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(OT, metadiscussion) was Re: drink (was Re: Klava Recipies)

Fri Mar 21 16:25:40 PST 2003

On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 04:18:16PM -0800, Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Matthew Hunter wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 02:04:41PM -0800, Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Matthew Hunter wrote:
> > > > Didn't we just go over this?
> > > I think you're risking an inquiry after the health of your tapeworm here.
> > Not at all.  "We" is the collective list body in this case.
> I must have missed the arrival at a consensus because I was busy deleting
> Monty Python and beer posts along with a certain amount of flirting.

38 posts in Mia's accidental thread, not one in favor... I'd say 
that's a consensus, whether formally decreed or not.

> > As I've noted in the past, a separate list for off-topic
> > discussions spawned from the original list manages to obtain the
> > best of both worlds.  I'd be glad to set one up if there's
> > interest, as I have done so for other similar lists.
> This noting must have been before my time - was a consensus reached?
> Presumably for no second list and a low signal-to-noise here?  

It was discussed briefly after list formation, and resulted in 
the formation of a couple sub-lists for major topics.

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