Am I the only one here who recalls CH's rather rude thread with his vow never to post a song here again because he was too high and mighty to learn how to do HTML line breaks?

Maybe someone who manages a large effort might prioritize with whom he is willing to communicate, given shortages of time. I don't know if it had anything to do with this situation-- I also know of a number of instances when a PM sent around here has not arrived at its destination. And not all e-mails arrive, either, nor is every one that does arrive necessarily seen.

Nor are all messages that are seen, answered. I know there have been many times when I meant to answer something, knew the reply would be long and involved, put it off for a time I could focus on it, and then could not remember whether I had actually sent it or not. But then the people who write to me don't usually assume they are the center of my universe, either, and if I don't answer they don't usually accuse me in public of being an a**hole when an occasion presents itself.

When I offered to help, and Susan told me all that is involved, I understood why they keep the work close to home. It involves a lot of on-the-fly judgment calls. I did NOT feel unanswered, even tho it took awhile to get an answer-- I felt like a peer who also manages a lot of volunteer effort, talking to someone else who does, about how hard that can be.

We're so good at telling everyone what someone SHOULD have done, when in fact we know nothing about the actual circumstances. In the present instance, what CH posted in this thread is what, in football, they would call "piling on." If I had a boatload of messages piled up after a road trip and one was from CH, I'm not sure how fast I would answer him myself. It seems like stinkin' thinkin' to me, the way he took a thread started for making trouble and added to it.

~Susan