On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 07:43:45 -0400, "Harry.Krause"
wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 00:21:25 -0500, Richard J Kinch
wrote:


Yes, it's me writes:


I don't see anyone posting home addresses and telephone numbers, why an
email address?

I get a lot of replies or inquiries privately from Usenet postings. Some
people will want to communicate, but not publicly.


So do I off my website. I'm not particularly interested in conversing
with anybody from Usenet unless it's a mutual exchange for some
reason.


Well, that explains those hot chats I hear you have with
Karen Smith. :}

I have no problems with Karen - she has an opinion and is more than
willing to share it. We all do that.

Seriously, though, I agree. There haven't been that many usenetters I've
encountered over the years with whom I wanted to exchange emails or
telephone numbers or some other information.

I have developed friendships over the years on Usenet and have even
met quite a few in real life. A couple of fishing partners were met
on the Internet and I have a few social contacts that I regularly
converse with.

So there is a benefit in a mutual exchange of contact information, but
just for thrill of being contacted by somebody I don't know, uh uh.

Later,

Tom