--- Deborah Wisti-Peterson <nyneve at u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
> hello all,
>
> would it be possible to use the full common name for the bird at
> least
> once before resorting to abbreviations?

An excellent suggestion to help those of us still trying to learn the 4
letter abbreviations for use in our own notes and posts. However, I
must admit that I enjoy greatly the unkeyed messages for their value as
a game of decoding. In the recent message presuably alluded to, I
must admit that BLTU was a stumper until I noticed its association with
Surfbird.

Instead, I usual delete thas messages that lack any conformity with
typical grammar, spelling or punctuation.


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Mike Wagenbach wagen13 at yahoo.com
wagenATuDOTwashingtonDOTedu Seattle WA

"I like to get to work early, so I can discard a pet hypothesis before breakfast." Konrad Lorenz

I'd settle for Happy Hour.

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