> Giles wrote:
>
>> Jerome wrote:
>>
>>> and while I'm about it...
>>>
>>> I'm on a digest version of this list and would have to say of all the
>>> lists
>>> I'm on this is far and away the worst when it comes to people quoting
>>> pages
>>> of useless text to say one or two lines...
>>>
>>> we might all use Mac's but I think some of use would be better off on
>>> PC's!!
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> give me a break and learn how to select just the key text to quote
>>> folks...
>>> you'll make less enemies on other lists...
>>>
>>> let the flames begin... ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Hey Jerome,
>>
>> Like beauty; isn't the idea of what key text is; in the eye of the
>> beholder? How can anyone really judge what it is for anyone else. I
>> do take your point that when scanning an email it would be nice to get
>> to the gist of the message, but I don't feel any of us have the right
>> to enforce this. Your email above was informative until the point
>> where you started "name calling" - no problems in getting a point
>> across, but would be nice to not have included:
>>
>> "we might all use Mac's but I think some of use would be better off on
>> PC's!!"
>>
>> You may have said this in jest (as your winking smileys suggest), but
>> if you want people to take your post seriously and be a source of
>> information or even education, then get serious yourself in the way
>> you present the information.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Giles (c:=
>>
>>
>>
> Jerome,
> I don't know what posts you are reading ("pages of useless text?" but I
> would have said that those I read on Outback Mac are short and to the point.
> Regards,
> PatC
maybe you don't see what you wrote Pat but on a Digest it looks like the
above... ;-)
just trying to make things easier for all to follow...
hopefully someone won't now start on the top posting idea! ;-)
A: Yes.
Q: Are you sure?
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
;-)
Jerome
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