"K" wrote in message
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"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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Snip
:
: The corollary to conventional posting is that you also need to snip that
: part of the original post that isn't required to give context to your
: reply. Almost as irritating as the mess caused by top posting is
: scrolling down 3 or more screens for a one-liner reply ... especially
: when that reply is merely 'thanks'.
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: Kay Easton
:
: Edward's earthworm page:
: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

Almost as irritating as opening a post believing that it is going to
contain
information about the subject in the subject heading :O))

That depends on the development of the thread. It frequently develops a
life of its own which may be more interesting than the OP's topic.

Franz