Trimming Posts...

I unabashedly love *all* you rfc miscreants...hehe...and I really do not
want to come off like a noodge...

*But* some of "yoose" (to borrow a word from Sheldon) *really* need to show
some consideration to others here...

AND START TRIMMING YER GAWDDAMN POSTS...

Ya see, sloppy trimming has *really* become rife on this froup...it's a bad
habit, it makes folx do a lot of EXTRA work...making someone scroll down 50
or so lines so's someone can read your one - line reply is LOUSY
MANNERS...and that is a certifiable fact.

Please, it only takes a few seconds at *most* to edit/trim the post you are
replying to, be considerate and don't make others do *your* work, e.g. don't
make others *plow* needlessly with their mouse or scroll bar so as to be
able to read your posts...

IMNSHO not trimming yer posts is equivalent to inviting friends over for a
nice dinner party and not having any toilet paper - or even a flushable
toilet - in the loo...you get my drift ;--p

I DON'T want to hear, "Oh, but I post via Outlook Depress, it is confusing,
too much work, blah, Blah, BLAH..."...

I post via OE and manage to take the time to at least try to trim my
posts...I even manually write my sig line at the end of my posts
[BOGGLE!]...it AIN'T rocket science kids...it's just a few keystrokes.

[And just so ya know, I pride myself on the fact that my posts are not only
perfectly formatted, but the *content* of my posts is perfect too...heehee
;-) ]

Look, this is a fairly high - traffic froup...if it was only a few posters
here it would not make a difference, but this here froup gets sometimes
several hundred posts per day...

I'm on the verge of putting about a half - dozen of you sloppy trimmers in
my killfile - it's nothing personal, I love you ALL, but myself and some
others here are real tired of having to put up with your lazy Usenet
netiquette skills...

Kids let's put the kibbosh on the sloppy posting habits..pretty please...???

"Now let's get out the bong, pass the wineskin around, hold hands, and sing
Kum - ba - ayah...."

--
Best
Greg

"Gregory Morrow"

Quoted message said:

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I agree.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of
wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it
was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the
season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of
despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were
all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in

short said:

I unabashedly love *all* you rfc miscreants...hehe...and I really do not
want to come off like a noodge...

*But* some of "yoose" (to borrow a word from Sheldon) *really* need to show
some consideration to others here...

AND START TRIMMING YER GAWDDAMN POSTS...

Ya see, sloppy trimming has *really* become rife on this froup...it's a bad
habit, it makes folx do a lot of EXTRA work...making someone scroll down 50
or so lines so's someone can read your one - line reply is LOUSY
MANNERS...and that is a certifiable fact.

Please, it only takes a few seconds at *most* to edit/trim the post you are
replying to, be considerate and don't make others do *your* work, e.g. don't
make others *plow* needlessly with their mouse or scroll bar so as to be
able to read your posts...

IMNSHO not trimming yer posts is equivalent to inviting friends over for a
nice dinner party and not having any toilet paper - or even a flushable
toilet - in the loo...you get my drift ;--p

I DON'T want to hear, "Oh, but I post via Outlook Depress, it is confusing,
too much work, blah, Blah, BLAH..."...

I post via OE and manage to take the time to at least try to trim my
posts...I even manually write my sig line at the end of my posts
[BOGGLE!]...it AIN'T rocket science kids...it's just a few keystrokes.

[And just so ya know, I pride myself on the fact that my posts are not only
perfectly formatted, but the *content* of my posts is perfect too...heehee
;-) ]

Look, this is a fairly high - traffic froup...if it was only a few posters
here it would not make a difference, but this here froup gets sometimes
several hundred posts per day...

I'm on the verge of putting about a half - dozen of you sloppy trimmers in
my killfile - it's nothing personal, I love you ALL, but myself and some
others here are real tired of having to put up with your lazy Usenet
netiquette skills...

Kids let's put the kibbosh on the sloppy posting habits..pretty please...???

"Now let's get out the bong, pass the wineskin around, hold hands, and sing
Kum - ba - ayah...."

You can say that again! ;;-)

Bob

Gregory Morrow said:

I'm on the verge of putting about a half - dozen of you sloppy trimmers in
my killfile - it's nothing personal, I love you ALL, but myself and some
others here are real tired of having to put up with your lazy Usenet
netiquette skills...

Amen, Greg. I've already done it. Also, nothing personal, but why
scroll down 60-70 lines to read a single line of reply. Besides, I
find those who exhibit this kind of behavior usually have nothing
to say, anyway.

nb

In article <[email hidden]>,
zxcvbob <[email hidden]> wrote:

<snipped rant>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'm on the verge of putting about a half - dozen of you sloppy trimmers in
my killfile - it's nothing personal, I love you ALL, but myself and some
others here are real tired of having to put up with your lazy Usenet
netiquette skills...

Kids let's put the kibbosh on the sloppy posting habits..pretty please...???

"Now let's get out the bong, pass the wineskin around, hold hands, and sing
Kum - ba - ayah...."

You can say that again! ;;-)

Bob

Nice snippage Bob...... ;-)
--
K.

Sprout the MungBean to reply

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

And one always gets [censored] about top posting. The easy cure for the
problem.

jim

notbob said:

Gregory Morrow said:

I'm on the verge of putting about a half - dozen of you sloppy trimmers in
my killfile - it's nothing personal, I love you ALL, but myself and some
others here are real tired of having to put up with your lazy Usenet
netiquette skills...

Amen, Greg. I've already done it. Also, nothing personal, but why
scroll down 60-70 lines to read a single line of reply. Besides, I
find those who exhibit this kind of behavior usually have nothing
to say, anyway.

nb

In article <[email hidden]>,

JimLane said:

notbob said:

Gregory Morrow said:

I'm on the verge of putting about a half - dozen of you sloppy trimmers in
my killfile - it's nothing personal, I love you ALL, but myself and some
others here are real tired of having to put up with your lazy Usenet
netiquette skills...

Amen, Greg. I've already done it. Also, nothing personal, but why
scroll down 60-70 lines to read a single line of reply. Besides, I
find those who exhibit this kind of behavior usually have nothing
to say, anyway.

nb

And one always gets [censored] about top posting. The easy cure for the
problem.

jim

But then the next poster in line has to take the time and trouble to
correct for it...

<smirk>
--
K.

Sprout the MungBean to reply

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

"Gregory Morrow"
<[email hidden]> wrote in
message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I unabashedly love *all* you rfc miscreants...hehe...and I really do not
want to come off like a noodge...

*But* some of "yoose" (to borrow a word from Sheldon) *really* need to

show

Quoted message said:

some consideration to others here...

AND START TRIMMING YER GAWDDAMN POSTS...

Ya see, sloppy trimming has *really* become rife on this froup...it's a

bad

Quoted message said:

habit, it makes folx do a lot of EXTRA work...making someone scroll down

50

Quoted message said:

or so lines so's someone can read your one - line reply is LOUSY
MANNERS...and that is a certifiable fact.

Please, it only takes a few seconds at *most* to edit/trim the post you

are

Quoted message said:

replying to, be considerate and don't make others do *your* work, e.g.

don't

Quoted message said:

make others *plow* needlessly with their mouse or scroll bar so as to be
able to read your posts...

IMNSHO not trimming yer posts is equivalent to inviting friends over for a
nice dinner party and not having any toilet paper - or even a flushable
toilet - in the loo...you get my drift ;--p

I DON'T want to hear, "Oh, but I post via Outlook Depress, it is

confusing,

Quoted message said:

too much work, blah, Blah, BLAH..."...

I post via OE and manage to take the time to at least try to trim my
posts...I even manually write my sig line at the end of my posts
[BOGGLE!]...it AIN'T rocket science kids...it's just a few keystrokes.

[And just so ya know, I pride myself on the fact that my posts are not

only

Quoted message said:

perfectly formatted, but the *content* of my posts is perfect too...heehee
;-) ]

Look, this is a fairly high - traffic froup...if it was only a few posters
here it would not make a difference, but this here froup gets sometimes
several hundred posts per day...

I'm on the verge of putting about a half - dozen of you sloppy trimmers in
my killfile - it's nothing personal, I love you ALL, but myself and some
others here are real tired of having to put up with your lazy Usenet
netiquette skills...

Kids let's put the kibbosh on the sloppy posting habits..pretty

please...???

<Cough>guilty<cough>

I just sometimes forget, and hit send before I realise - been *trying*
harder lately though! Heheheheh...

Quoted message said:

"Now let's get out the bong, pass the wineskin around, hold hands, and

sing

Quoted message said:

Kum - ba - ayah...."

Oh FFS! Drop the Kum-bay-ah and I'm in, heheheheh...

Cheers!

Shaun aRe

<Cough>guesswhodidn'ttrimhislastreply?<cough>

I'm WAY TIRED THOUGH DAMNIT! ',;~}~

Shaun aRe

"Gregory Morrow"
<[email hidden]> wrote in
message news:[email hidden]...

<snipped>

Is this OK <g>?

--
Peter Aitken

Yes

JimLane said:

And one always gets [censored] about top posting. The easy cure for the
problem.

jim

No it isn't when you remember that some posters around the world pay for
their internet connection by time and the time it takes to download long
untrimmed posts is a waste of money (and time)
Goomba, a responsible post trimmer 🙂

Goomba38 said:

No it isn't when you remember that some posters around the world pay for
their internet connection by time and the time it takes to download long
untrimmed posts is a waste of money (and time)
Goomba, a responsible post trimmer 🙂

One forgets about slow internet access and being charged by time. We
have quite a fast 24/7 connection that we pay a flat rater per month
for. However, will try to be a good trimmer 😉 for those people who have
to pay for time..
Cathy

"Gregory Morrow"

(snipped)

Quoted message said:

AND START TRIMMING YER GAWDDAMN POSTS...

Bless you, bless you! (is that OK?).

Gregory Morrow said:

I unabashedly love *all* you rfc miscreants...hehe...and I really do not
want to come off like a noodge...

*But* some of "yoose" (to borrow a word from Sheldon) *really* need to show
some consideration to others here...

AND START TRIMMING YER GAWDDAMN POSTS...

As you have broached this topic, I'll take the opportunity to bring up
a related one. A number of people have switched to the new Google
interface for reading news. Due to the broken implementation, the
standard reply at the bottom of messages there doesn't do any quoting
at all. This is just as bad as not trimming, as it provides no context
to the reply.

Fortunately, there's an easy solution to this. Click on "show options"
and use the Reply shown in the expanded headers. This will give full
quoting and attributions in the reply. Then of course, trim properly.

Brian

"limey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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oooh I can do it too.:o)
Sarah

Sarah wrote on 03 Jun 2005 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

"limey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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only on fridays does this happen

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No Bread Crumbs were hurt in the making of this Meal.
Type 2 Diabetic Since Aug 2004
1AC- 7.2, 7.3, 5.5, 5.6 mmol
Weight from 265 down to 215 lbs. and dropping.
Continuing to be Manitoban

"Gregory Morrow"

Quoted message said:

I unabashedly love *all* you rfc miscreants...hehe...and I really do not
want to come off like a noodge...

*But* some of "yoose" (to borrow a word from Sheldon) *really* need to show
some consideration to others here...

Agreed. I'm pretty lazy, but I'll try to clean it up.

--
The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
At least now I have an excuse.

"AlleyGator" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"Gregory Morrow"

Quoted message said:

I unabashedly love *all* you rfc miscreants...hehe...and I really do not
want to come off like a noodge...

*But* some of "yoose" (to borrow a word from Sheldon) *really* need to
show
some consideration to others here...

Agreed. I'm pretty lazy, but I'll try to clean it up.

I agree that posts should be trimmed for the sake of clarity. I confess
howver to having a problem with the argument that some people pay for
download time. I do not doubt this is true, but is it really right to ask me
and others to spend time trimming posts just to save you a few pennies? Yes,
it's the "nice" thing to do, but is your connection bill really my concern?

I am playing devil's advocate here, but I think the question is valid.

--
Peter Aitken
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