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Subject: Re: late votes for *.AQUARIA
Summary: Sigh!
Message-ID: <7:U7TGxds8@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 29 Dec 89 15:40:32 GMT
References: <10708@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation
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In article <10708@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>, Patricia O Tuama writes:
> In article <7395@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
> >   I felt that extending
> >that discussion period to 2 months was a little redundant.
> 
> So you're agreeing that if someone wishes to create a group by the
> new da Silva process that a discussion period is not necessary.
> Hey, that's great -- I commend you on your wisdom.  That will cut
> down on at least some traffic in this newsgroup.
> 
> Just out of curiosity, Peter dear, what other existing guidelines
> concerning the creation of new groups do you also feel may be bro-
> ken in service to common sense?


Try again, Trisha.  Peter did not say that a discussion period was
unnecessary.  He said stretching it to 2 months was.  And your
"Peter dear" was a tad patronizing, don't you think?


Jeff Daiell


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