Reggie Bautista wrote:
>
> >The Fool wrote:
> >
> > > http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20021013_691.html
>
> Sonja replied:
> >We used to include a short description of what awaits at the other side
> >of a link. It would be nice if this could be maintained out of a sense
> >of courtesy for those of us who don't have the time to follow up every
> >link thrown at us.
> >
> >Thank you
> >Sonja :o)
>
> I think the subject line was supposed to convey the topic of the web site.
> It's fairly widely reported in the U.S. that Grey Davis has been accused of
> selling influence and political appointments to the highest bidder. E-grey
> would then be a reference to Grey Davis acting like E-Bay and auctioning off
> influence.
>
> Of course, probably overseas this has not gotten much coverage...
>
> So The Fool's mistake was not in not describing the link, it was in using an
> America-centric description :-)
America-centric, try *California*-centric. Which is why I didn't pick
up on it; given the subject line, I was thinking it had to do with
senior citizens on the internet!
Now, if it had been "e-Gray", I might have been tipped off. But it was
"E-gray", so no nice clue that "Gray" might be a proper name.
And I think it would be really, really nice if any link having to do
with any upcoming elections had information to that effect in the
message containing the link. TIA.
Julia
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