Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:13:19 -0230
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: MOD more apology
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You know, David, if you're going to send out messages like this, you might
as well tell us what you're apologizing for!   I've no idea!  Nor do I know
what Matthew did.  I'm sure you didn't do anything too dreadful - but if you
don't just want to raise the curiosity of those of us who haven't followed
the details of some apparent disaster, you might either not send messages
like this at all, or else at least tell us what they are about!

Now don't worry, I'm sure it's fine, and for sure the list has suffered
worse than whatever minor slip-up this might refer to...



Joy



On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:05 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Dear Volks,
> I messed this up a lot worse than I thought at first, and I'm very
> sorry.  We've lost about seven people on account of it which is a
> great shame.  Matthew was quite right to do what he did, and no doubt
> we'd have lost more if he hadn't; so I'm grateful to him.
>
> In a way this is good -- I certainly aim to keep on learning, and
> also I was beginning to get a big head, so I needed humbling.  But
> this was an expensive one for the list, and I sincerely apologize for
> it.  Thank you all, especially Matthew, who were seriously aggravated
> and hung in there anyway.
>
> Yours,
> David
>