Most Museum-L messages are relatively brief, compared to those I see on
several other lists to which I subscribe.  And it isn't always the same
people writing either.  On my other lists, I see three or four lengthy
messages from the same people day after day--occasionally as many as ten from
a single person, in which the dialogue suggests that these folks are spending
the better part of the day on the listserv.  Now those are people with too
much time on their hands.  The most verbose, although his chatter is always
lively, stimulating, and intelligent, is a clinical psychologist, who
provides many anecdotes about his clients--one can only guess what that means.

I have had to restrain myself from handling listservs at the office, however,
and now subscribe to all of them from home.  The reading takes a lot of time,
and it's unpredictable, but I seldom spend much time writing messages any
more.  I've had to subscribe from home because the volume of office
e-mail--some of it important--has expanded wildly in recent months, and I
have to ensure against getting bogged down with peripheral stuff, however
interesting it might be to me.  But it has certainly helped me learn to
speed-read!  But believe me, Museum-L traffic is mild, despite the large
membership.

David Haberstich

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