In Reply to: new owner important questions are getting missed... posted by kirsten on June 24, 2000 at 10:34:17:

the only one that hasn't been answered that I have found since you were looking for a female was the one about the change in sleep patterns.. but to explain about why sometimes the posts gets missed..
That happens on lots of boards, bases, there will always be a few posts that don't get answered, many times it is not intentional.. but here are some common reasons..
1. if the same people answered all the posts, it would deter some who could post and don't figureing the post is answered quite nicely already. hence reason 2
3. that someone feels that someone else may do a better job at answering it.
4. they may not know how or what the answer is.
5. they may need time to think about it, and forget to come back and answer..

It is unusal that a post gets "lost" in the shuffle unless that question was asked within the shuffle.. It isn't as much bickering as it is a lot of people voiceing very different opinions. To some that may seem like bickering, but to others it is a way to generally voice their views. A lot of us that has been around awhile are trying to do things more on the lighter side, showing people that we not only are passionate about issues, but also that we are real people too, people with a sense of humor to balance out our passions.. To those offened by that , our apologies, but it is necessary, tounderstand that some issues really grate on eople. but thats what make a message base helpful, to be able to get different views that goes with the different personalities.. By the way, the link pockets sent you , has many of the same people on it..

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