Dear AKR;-
    Glad you didn't look up "Flying Pigs".
        Anon

"Andrew K. Rindsberg" wrote:

> Amy,
> Thank you. This new service is delightful. I've tested it for only a few
> minutes and already found that I am responsible for 442 messages to Conch-L,
> and that Paul Monfils is responsible for at least 688 under two different
> addresses.
>
> The word 'fossil' appears in 739 messages, 'Alabama' in 1116 (not
> differentiating between its use in the subject matter and as part of several
> people's bylines). A query for 'fossil and Alabama' cut the number down to
> 124. This could be very helpful for finding that lost message on the
> Cretaceous Trigonia of New Zealand!
>
> As to the mood of Conch-L, which has been much discussed lately, a search
> for 'angry' found 50 messages, 'stupid' 112, 'useless' 50, and 'bad' 542.
> But 'good' outweighed 'bad', scoring a whopping 3510, and no fewer than 526
> messages use the word 'wonderful'. And that's what Conch-L is to me: a lot
> of good, a little bad. Wonderful!
>
> Andrew K. Rindsberg
> Geological Survey of Alabama