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I received a fine answer to my first question. I didn't get an answer
to the clarification question re: the number of shows performed daily.
But still, a big help to me.

Exactly the information I needed and more.

Fantastic!

Thanks for the clarification!

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***** Great answer: complete and prompt.

Another great answer from bobbie7!

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This was a great answwr. I would have given you a 5 star if you had
addressed the international part of the question, but you dead on
nailed the US part. Thanks!

Exceptional answer!  Bobbie7 answered my question within 2 hours of
the time I posted it, and provided an extremely thorough and accurate
answer.  The answer contained many links and references, and went
above and beyond my expectations.  An extra 50% tip has been added. 
Thanks!

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Cat pictures!  ******CAT PICTURES!!!!****  

Between you and Webadept, I'm suddenly surrounded by cat pictures. 
You're lucky my hand didn't accidently "slip" on the ratings button,
ha ha.

Actually, they both look adorable, which isn't quite the right word, I
know, but sometimes the language just fails me.

Think Bobbie, think....somewhere in the dim past...there must be a dog
story.  Maybe next time....

paf

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What a lot of wonderful helpers on this one!  Thank you all--you too,
Voila.  And thank you, Bobbie7, for being out there in front with a
major armload of books.  In another one of those dozen lifetimes I'm
going to need, I will learn everything about language.  Actually, that
might take two.  But all this has been a great response to my current
points of curiosity.  "Ont" - I'd forgotten that, but I grew up
hearing it in the Boston suburbs:  "my ont and uncle."  I've always
been a holdout for "ant," but then, my parents weren't from
Massachusetts.

Great work--
Apteryx

This answer was both extremely thorough and exactly on point.  None of
the sources cited were outside the scope of what I requested. 
Although I haven't yet tried to access each sight, the number of cites
assures me that I will find what I want.  Thank you very much.

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WELL DONE!

thanks for clearing up this mystery 

Mongolia

Excellent answer. I'm impressed, thank you.

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Another THOROUGH Bobbie7-ga answer!!!!! THANK YOU

Great - thank you!

Good answer this helps me a lot.

Fantastic, thanks bobbie7, & thanks for Pink's input too. Pretty good
to wake up to this this morning ;)

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I think I vastly overpaid.  You provided a lot of info, but most of it
was useless.  Only one lead seems viable.  I'm disappointed.  A
article 6 year-old article on some scientist whose inventive
manipulations of silcone don't seem to have paid off? The
VictorianDoll website?  Come on.

Exactly what I was looking for. Considering I spent more than 30
minutes in an unsuccessful search, money well spent!

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It is often thought tht great minds think alike, but who knows!
Can it be sumised that STRANGE minds often think alike?
Between gaining knowledge that BIRDS sometimes like to SING for the
HELL of it and there's a process to POOP management in SPACE, it makes
me feel confident to attend the BEST cocktail parties in town.
TALK about SMALL TALK! This is microscopic.

Thanks much!

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