On 2012.12.16 11:11 , Bowser wrote:
Apologies, but I'll be very out of pocket during Christmas week,
without any on-line access.

I hope that implies a fireplace and single malt in the evenings after
long days on the trails ...

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"There were, unfortunately, no great principles on which parties
were divided – politics became a mere struggle for office."
-Sir John A. Macdonald