Wow, Graham, this puts things in a totally new light for me . . . On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Graham Smart wrote: > might see if we went about things like we usually do. As well, our usual > exercise in perambulation/circumnavigation usually serves to screen out the real > Canucks from the wannabes and other various hangers-on; indeed, I always thought > that's why we made it so hard). And here my brash, south-of-the-border self thought that the circumperambulation was a result of everybody just being too darned *polite* to force a decision before consensus had been reached . . . (I mean, come on, folks. We're talking about a crowd that's subdued and herded into a restaurant by *Patrick Dias*? The one and only ferocious Patrick Dias?? I rest my case . . . ) Marcy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Marcy Bauman Media Consultant College of Pharmacy University of Michigan 734-647-2227 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, the annual conference, and publications, go to the Inkshed Web site at http://www.StThomasU.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-