[conservatism_IS_compassion]

You said:

I’m not sure how to reply to every post en masse, so this post is addressed to everyone (I’ll read up on the rules of posting etc, as this is only my second post, I need to get familiar with the posting set-up, so if you grant me patience, I’ll get down with it)

It’s very understandable that you would be overwhelmed by so many responses, and have difficulty responding to them all. Unfortunately (or maybe not, it would be a mixed blessing) there is no way to address people en masse except to construct a list of each individual screen name of every person you wish to address. You will sometimes see “All” shown as the addressee, but rather than flagging everyone, it actually flags no one. As a public service I have composed a list of responders to this thread, separated by semicolons as required.

Ping to Lucy’s #85

Lucy, I’m sending the list to you via Free Republic Mail, should you wish to address all your new admirers simultaneously.

[JoeProBono]

[Lucy Hamilton]

Thank-you, I’m checking that out, ‘um, I need to find the Free Republic Mail, I haven’t been anywhere yet except this thread and one other thread.

[Rusty0604]

Thank you for that, c_IS_c.