On Sat, 11 Jan 1997, James Lyles wrote:

> Because tweeters is precisely the place to discuss the contents
> of technical publications, to join the fray in the dreaded cat thread
> or to indulge in the occasional outbreak of puns, to debate avian
> adaptive evolution, to cheer on the rehabilitation of the Montlake
> Fill, to digress into musings on disappearing amphibians, to anticipate
> Dennis Paulson's work on dragonflies...

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> I must suppose that Jon's unnamed critic is not particularly familiar
> with the spirit and history of Tweeters and has confused Tweeters
> with some other list.

Well said. If Tweeters were nothing more than people's bird sightings, I
wouldn't be here. As it is, I can't keep myself away for long.

Kelly McAllister