On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:30:46 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill
wrote:

When people ask questions where the answer is easy to find in line and
is well explained then I for one will put a link to it.
I be blowed if I am going to type out a couple of hundred words when
the answer is easily accesible.
I know I could cut and paste, but why should I. It's not fair on those
with slow internet conections.
If there are a lot of people out there who don't bother to open the
links,(and they should be safe when put there by regular merbers of
URG) then why should I and others bother answering questions.
David
At the wet end of Swansea Bay.

Maybe there are two issues:

1) It's surprising how many people are starting to mistrust the
internet. Even that trusted fount of all knowledge, Wikipedia, may get
things wrong. (Pardon sarcasm please.)

2) With so many questions coming from people who surface via
GardenBanter and then, question answered, submerge never to be seen
again, the "regular members of URG" may well be an unknown quantity.

I'm beginning to realise how many answers are repeats - I've answered
the same lawn question about 5 times on different occasions and am now
starting to save my answers so I can simply paste them in the next
time. I would like to save others' answers as well but that's breach
of copyright in my book.

OTOH, I'm surprised at the number of people who seem incapable of
typing a simple question into their browser search box. I occasionally
do that to check an answer I've given and sometimes just delete my
answer and suggest typing the question into the search box.

"Google helps those who help themselves" comes to mind. I prefer Bing.

Cheers, Jake
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Urgling (after the great storm) from
the usually dryer (east) end of Swansea Bay.