Etc., etc.

[Wilson Gray]

Well, as my sister=in-law says about my somewhat fiery-tempered brother,

"I just ignore him, when he gets like that." ;-)

-Wilson

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Bill Palmer <w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> I think there are some who may want to seriously consider some restraint in
> their posts, not so much in the number of them, but in their tone.
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> I find Jon's posts to be enlightening, fresh, good humored, and not nearly
> frequent anough.
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> Bill Palmer
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>> I'm with Alexander Pope on this: a true mark of genius is knowing when to
>> "blot" (which I think means 'shut up').
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>> I have great respect for Ron but would not think of limiting Jon's very
>> interesting messages. Jon (May he live 120 years!) is one of the most
>> valuable assets of ads-l.
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>> Gerald Cohen
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>> Original message from Ron Butters:
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>>> Could this be a good time to suggest that ADS-L put a limit on the number
>>> of times per day that the  same individual can post on ADS-L? Maybe there
>>> should be a lifetime limit as well (as there is for the number of times
>>> an insurance policy will pay to addicts to rehab)?
>>>
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-Wilson
–––
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
–Mark Twain

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