>>> FOR THE RECORD I DID RESPOND BUT IT WAS NOT TO THE GROUP. I DO NOT
>>> NEED YOUR SYMPATHY I NEED YOUR UNDERSTANDING."Pete"
[quoted text clipped - 70 lines]
>
>Audios a.sholes.
> I didn't know about the top post/bottom post ettiquette
> thing...Thanks!!
>
> I hope this note goes to the right spot....Corky
Corky...That was correct. It makes good sense to bottom post since you are
usually responding to the person who last wrote, and therefore his message
is right above you and the thread is easier to track (if you top post, you
have to scroll all the way to the bottom to see what the last person wrote,
and keep scrolling back and forth, and it is unwieldy. Many newsgroups will
blast the hell out of you for top posting. Then there is middle posting,
where you comment on various parts of a long message (and you can get
blasted for that also, but it is more acceptable since it lends itself to
answering a persons comments piece by piece). Middle posting is used quite
often, but bottom posting is the most prevalent, I would say.
You will also note that I "snipped" all the previous conversations off since
there was no reason to keep making the thread longer (more bytes,
unnecessary scrolling, etc). Many newsgroups will get on you for not
snipping also. The Mozilla newsgroups (Firefox, Thunderbird, etc) are very
strict about these kinds of things, especially the top posting (they will
jump on you in a heartbeat - lol).
Hope this helps. Take care...Pete
CORKY - 25 May 2007 20:03 GMT
>> I didn't know about the top post/bottom post ettiquette
>> thing...Thanks!!
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
>
>Hope this helps. Take care...Pete
Thanks Pete...Learn something every day. I use Free Agent Newsreader,
and I thought that there would have been an option so one could
automatically set the reply to the bottom. No such luck, at least not
on the free version. I just have to remmeber now to scroll all the way
down before typing in my responce. Corky
Pete - 25 May 2007 20:34 GMT
>>> I didn't know about the top post/bottom post ettiquette
>>> thing...Thanks!!
[quoted text clipped - 29 lines]
> on the free version. I just have to remmeber now to scroll all the way
> down before typing in my responce. Corky
There you go. I have been doing it for years. And don't forget Corky,
middle posting can be very useful also, where appropriate :-):-) .
The Patrician - 25 May 2007 23:04 GMT
Pete, I suspect the reason this group is dead is largely down to you
being a small minded anally retentive twat. Having read your posts
and noticed your predilection towards grammar nazism, your pickiness
over posting and your generally shoddy attitude I can only say "good
riddance" to a particularly small minded and thoroughly unpleasant
individual.
It would have been more useful to perhaps educate Norm by private e-
mail on how to post correctly instead of publicly berating him but
then that would deny you your public grandstanding, wouldn't it?
This board isn't your personal fiefdom and the sooner you realise that
the better it will be. In the meantime I will hold you to your word
over vacating this NG although somehow I doubt you actually will.
Pete - 25 May 2007 23:30 GMT
> Pete, I suspect the reason this group is dead is largely down to you
> being a small minded anally retentive twat. Having read your posts
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> the better it will be. In the meantime I will hold you to your word
> over vacating this NG although somehow I doubt you actually will.
Like I said...f.ck you a.shole. Or did you miss it the first time.
The Patrician - 26 May 2007 00:04 GMT
So you're not leaving then?
LOL!
Pete - 26 May 2007 01:18 GMT
> So you're not leaving then?
>
> LOL!
f.cking a.shole.
The Patrician - 26 May 2007 10:16 GMT
> > So you're not leaving then?
>
> > LOL!
>
> f.cking a.shole.
Well done! You've mastered swearing on the internet. Have a cookie!
What next? Are you going to go CAPS on my a.s?
Seriously, do us all a favour and just crawl back under your rock.
Pete - 26 May 2007 13:12 GMT
> Well done! You've mastered swearing on the internet. Have a cookie!
>
> What next? Are you going to go CAPS on my a.s?
>
> Seriously, do us all a favour and just crawl back under your rock.
f.cking a.shole.