"Chris" > wrote in
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> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Does anyone know?
>
> If the newsgroup were moderated, you'd see the word "moderated".
>
> Alas, it isn't there.

Alas????? Sheesh...

> Usually I'll put OT (for Off-Topic) in a post that has no bearing
> on the concensus.

That's a pretty standard Usenet convention.

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