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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=438203823-23122003>People
who don't like this can go to the other Oregon list. They have absolutely
no sense of humor over there either.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=438203823-23122003>If you
want to make progress on this list, you need to define what progress is, to
you. For example, instead of "watching" this list (it isn't a "site"), you
could ask us a question.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=438203823-23122003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=438203823-23122003>With
the people on this list, and their willingness to look things up, jump on and
add to (or disagree with -- see the comments on the Willamette and boat travel,
or my comments on the use of the term "landed"), you will get, at the very
least, a direction to go in.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=438203823-23122003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=438203823-23122003><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>If you expect that we are going to read your needs via some empathic
ooohhhmmmm, you will be disappointed. We are all (well, almost all) human
beings, <SPAN class=188064423-23122003>and we banter back and forth like
the cousins we may be. Makes for a happy list, and a happy list is a
productive list.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=438203823-23122003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=438203823-23122003>And,
never forget where your delete key is.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=438203823-23122003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=438203823-23122003>Happy
Holidays,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=438203823-23122003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=438203823-23122003>Pat
(in Tucson)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=438203823-23122003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=438203823-23122003><SPAN
class=188064423-23122003>(Please note correct
spellling)</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>welchtazzi@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 23, 2003
16:33<BR><B>To:</B> or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[or-roots] spelling<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT
lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">If you all think you
are doing this for geneology reasons. I think you are all wrong I have
been watching this site for a while and have not seen any progress. This
site just seems to be another type of chat room. If you would all stop
correcting each other and actually get to business of what this site is for
you all might get something done.</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>