To the Long-Time Listees

[Simon Branford]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...> 
wrote:
> As a relatively new listee (joined September '02), I can't help 
> wondering how you older listees see the main HP list these days.  I 
> did do some reading of the old year 2000 posts and recognized some 
> of your names from nowadays

Some of mine may have been amongst them :)


> Do you guys see much at all that you haven't seen 100 times 
> before?  Maybe many of you just pop in once in a while just to see 
> if anything interesting has come up?  I know that even I am now 
> seeing subjects reintroduced that I have seen hashed out once or 
> twice since *I* joined!

There are sometimes threads that come up that are completely new, but 
that is rare. I personally have someone who points out threads that 
are likely to be of interest to me. There was an interesting 
discussion going on about Quidditch recently, that made me wish I had 
more time. I would have loved to get involved, as it is a topic that 
I feel has been under discussed for ages.

Generally topics being rehashed is not a great problem to me. It is 
when exactly the same things are discussed without attempt to bring 
anything new to the discussion that I start to yawn. And of course 
mentioning the gleam in Dumbledore's eyes would get a few comments 
(wonder what the OotP equivalent will be...).

 
> I must say, I am looking forward to the OoP posts partly to see who 
> all we hear from, that we haven't for a long time!

I intend to, but it will be dependant on free time being available 
around then.


Simon, who like Catherine, is to be mainly found on FA these days and 
has no worries about having to keep others away from OotP - he will 
be having his own copy.