At 08:19 AM 12/14/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>I've found it very difficult to end an email discussion thread, even
>after list-owners have said, "this thread is dead."  I believe it is the
>result of the non-linearity of mail distribution and processing (human
>and computer), and the human foible of wanting to get the last word in,
>so that it appears that the "last word, wins."
>
>/Pete Weiss (who never gets the last word)

Pete - Your patience amazes me ;-)

Ed