Grey, I understand the sincerity of your request. But as you have distilled my choices in this, it finally comes down to this - I don't want to.
And it
would be significant additional time for me, since I am more verbose than brief, more contemplative and evaluative (currently!) than certain and ideological in composing my words.
It might be brief for others, but not me. The "Ex-pope of Durla..." quote you cite didn't spring forth fully formed. They rarely do. An old painting professor of mine expressed it well: people subconsciously assume it took the same time and effort to create something as it takes to experience it's result. We don't see the difficult process or feel the pain of creativity. I might add that that ignorance of process is necessary and often central to the magic experienced in any art appreciation. The same can be easily argued for spiritual enlightenment, but I'm getting tangential.
Verbosity! It killed Socrates! And everyone thinks it was hemlock. Hah!
So, I'm just simply not interested in e-mail or versions there of. I decline your sincere request or anyone's to expand into that area. Don't want to. Not interested. Forever and ever. End story.
As for my Tally summations, Grey, others disagree with you on them. Many posters over the years have expressed enjoyment with my commentary and the additional ease of viewing they provide. You may be quick enough to do the ratio conversions on the numbers, but most others aren't. And pretty much everyone enjoys the ordering of data by highest responses first. Besides, I usually have fun doing them, even if they can eat up some hours.
I will be doing less of those (maybe only half as much?) but I feel they still provide some unique opportunities for fresh observations and off-the-wall humor.
And by god, that's never stopped me or the Bulgarian Navy before!