title: Cut and paste multiple lines in vim
body: <p>I'm running vim 7.3 on a Mac 10.7.2 and I'm having some trouble cutting and pasting several lines.  </p>
  
  <p>On my old Linux setup (which was stolen so I don't know versions), I could type "dd" multiple times and then "p" would yank all of them back. For example: type: "dd dd" and two lines would be deleted.  Now type "p" and <em>both</em> lines are pasted back into the buffer.</p>
  
  <p>I know I can accomplish what I want by typing "2dd", and then "p" - but I would like to be able to "dd"-out lines without counting the number of lines ahead of time.  </p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>