And if you work for a CRM firm, the taxpayers are probably paying for it 
anyway.  After all, where does most of our funding in the US come from?  
You guessed it.
But I have learned a lot from this list, including finding good 
references and making useful contacts.  Keep up the good work.
Meli Diamanti

MORGAN A RIEDER wrote:
> HISTARCH and other archaeological listservs combine scholarly discourse with idle chit-chat.  There's nothing wrong with that (indeed, that's the nature of our listservs), but I think it's appropriate to confine the chit-chat to our free time after working hours.  Otherwise, the company has to pay for it (if you're employed by a CRM firm) or the taxpayers have to pay for it (if you're a federal employee).
> Just my 2 cents' worth.
>
> Morgan Rieder, RPA
>