Thanks, Bill, yes! I'd just been using the FML Archives to look up something else for someone and put in the wrong addy. I practically live at the FML Archives (the addy I gave by accident), the IFC Crit Refs (the corrected one Bill put in), and http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org (FHL Archives) looking up things that are needed privately and publicly. All are such wonderful treasures and so many could be helped by the great medical resources out there. BTW, everyone, the best time to start learning about medical problems is before they are encountered. That permits rapid and most effective responses to occur, and can also help to educate vets who haven't studied ferrets and to let them be aware of the vet level resources out there. In fact, it doesn't hurt to begin learning a bit before getting a ferret because that way a person knows about some warning signs before selecting one, and knows enough to have a savings account saving money for future medical needs which simply will occur with the vast majority of ferrets. From yesterday's FML: >Here are some other places with links which I suggest to anyone needing >medical info: >http://listserv.cuny.edu/archives/ferret-search.html (Critical Ferret >References) >[Moderator's note: Don't you mean the Critical Ferret References at: >http://www.ferretcongress.org/CriticalLinks.html ? BIG] >http://www.trifl.org/medical.html >http://www.ferretcentral.org >http://www.fothferrets.com/ferretinfo.html Only speaking for myself here and not in relation to any specific subset: I certainly can understand that when schedules are crowded that names or addies can be more easily lost, work be delayed, note of gratitude sent late, and so on. No problem there. On the other hand -- also just speaking personally -- I know that if a person helps others but is not thanked it begins to feel like perhaps all that hard work is being circular filed (even worse is if the person is temporarily stressed out by the hard problem and is touchy, especially if hours have been devoted to trying to seek a solution for the person). There have been several times when that happened for a while and I seriously thought, "Well, maybe I'm not achieving anything." and wondered it my energies should go elsewhere. Then I'd have a batch of thank yous arrive out of the blue and sometimes they would be such heart-moving ones. It sounds okay to think that people should just "know" that their hard work to help others is appreciated, but honestly, they don't know unless they are thanked. Taking a few seconds to says "Thanks" and hit reply to the individual person means the world. (A private thank you is far more personal and appreciated often, and some groups rules -- but not the Ferret Mailing List -- do require that private approach in many circumstances to avoid over-crowding those lists.) Taking a few minutes to express gratitude when a large difference has been made is worth the sky for so many who donate their hard labor, their time, their homes (because a shelter does take over much of a home), their money, their understanding, etc. Never forget that, and, please, -- anyone -- avoid making excuses to yourself to not do so. It's one thing to not care yourself if you are the one who has given and then a note can always be attached saying, "I know that your schedule is crowded so no thank you is needed." but at the same time realize that a thank you might be just the sort of healing magic someone else happens to need at any time after a kindness is received. [Posted in FML issue 4368]