<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">On Aug 19, 2019, at 1:53 PM, <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Welcome back ExI! <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Same general rules as before: <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Be kind to each other. We are among friends and allies here. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Eschew US politics at every opportunity: we already know. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Carry yourself as if you were at a college party*. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Welcome back!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">* For those who were engineering majors and have no actual firsthand knowledge of the term, do consult a friend who majored in pretty much anything else. Or if you are like plenty of engineers and never met anyone outside your major, go to the same source where I found out what it was:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party</a></p></div></div></blockquote><br><style><!--
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