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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">DRL says "<FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">In the end it seems that people just know which are the
minirings and which are not".</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">I'd
second that. Verbal definition is tricky if not impossible, but there would seem
to be a broad consensus as to which are mini-rings and which are not.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Introducing a ruling would only give rise to a new sport
- fun maybe (like the Basingstoke nine-bell controversies of the past) - of
teasing the rule-makers with challenges as to what lies either side of the
dividing line.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">On the one hand if you don't try to
differentiate then you don't need to worry about what's what - ringing
is the same whether it's on a mini-ring or a conventional one. On the other
hand, there seems little doubt to me than mini-ringing is different - requiring
alternative skills and presenting different challenges. There is quite a strong
case, in my view, for placing performances on mini-rings (however informally
defined) in a different category for purposes of reporting, statistics and
for "record lengths". </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Not lesser or greater, not superior or
inferior - just different</FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman">CP</FONT></DIV>
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