Hum, that's certainly the way I took it Wirt's succinct answer even though I
have never met Commodore Dewey and I have never been to Manila Bay.


Denys

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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Off-topic, but not by much (Part I)

Matthew writes:

> I politely suggest that Wirt may have had a bit too much free time on his
>  schedule, and so decided to "stir things up" a bit on the list - since
for
>  recent past (thank goodness) the postings have been pretty much ON topic.
I
>  also politely suggest (and hope) that this thread not devolve into a tit
for
>  tat contest as it seems to be heading towards one with Wirt's last
posting.

You may have misunderstood the comment. Denys said that he had questions
about evolution. As a card-carrying evolutionary biologist, I said
(metaphorically) that I would be pleased to answer them.

Wirt Atmar

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