Not too long back (a couple of months?) I got a note from a certain individual here who wanted (encouraged) me to participate in attacks that person has made for years against her most common FML target for many years. Apparently, she thought that just because he and I disagree on some highly academic points that I would behave that way toward him. I refused with disgust; it was an appalling suggestion. When I refused I got a note from from her saying that two of my close FML friends were saying terrible things about me behind my back on other lists. I rolled my eyes to the heavens, laughed, and trashed it because I knew better than to believe it. What makes it even funnier is that I have since learned that one of them isn't even on any other lists. How is that for a hoot? Hey, the FML is the size of a small town. Just like a town it has all types of people. None of us is perfect, least of all me, but some things here can approach being beyond the norm at times. I won't say who the other people were: who sent me those letters, who was the most common target (on the FML, at least), who my friends are. Some people here will know at least in part, but most will only guess. This note is here for three reasons: 1. as a warning to the person to behave better, 2. as a heads up to the typical target, 3. as a reminder to people on the list that sometimes there are or have been things going on off the list of which they are unaware which can spill over into the FML in unexpected ways. -- Sukie (not a vet) Ferret Health List co-moderator http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/ferrethealth FHL Archives fan http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ replacing http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org International Ferret Congress advisor http://www.ferretcongress.org [Posted in FML issue 5191]