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22-04-2005, 10:21 AM

Kay wrote:
In article , Gary
writes
On 4/19/05 9:47 AM, in article
, "Kay"
wrote:

In article , paulwilks
paulwilks.1 writes

As we have children, anything that attracts bees & wasps is a no
go!

You may not realise that you are posting to the uk.rec.gardening
(urg) newsgroup, and not a part of 'gardenbanter'.

So 'addition to the last thread posted' is not a very helpful
heading, since there is no guarantee that what you see as the
last
thread is in fact the last thread on urg.
Good point....Can I ask a question? Would it have been a good idea
to change the subject line..?

Not particularly. The OP wouldn't recognise the new subject, and I
was
aiming their comment purely at them.

The Usenet convention I find most useful in this situation is to put
in the subject line Clue to subject of sub-thread [Was: Old
header]. I think most newsreaders recognize the square brackets and
"Was" as signals to place the sub-thread correctly.

--
Mike.