length of posts (was Re: dialect of Elena Kagan)

[Randy Alexander]

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Seconded.

Mark, unless you're trying to be abstrusely funny (if there can be
such a thing), you are doing exactly what Victor pleaded posters not
to do.  I had to spend several minutes digging out the original post
to see what the heck you are seconding.  There is nothing in what you
quoted that gives any clue about it.

Randy

> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:09 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Tom, Ron and anyone else who does this with regularity. I have a small
> > request of you concerning ADS-L posts. If I am crossing any
> > boundaries, I am sure list managers will remedy the situation.

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