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&#97;qn&#64;dev.tivoli<img src=/i/dc.gif border=0 width=35 height=15> wrote:
> 
>   Yes, it was fun playing the all-powerful
>   list administrator.  That lasted for about a month.

The novelty wears off of the root password on a UNIX box in about the 
same time too. :-)  I hear the same thing goes for marriage. :-)

>   After that,
>   well, let just say that Arthur Emerson is fond of claiming that
>   the average lifespan of a list administrator is six months.
>   (I find that claim totally believable, too.)

I don't make this stuff up.  For anybody keeping score at home, Andy
has been the list owner for 14 months now.  Before him, the previous
two list owners each held the position for 6 months.  I'm happy that
he's messing up this statistic.  Attached, please find a virtual
pat on the back.....

- -Arthur

1995 Black GTI VR6 #16 GS PSCC/NYR-SCCA/HVCSCC