I tolerate lists related to my work and put up with the odd vituperative missive because I learn so much in the main, but hobby lists bring out a lot of strange stuff. Maybe its just a women’s hobby list type thing but so many sympathy seekers come out of the woodwork. I’m sure many of them are genuine but I always get an uncomfortable feeling that not all of them are. And of course the list members rally round, things are gathered or made to send to the person, eg, we might be asked to make quilt blocks for someone. At first I got a real nice feeling from doing this, but soon it became a neverending chore, more and more heartwrenching stories would emerge. I don’t know, maybe I’m just cold hearted deep down, I wonder what others think. In another hobby list I got so many snotty emails from the list owner when I offered ideas, I quickly left that one. I also hate to kind souls that pass on joke mail etc. Band wasting, time wasting drivel. fortunately we can all exercise the delete button and save our sanity.