Re: A new definition for Heil

[barbara wolf <lupa@biddeford.com>]

At 10:29 AM 2/5/96 -0800, Thomas Harbold wrote:
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>Mr. Heil, if he has only been on the list for a few hundred messages, may
>have failed to realize that this is a *chat* list, and as such deals with
>Real People and the life-issues which are important to them, whether they
>be seeking the community's prayers for those near and dear to them, or
>for themselves, trading opinions and perspectives on (the Anglican
>approach to, one hopes) political and social issues, engaging in the kind
>of light-hearted banter which goes far toward building community, or even
>trading recipes: "man cannot live by bread alone" -- sometimes chili and
>beer is required!  :-)

Amen.  Daughter Molly had been talking about ANGLICAN for a long time before
I dug up the courage to tiptoe in, so I knew something of what goes on here.
Nonetheless it was a bit bewildering at first: the puns and the jokes, the
arguments, the prayer requests (which are not in the least diminished in
importance by being parked between Texas and New Zealand in my mailbox), and
above all the personalities that emerge from all the verbiage.  But I feel
quite at home now--even if I occasionally stumble on the carpet and bump
into the furniture.

I do feel a little sorry for Mr. Heil, who probably expected something other
than what he got.  I don't know whether he's taken himself elsewhere.  If he
is still around, I hope he will discover that there's a lot of love floating
around this corner of Cybernia and that he is welcome to enjoy it.
Barbara Wolf

        "But we've got to be careful not to reduce people by cramming
        them in the limits of our understanding, haven't we?"

                                                Reginald Hill