Main List Survival Strategy (WAS: Retreating to the safety of OTChatter

[elfundeb2]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Anne" <anneu53714 at y...> 
wrote:
> I see there have been 250 posts to HPfGU since I posted my jumbled 
> thoughts about OotP there last night. I cannot read 500 messages 
per 
> day from a single discussion group. Anyone want to summarize them 
for 
> me?? :-) 

::takes a deep breath::

It *is* more peaceful over here.  Nevertheless, I thought I'd share 
my own personal Main List Survival Strategy, since I can't read 500 
posts a day either.  Here's what I do.  I pick a topic I'm interested 
in, like Snape's pensieve memories.  Then I simply search on those 
terms using the Yahoo search function, which is lousy for digging 
back through the archives, but it works fine when you just want to 
see what's been posted in the last few days.  (Though you might need 
to do more than one search, e.g., one for Snape and pensieve and 
another for Snape and memory.)  I've managed two main list posts 
using this method.

Of course, I have no idea what else they're talking about over 
there.  Thestrals?  What thestrals?  

Debbie