Susan : Don't feel alone. I tried reaching Wally by phone last month and kept getting a busy signal. He must have been there :-) I think he is mad at me. I think he doesn't want to talk to me. He is an angry sort of dictator here on TN-Birds and won't let anyone do everything they want to. I really don't like him but, heck, I don't have to deal with him because he won't return my e-mail messages. He edits everything I try to put online. He makes fun of me and Anna Vareney and Nell Moore on line and they really get mad at him. He is mean. Recently, I was commenting on how long it takes him to respond to an e-mail message and that I thought he had a new address. Anna Varney and Nell Moore each told me not to get all excited and concerned. Anna said she had waited four months for him to reply and Nell said it had been so long she just gave up. I think he gets busy and puts things off. I don't think he has shunned a charming gal like you. From what I hear, you are a nice person, great birder and a fun gal in the field. I remember Wally telling someone one time about you serving pudding on the yellow line in the middle of the road because they showed you a 100% guranteed life Swainson's Warbler. He must think you are wonderful. Here are two secrete e-mail addresses you may try him at. I'm sure he will get at least one of your messages. He may respond to you at one of these special addresses. Don't let others on TN-Birds know that I gave you these special, personal e-mail addresses. And promise not to let him know I gave them to you. He would shun me for months. He would take me off of TN-Birds and make fun of me publically and talk bad about me at TOS meetings. Wally would kill me if he found that out. Anna and Nell would tell you that it might be the middle of next summer before you year from him. But go ahead and use his special e-mail addresses: jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx and jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Of course you know he hides behind that jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx address so he doesn't have to respond to the rest of us low life people here on TN-Birds that he thinks are beneath him. Do you know him? I'd like for you to introduce me to him. I think he is really cute. He is a great looking guy. I hear he has a beard. Is that true? Chris Sloan said he was the best birder in Tennessee. Jeff Wilson said he didn't think he was that good of a birder. Ken said he use to have a crush on Robbie Hassler when he was young. I wished he'd have a crush on me know that he is old.....Don't keep your fingers crossed on an e-mail from Wally ;-) Mary Christmas to you..... Merry =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================