<< When I first joined lactnet there were fairly frequent posting addressed 'to the wise ones' (or even 'to the Wise Ones'). I found this bizarre in the exteme and tried to imagine it was the result of some joke I had missed. >> I've been here since pretty close to the beginning and whenever I have used that phrase (wise ones) on this list I am using it to address the people all the people this list who are wise about breastfeeding because they know about breastfeeding. I never thought of it as a question of hierarchy. Face it where can a lactation support person go to pick the brains of 2000+ colleagues. I know for a fact that when I have run into a tough case someone has seen something like it before. This list is a huge help to a lot of us. I don't think anyone was looking for "old sages" with that salutation. Marie Davis, RN, IBCLC *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html