[John D. Barbato, OD, aka Bato001:] > A few of us had a short discussion about this Thursday off-list. [...] > Anyway. Welcome to our little slice of heaven. And don't kill any patients > because you were to busy posting to read their charts!!!!! (Not that > I'm talking from experience.... really.... it's never happened..... uh... > really....) [Crystal, MA, aka MedCat7 at aol.com:] > Thanks guys. So you all live near each other or talk on the phone? No.... well, I know *I* don't. (Everyone generalizes from a sample of one. At least, I know I do. [thanks for that great line, Steve!]) Anyway... Since our email addresses appear on our posts, an offlist discussion can just be writing to a few other listies, who "reply to all" so that everyone who was addressed in the first mail gets the replies. Like, if I wrote email to you, John, Howard, and Alexx about something on the list. I've done that on other lists I'm on. "Say, guys, what's So-and-so talking about? Am I the only one who thinks he's wacko?" -- See, that would be very rude to say on-list, "in public" as it were, and Aerich would never countenance it. But I can privately ask one or two list-comrades I've known for a while. And I think that's the sort of thing John is talking about here. > It in > _Teckla_ when Vlad is speaking to Parish, or rather Parish is telling his (That's Par<e>sh, with an "e".) > story. He mentions having a kethna farm and that he has to feed them corn. > So I think they are more on the poultry side. Pigs are also fed corn. -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo