LL-L 'Membership' 2006.10.28 (01) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 28 October 2006 * Volume 01
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From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder [ingmar.roerdinkholder at WORLDONLINE.NL]
Subject: LL-L 'Phonology' 2006.10.26 (04) [E]

Mmm, except for Jonny no one seems to bother if I'm back after 8 months or
not... At least, no one else reacted, including the boss. I guess they
were happy about my absence then. At one hand a shame, considering how
much I contributed to the list and how much knowledge and experience I
passed through. I'm wondering what it means...

I remember your enthousiastic welcoming reactions when some old hands had
been away for a couple of weeks or maybe a month or two, and posted a
message after that time. So I'm wondering what that meant, too...

Probably you'll send me some reassuring reply now to explain that it means
the opposite of what I think. I'll still be wondering

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From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
Subject: Membership

Of course I was pleased to hear from you again, Ingmar.  Like Jonny, I would have
said so had I had anything to say about the meat of your posting.  This probably
goes for others as well.  Non-expressed reaction does not necessarily indicate
disinterest on discussion lists.

The alternative would be to make a big deal about your apparent absence. 
Probably like others on the List, I assume you had your reasons.  Questioning you
about them -- if one were so curious -- would mean to me poking one's nose into
your private business, all the more so if this happened "in public."

I delight in everyone's presence.  By the same token, I respect everyone's
personal preferences and decisions.

Welcome back, Ingmar, though as far as I am concerned you never left and I'm not
"the boss."

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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