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Good day! Perhaps there is a fairly simple way to respond to Mr Renihan and his peers. I tend to think that the questions asked on this list are not the major determinant of the quality of discourse among us. The answers are. I replied to Mr Renihan at length off-list. I replied off-list because what I had to say did not qualify as scholarly discussion. (I suggested Mr Renihan might get on better if he narrowed his question, and I tried to show ways in which he might reduce his question to a more workable form.) A number of us replied on-list with material appropriate to our dis- cussions here, and we all gained from those posts. I think what I am trying to say is that, since we consider what we wish to say before we post, we shall be able to decide whether to reply on- or off-list and thus to meet the needs of Mr Renihan and his many peers while maintaining the quality of our discussion. After all, to whom shall I turn if we no longer entertain dumb questions? Pax. Frank Frank Morgret 15 Towering Hts -- #1206 St Catharines, Ontario CANADA L2T 3G7 [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%