[USML Announce] Here come the C.O.P.S. .:. .:.

[Blocker, Mark B.]

Absolutely.  Your membership is always welcome.  As a member, though, this means you will not "swap back" all of those prospects you have been collecting.... 

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From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf Of Brad Jansen
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Sorry, Mark.  Hey, can I join?


On 6/6/06, Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker at sidley.com> wrote: 

	Brad:
	
	I am not a joiner. I am one of the founders!
	
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	Subject: [USML Announce] Here come the C.O.P.S. .:.
	
	
	
	On 6/6/06, Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker at sidley.com> wrote:
	
	       Note that, in his comments, Jeff has transformed a "solid" batting average into a "good" batting average, and "mid-level" power into "decent" power.  Buyer beware.  (And the only way in which Longoria is better than Span is that Longoria has NEVER made an out in a professional game, a sentiment which spurred the creation of C.O.P.S.).
	
	       -- Mark B., Charter Member, C.O.P.S.
	
	       ...Wow--I never thought of you as a joiner....
	
	
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