XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: invalid@microsoft.com   
      
   on 30/09/2014, JJ supposed :   
      
   >   
   > I always thought that it was seniority; they were by far the oldest and most   
   > experienced members present (except, possibly, Gandalf).   
      
   Minor point here - if you are replying to a message, unless the   
   originator has included a set followup, could you include all groups   
   that the message was originally sent to.  Otherwise we get the thread   
   fragmenting.   
      
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   Michael Cole   
      
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