>> There may be some sort of cultural difference >> between Europeans (which (who? whom?) mostly seems to be who >> post there) and the USA folk. The Europeans seem to get in, >> say what they have to say, and get out. (The way guys shop). >> The USA folk seem to need to chew on it for awhile, and >> discuss it, and bring in all sorts of extraneous points, most >> of which often seem to have little to do with the original >> point of the OP. Which does not keep it from being >> interesting, though. >> I don't think this is a Europe vs USA thing; I've been on plenty of "blah" mailing lists/newsgroups that have mostly american membership. PICList just happens to do especially well in this area - there's more signal in PICList's noise than there is in in the "signal" part of many mailing lists. BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist