Clarification

[duckchow@ix.netcom.com]

I received this message:

>Hi - not sure if I should respond to these messages anymore via the list -
>sorry, i knew there was a archive but wimped out and didn't check first.
>Do you think I should take this 'underground'?

	Oh, no, not at all! I only meant to suggest additional sources of info *in
addition to* the current thread. (By personal chat type posts, I meant
things like ongoing "I'm in this city, what city are you in" kinda
conversational stuff.)

	The SB archives (and others) contain more info that probably won't come up
in the current thread. Whether I want to owner-build or be an informed
consumer, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be.

	I don't mean to dissuade people in any way from using the list for its
intended purpose... My apologies for not being more clear. (I seem to be
having a problem with that lately. Thanks everyone for your patience.)

	A perfect example of the good this list can do for people is this post
that just came through:

At 04:21 PM 1/29/97 -1000, Charles Simons wrote:
>
>This is handy to find out now... Is this other people's experience - that
>metal is more expensive than asphalt shingles?