I’m pretty sure “cuss & paste” was part of the marketing campaign for Mark Twain’s scrapbook. - MS

> On Aug 8, 2017, at 8:44 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> It reads just fine in the Forum archives, so I tried to do a cuss & paste, 
> and repost it, but for some reason beyond my understanding only a portion of 
> it would copy correctly.
> 
> Kevin
> @
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> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Steve Hoffman
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 5:45 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Au revoir!: Elmira 2017 Highlights
> 
> Dear Shelley:
> 
> Can you try reposting? At least on my computer,
> your posting appears as those notorious random
> characters that sometimes plague Twain-L.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Steve Hoffman
> Takoma Park MD
> 
> On 8/7/2017 11:46 AM, Shelley Fisher Fishkin wrote:
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