David Burney wrote:
>
> On Friday, September 10, 1999 11:34 AM, Joe Geiser  wrote:
> >
> > Guess what people -- there are people here from all walks of life,
> > from all over the world, and all cultures.
>
> Which got me thinking about how much I enjoy the cultural and
> international diversity of this list.  I say, would it be at
> all possible to discern actually HOW many different countries
> this virtual community represents ?

Ask and ye shall receive.  Geographical distribution, based on the
top-level domain of the subscribers e-mail address:

*  Country                  Subscribers
*  -------                  -----------
*  Argentina                          2
*  Australia                         20
*  Austria                            5
*  Belgium                            4
*  Brazil                             2
*  Canada                            27
*  Denmark                            2
*  Finland                            4
*  France                             3
*  Germany                           10
*  Great Britain                     15
*  Greece                             2
*  Greenland                          1
*  Hungary                            1
*  Ireland                            2
*  Israel                             1
*  Italy                              3
*  Mexico                             1
*  Netherlands                        5
*  New Zealand                        2
*  Norway                             1
*  Peru                               1
*  Poland                             1
*  Saudi Arabia                       1
*  Singapore                          3
*  South Africa                       5
*  Spain                              1
*  Sweden                             4
*  Switzerland                        1
*  USA                              938
*
* Total number of "concealed" subscribers:          16
* Total number of users subscribed to the list:   1068

Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>