Re: 300 notes too many, or 300 words too long ...

George Gaskill Wrote:
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> It does seem to be the kind of offhand quote that
> would not necessarily be immediately documented,
> especially if it was made to one of his employees
> [or business associates] instead of a reporter or
> historian.

Thanks to computers (and the Patriot Act), most of our current communications are likely to be preserved for posterity. So Ed Stabler must forever accept responsibility for the following stanza, forever enshrined in the hearts of Loop-Poopers everywhere:

'Springtime for Georgetown and Silver Plume,
Winter ... for Behrens ... and Bell'

... since it was Ed who inspired it, as evidenced by his comment on 'The Curmudgeonly Seven':
(See [ngdiscussion.net] )