No offense, but the statement below isn't necessarily true. I'm
an American expat in Singapore that's from California.  Living in
Singapore and having just gotten back from 3 weeks in Japan gives
me a truly different perspective regarding these posts.

>I received my Digest this morning which was 4,744 lines long! Of those
>lines, 2,801 were all OT posts (including long responses and
>re-postings of previous postings!) about California Power, Federal
>Budgets etc of no interest to anyone outside the US.

Regarding Off-Topic posts, I've been on and off this list for I don't know
how many years, from I don't know how many jobs.  Trying to limit the number
of OT posts on this list is like arguing with a hog.  You don't get anywhere
and you just make the hog mad.

Regards,

David

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