Sophia - will you accept an amendemnt - between 1 - 15?
Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.
Oz ,'Beneath You'
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Typo Boy - Mar 12, 2003 8:37:34 am PST #7235 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Nutty - Mar 12, 2003 8:37:42 am PST #7236 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Since we have written and seconded however many times a formal proposal now, I think the discussion of several days will be (a) skippable for those who care to skip and (b) generally academic, and not direclty affecting the proposal, unless we find another verbal ambiguity as was just corrected into post #7228.
So I can live with 3 more days of discussion; I'm just going to skip it all. Laura, you want to post to Press? Anyone?
[Edited to add: thanks Jesse.
[And to add: Gar, I'm in agreeance with Jesse on 15 being too high a number, and ironic, given the whole "gang of 14" discussion we just had. So, let's just leave the proposal as is. OK?]
Jesse - Mar 12, 2003 8:37:57 am PST #7237 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Can I just confirm that discussion will go until 12:01 am Sunday, board time, at which point voting will start and go until 11:59 pm Tuesday, board time?
Sophia Brooks - Mar 12, 2003 8:38:57 am PST #7238 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Um-- I am actually just the secretary of the proposal Gar.
I think that can come up during formal discussion if people want to change it.
Jesse - Mar 12, 2003 8:39:45 am PST #7239 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I believe the discussion period includes potential changes to the proposal.
Nutty - Mar 12, 2003 8:41:23 am PST #7240 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Jesse, I like those time-numbers.
Jim - Mar 12, 2003 8:45:26 am PST #7241 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
I have gathered the impression that 'the median' in English parlance is 'the central reservation.'
Not in any England I know.
Jesse - Mar 12, 2003 8:47:05 am PST #7242 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, I'm going to press.
Laura - Mar 12, 2003 8:51:06 am PST #7243 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Thanks Jesse. I think I better work for a while. I'll be back to convince everyone to vote my way later.
Jon B. - Mar 12, 2003 8:56:22 am PST #7244 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
One other nitpick - It doesn't mention anywhere in the proposal that we'll use the average. We should add a note that the "winning" numbers will be the average of all numbers entered into each box.