Shots at Brett's handling of the list

[Unka Bart]

Amigos, this isn't a shot at anyone, so if it hits close to home, don't 
getcher knickers in a knot.

This list is provided as a FREE service to all of us Qheads, and the 
only cost is the occasional request to change the subject.  Not too 
unreasonable in my view.

"Moderating" a list like this is analogous to cooking for trailhands on 
roundup.  The job needed doing, no one wanted the job because it didn't 
come with any extra pay, and doing it brought constant grief from the 
others, griping about the lousy cooking.

So it became the custom that whoever was chosen to cook at the start of 
the roundup only had to do the job until someone complained, at which 
time the complainer got the job.

So one time, this ol' cowboy takes a bite of his stew and starts to 
complain, "DAMN, this stew tastes like shi... (he remembers and quickly 
adds) JUST the way I like it!

I think (unsupported assertion) that Brett's doing a pretty good job 
and deserves a lot of slack.  It wouldn't hurt to cut him a little.

By the way, on the "Secret Agent Man" revealing one's age, I remember 
sitting in class at Col. Thayer's School for Wayward Youth and listing 
to the live broadcast of the "beep...beep...beep..." of Sputnik.  I'm 
old enough to disremember whether it was in '57 or '58...

yer kindly ol' Unka Bart