>>>I wonder, this thread has become way too long and is currently dealing with its 20th off-topic issue. Shouldn't we start a new one about this issue?
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>>No. This is still not the longest thread in history of UT, and probably not the best case of thread drift. I also think that moving to a new thread works if done right away, within the first dozen messages in one direction of a drift. If done later, they both keep their separate lives, and further zigzag in unpredictable directions.
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>Yours and John Baird's (ignominious, I had to look that one up in the dictionary) plea miss emoticons like :) and <g>. But I see the humor nevertheless.
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>Having said that, isn't it WORTH a separate thread, a more focussed thread with serious replies? Or is it just me who's too serious here.

It's just you.