On Nov 12, 1:32=C2=A0pm, Amy Guskin  wrote:
>
> Ha! =C2=A0It is so funny to come back =C2=A0here after all this time and =
see what is
> going on.

Happy to be of assistance.

>StarFury, first of all, you can lay the blame square with me on
> your Claudia post not getting through.

Are you the only moderator here? I could swear I saw another within
recent days claiming that my comments about missing posts is of no
concern.

> I have had a VERY complex and tough
> year, starting with my February surgery that went wrong, and had long-run=
ning
> complications through the spring (hospital-acquired infection had me on a=
 pic
> line for months) followed by more complicated and painful physical therap=
y
> than I'd had before. Then came the late spring and summer, when my elderl=
y
> parents found a home down here, and I spent every weekend schlepping up t=
o
> New York with my husband to help them pack a lifetime of stuff and get th=
e
> house ready for the sale. Then they moved here, right around the block fr=
om
> me, and that quickly became a full time job that I didn't expect (taking =
them
> to supermarkets, doctors, stores, etc.).

This looks and smells like too much of an obvious trap, and I refuse
to take the bait if it is.

> And then I went to Paris for a few
> weeks on a much-deserved vacation.

Well, at least someone got to go on a vacation this year.

> Then I came back, and it was election time
> =E2=80=B9 I'm a seasonal poll worker so this takes up some space in my li=
fe. =C2=A0And now
> it is post-election, and I am back looking in on things. So, am I telling=
 you
> all of this so you can play your tiny violin for me?

I don't play a violin, tiny or otherwise. The only musical instrument
I've played was the clarinet, and that was a long time ago.

> Indeed no. I am just
> telling you that I was more busy than usual all year long, and thus have =
not
> been holding up my end of things in moderation land. For at least a year,
> this place has become so empty it is practically desolate.

Yes, a wonder it didn't happen a lot sooner, as I said.

> So instead of
> popping in several times a day, every day, I have only been popping in to
> moderate VERY occasionally, for which I apologize.

If you say so.

> But when week after week
> goes by with NOTHING in the queue, I started to think that maybe this pla=
ce
> was just being deserted by people hopping over to Facebook. Obviously I w=
as
> wrong, and I'll get back on the stick with my daily moderation.

Oh, the temptation ...but that one is too easy anyway.

> So, that post
> *specifically* not appearing was indeed my fault.
>
> But the second point I want to make is this: I can't speak for anyone els=
e,
> but as long as I have been moderating, which is some years, NO ONE is loo=
king
> at who is posting and deciding on that basis whether or not to approve it=
.

Didn't you just say that you couldn't speak for anyone else?

> You have a highly inflated opinion of yourself if you think that.

Nah, not really.

> Most of us
> are really quite busy with our actual lives, and we are doing this =E2=80=
=B9
> moderating, keeping the newsgroup running =E2=80=B9=C2=A0out of the kindn=
ess of our hearts
> and a love for this property.

Oh, the devotion! In fact, I'm the one hearing a violin at the moment.
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