On Jul 19, 2004, at 12:13 PM, erik at debill.org wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 10:11:39AM -0400, charles_sumner at harvard.edu > wrote: >> At 10:22 PM 7/18/2004 -0400, you wrote: >>> First, the Please-don't-flame-me disclaimer : I've been afk from the >>> list >>> for a while now, so my apologies if this has been discussed already >>> -- ran >>> a couple of relevant key-word searches, but couldn't find the >>> following >>> discussion if there was one. So...question is below >>> >>> >>> MINORS SPOILERS IN QUESTION BELOW: >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> . >> he is). On the left hand, it's unlikely that Piro could rise through >> the >> ranks of the Jhereg quickly enough to get a council seat when the >> Demon >> supposedly did. > > Are you forgetting Mellar? 10 years from joining to council seat. > Very unusual, yes, but it HAS been done. > > Vlad's age estimate probably rules it out, though. I can't see him > being THAT far off. > > > Erik While I'm inclined to agree, you can't rule out Vlad being wrong. He has been before. He's not the most trust worthy narrator.