Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:48:43 -0400
From: Pat Cabe
Subject: Wow! What a refreshing Chatlist!
Chatlist #5222 (which arrived on Tuesday, March 30) was SOOOO refreshing!
The postings featured a walking tour of grand trees, the Day of the Books/Dia de los Libros, Silk Hope benefit bingo, an announcement that Clean Jordan Lake had retrieved its 10,000th bag of trash, new hours for the Pittsboro Farmers Market, an announcement of the PBO 1st Sunday Artisan Fair, coming events at Chatham County Libraries, Holy Week services, gardening with youth, the Senior Games, Pittsboro Relay for Life events, and a weekly Irish/Celtic open jam announcement.
What a treat to open the Chatlist and not be faced with diatribes (anonymous or not) about this, that, or the other thing. No rants. No peeves. No politics. No — well, whatever; you name it — the multitude of unhappy, disgruntled, nettled, irritated, pontificating, etc. … stuff, that so often seems to be the daily fare on the Chatlist (aka sometimes the “Gag-list†).
Next thing you know, people will be reading the Chatlist for actual useful information, rather than the routine, often uninformed, and very often illogical crap that passes for it. There might even be a tiny hint that we could be a community, rather than a rabble.
Pat Cabe