On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 14:42:47 +0100, Pickle wrote:

"Parafinn" Parafinn@NOSHIT PLEASEhotmail.com wrote in message
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I've recently bought a lovely new home where the previous owners were keen
gardners and i'm not able to tell anyone what i have, so i can ask advice
about the various plants and shrubs.

What i would like to do is take some pictues and upload them to first find
out what plants and shurbs are in the garden. Then clearly would be
looking for advice on how best to look after them.

I just don't want to break any taboos by just uploading photos.

Is it ok?

The urglers don't like people doing that. Post them on a web page and
provide a link.

It isn't just an issue of "don't like". Pictures take up much
more room than text, and will cause premature expiry of
discussion messages, among other matters. Also, some news servers
will simply drop binaries on the floor when found in discussion
groups.

Important general point: the strictures of so-called "netiquette"
all have very good reasons behind them; they are never arbitrary
rules dreamt up by boffins, even if those reasons are not
necessarily obvious. Follow netiquette to improve your
communication via email and newsgroups; disregard netiquette, and
diminish your ability to communicate on-line.


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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