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>
> Odd.  Did'ja by chance run the select more than once... maybe three or
> four times, and always get the same (or close) results?
>
> Is the stress package running niced?
>
> -Andy
>
I got a little crazy, and upgraded the DB to 8.4.5.   It still reacts the
same.

I am hoping someone has an idea of a metric I can run to see why it is
different.