Sheldon' said:
Damsel in dis Dress said:Sheldon' said:Aha! I found it... and with all four (4) superflouous commas exactly
how Bob typed them... and this time I won't number them. Carol, If
I can find Bob's post on Google then so can you... perhaps you *chose*
not to look very carefully. See below:
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Bob Apr 6, 3:26 am
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: "Bob" <virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz>
Date: 6 Apr 2005 05:26:05 -0500
Local: Wed, Apr 6 2005 3:26 am
Subject: Re: Coconut oil for baking?
Nancree wrote:
> Coconut oil is NOT one of the healthy oils.
At the end of January, "Ken Davey" posted:
"Recent thinking has it that coconut oil is one of the healthiest
available.
mercola.comcoconut oil.htm"Open ↗
Of course, since that site SELLS coconut oil, I'm not so sure that
Ken
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:didn't fall for marketing hype. I'm not going to load up on coconut
oil, in any case.
Bob
Where's the B,B,B,B,Bob that you posted? That's what I was replying
about.
Quoted message said:Is it that you don't like the commas within the above paragraph? I'm
not
Quoted message said:trying to be a [censored] here. I just don't understand what the problem
is.
Quoted message said:
Carol
For someone who admittedly doesn't understand you were sure quick to
take sides (is the sex good).
I honestly thought that you were saying that the problem was the B,B,B
thing that you added. I didn't take a side. I use many commas in my
writing, too. So I didn't even notice what you were reacting to.
Quoted message said:It's the commas within the body of his
post (look right up there) that are superfluous, especially the one in
the last sentence that I focused on... I added the "B,B,B,B,[censored]"
"stutter" as an extra added attraction... I don't know why that it's
not obvious that I added that stutter part, couldn't be any more
ob,b,b,bvious. I'm talking about the commas appearing within the body
of his post that he typed, including the one in his attribution... all
four are not only totally unnecessary, they muddle the meaning of what
is said to the point that his post is unintelligible. Commas are the
bane of Usenet. If you're in doubt leave em out.
I've actually been trying to do that. I'm pretty sure that most of my
commas are appropriate, but I'm trying to fit in better with the status
quo.
Quoted message said:So, Carol, what's this [censored] business about your attributing me with
"if that's their real name"? I do use my real name, always have. I
don't remember if you were here yet when I used "penmart10"...
penMARTIN. Martin is my REAL last name, and 'pen" because I collect
pens. It got changed when AOL screwed up and so I had to choose a new
handle and chose my present handle... penmart01. I've always signed my
REAL first name, Sheldon. Sheldon Martin is my REAL name, always was.
Unlike so many others I don't munge. In all the years I've posted to
Newsgroups I've always used my REAL name, and at this point there is no
one else posting to rfc longer than me... more than 90% I consider
newbies, and that's because they are newbies.
Check out my other posts. That's the heading I use for all of my responses
to everyone. It's automatic. If you would like to suggest an alternative,
I'd be interested in considering it. I'm not attacking you at all. You've
been very likeable of late, and I have no intention of putting you down.
Quoted message said:Your Bob is a newbie, you're a newbie too.
He's not my Bob. He's just a poster who(m?) I respect.
I've actually thought of writing to you (we've had great conversations in
the past). I'm beginning to suspect that my e-mail would be unwelcome.
Carol
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Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon
