One thing I love to chuckle and tolerate about this Digest, is someone can ask a question..and not only do we answer they're question....we expand it to things much beyond the original question.
For example: someone recently asked this: >>>I can only think of a few times when the weather really impacted the folks >>>in Mayberry - can you think of more?<<< (now read it carefully again) Not only did folks answer when weather changed behavior (or impacted folks) ..be we also listed a litany of adverse weather that did not change behavior..such as times that it rained (Quiet Sam and his son being born) The weather in that case did not change behavior..it just caused Barney to wear a raincoat. But going off of these tangents..is a little like Barney himself. Another question recently asked was mention of Snow. May favorite (an only one that comes to mind at the moment) snow reference is when Barney said to Andy "Boy, you wouldn't notice a muddy elephant in a snowstorm would you? This may have been in the Quiet Sam episode as well. Andy said something like "Has Sam got an elephant up at his farm" Hey I need to clear something up, that I'm sure was an honest mistake This was posted on Sunday "The untrained voice was really untrained in manners when he let me have it for contacting him" The person posting was referring to Tom Kessel. Tom Kessel is NOT was NOT the Untrained Voice. I am,..Joe Gritton. Tom Called himself Colonel Tim's protégé'. The mistake is understandable. When Tom first came on the board, I helped him by cleaning up a lot of his messages. I also support what Allan had to do, and my hat is off to him for doing everything he did to try to make things work for him, because of his love and experience for that stars of that day, and the appreciation that many of us had for him and his stories. As one of the first to correspond with him offline, I can fill in a little of the gap for those that don't know. If you happened to say anything that appeared to disagree with him, or dispute his knowledge, (even if that was not the intent) he would write nasty notes in email to his alleged offender. It was a different side of him that I attribute (just my opinion) to an illness of the mind that he could not control...a different personality if you will. It is truly sad to see it come to his expulsion for the second time, but I'm sure there was no other way. Let's just cherish the great stories that he brought to us. Let's give thanks to Allan and Marsha Shuermmann (sp?) and others that helped bring his great stories to us while they lasted. And those so inclined, pray for Tom, and his peace of mind, and his health. He is truly one of a kind..but just does not have the capacity to be left unchecked in a public forum like this. Sincerely Joe Gritton, The Untrained Voice, [email protected] _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
