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From: rissa@rpp386.cactus.org (Patrician Reality Maps)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Various topics
Message-ID: <18025@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 25 Feb 90 03:29:38 GMT
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In article <_DW17VCxds8@ficc.uu.net> jeffd@ficc.uu.net (Jeff Daiell) writes:
>idea.   But we need to pick the proverbial innocent bystander
>to count the votes (i.e., Richard, Peter, Oleg, me, Trish, and
>Chuq would be prima facie ineligible).

Add to that list Nelson Broat and K*nt Dolan.

But I agree with Brad Templeton -- enough is enough.  No more 
voting on .aquaria.

>BTW, bowing to a rather wide desire that the arguments
>amongst Trish, Tom, and me cease, I'm going to let most
>of their silliness slide from now on.  

Smart move.

>					There were two
>reasons for that: (1) the realization that, no matter how
>many times folks correct them, Trish would be unwilling
>(or unable) to curb her irascability, 

Oh, I'm not angry, dear, no more than you are.  After all, it's
just the net, it's hardly worth getting upset about.


[re Tom Maddox]				(2) I wanted
>to see how long it would take them to turn on each other!

Tom and I have been close net.friends for years.  In fact, Jeff,
most of the many folks who correct the silliness you write are 
all very good net.friends.