for writing about

" NON RLS STUFF " and then I sit here and read through 10 letters all about NON

RLS STUFF!!!! It seems to me that it's alright to write about NON RLS Stuff

if you are one of the people who are " liked " ? I guess since I am now adding

to the so called problem by writing my own NON RLS letter I suppose I will

get a warning.

Raine and All:

Let me just make a quick comment on what has been happening here and from this

point on, I will

not intervene unless it is absolutely necessary.

1) I guess that by saying " non-RLS " subjects, I was basically referring to the

messages posted

to the group in response to what someone else has said (usually something that

has ticked

someone off). These should be directed to the person that posted the message in

the first place

instead of the whole group.

2) As for removing several members from the list, I would like to make it clear

that there are

alot of things that happen in the background that none of you are aware of. I

usually have

between 70-100 messages a day (including those from the list) and most of them

are complaints

about other group members or a problem that they are having, or something along

that line. I

have to take all of this into consideration and use it to make my decision as to

whether or not

to remove a person from the list. This was the primary reason that these people

were removed

from the list. When there is someone in the group that is constantly raising a

ruckus, whether

it be in group posts, or private messages sent to other group members, in my

opinion, that needs

to be stopped. Plus, I get really tired of getting complaints and when I get a

dozen or so from

different people all having to do with the same person, I have to take some sort

of action.

> I also think that if you have a computer that makes you upload all your mail

> before you can read or delete it....it's time for either A. a new computer or

> B. a new ISP!

On this subject, I have found out from my own personal experience, as I also

have an AOL address

which I receive the digest format of the list from, that when the digest is over

a certain size,

you have to download it as a text file before you can view it. It can be a pain

and that's why

we have always asked that members try to copy the " pertinent " parts of a message

that they are

responding to instead of the entire message. The less text in the message, the

less size of the

digest for those who receive only that version. Besides, I know that there are

quite a few

people that can't afford to just go out and buy a new computer.

> I myself enjoy reading all kinds of mail on here. I used to frequent the

> chat rooms, now I spend most of my free time reading here. I rather enjoy

> our group and like to here about all the things that people have on there

> minds and what they feel is important to include in their notes. ( the

> weather, ads for there personal web pages or even the whole pages that get

> sent to EVERYONE saying simply....ditto! )

>

I don't have a problem with anything that you said above, other than the DITTO

part, the only

complaint that I have is messages that are sent to the group that are better

sent to the person

in private. This IS a place to share and since this disorder effects so many

parts of our daily

lives, there are other things to discuss and " vent " about that alot of us can

relate to. If you

agree with something that someone says in a post to the group, let them know,

not the whole

group.

>

> OBTW! My RLS has been really horrible the last 2 weeks and I always find it

> a relief to know that there are others who know what I feel.

>

Well, mine's kicked back in, too, so I can definitely relate to that. Gonna

start trying the A

to B Calm, can't hurt, so what the heck?

I hope that what I've tried to explain here has made some sense. I'm going to

stick around and

handle the " running " of the group, but I just hope and pray that we can get this

group back to

what it used to be, that's all I ever wanted anyway. I apologize for coming off

so hard in my

last message to the group, but it had been a very bad day for me after only

getting a little

less than two hours of sleep and then having to work 13 hours on top of having

to take care of

other things that were going on at home (i.e. the place is falling

apart-electrical problems)

but that's what you get when you buy a 50 year old house that needs work, when

it rains, it

pours!! The messages that I received when I got home from work just sent me

through the roof,

and I did something that I've preached against for so long, just whacked out a

message and sent

it while I was still angry, and for that, I apologize.

Restful Nights to all of you,

Jodi