On Monday, November 1, 2004, at 09:04 PM, ian tucker wrote: > Hi you guys, > > It never ceases to amaze me how quickly a listing can go "off-topic". > All I wrote was, "Dare I ask what ever happened to Kunga?" and the > next thing the thread has become various views on the outcome of the > USA elections. I admire the patriotism of the American people, but > remember , this is a world-wide list . > > Ian T. > (Who has just been through Federal elections in Oz.) > Let me say that Americans admire the fiercely independent Aussies too. Considering the amount of bandwidth and excess breath committed to this nervous breakdown of an election the list has been really good. I believe the OT started with some sigs. Some of us find the opinion sigs to be unnecessary and respond to the list, maybe to discourage annoying sigs. I know that I have created problems with this. So please bear with us. I for one am restraining myself. LOL J