Why is the formatting on so many of my posts messed up? I see one letter
on
a line. Another line will have only one word. It makes them hard to read.
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Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:30:53 EDT, "Reel McKoi"
wrote:

Why is the formatting on so many of my posts messed up? I see one letter
on
a line. Another line will have only one word. It makes them hard to read.

It's probably something to do with the line length setting. I don't
know how it is set in your newsreader but I'm sure you can find it.

Steve

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"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote ..
"Reel McKoi" wrote:
Why is the formatting on so many of my posts messed up? I see one letter
on
a line. Another line will have only one word. It makes them hard to read.

It's probably something to do with the line length setting. I don't
know how it is set in your newsreader but I'm sure you can find it.
Steve

I agree with Steve
( but never could "properly" solve it.)

I just intentionaly use the 'carrage return' /"enter"
key to make short lines.
Then even through many responses to responses,
the text stays somewhat intact.

Reel McKoi wrote:

Why is the formatting on so many of my posts messed up? I see one letter
on
a line. Another line will have only one word. It makes them hard to read.

This is probably more information than you want, but I don't know a way to
really simplify...

Outlook Express. You're posting with a content type of "text/plain;
format=flowed". This means that, to help much older news readers, OE
inserts a "soft" carriage return every "N" characters (probably 72, it
might be more). Smart readers then remove those when displaying the
message, and just wrap the line as necessary to fit your window. Any time
you actually insert a carriage return, OE puts in a "hard" return, and no
newsread removes those.

Since even OE should be capable of handling the soft returns it inserted
itself, I'd have to guess that you're not letting it handle the wrapping
when you write, and are manually inserting returns - so just don't :-)

The alternatives would be to look in the OE settings and see if you can
either turn off the "flowed" formatting, or set your line length lower (72
is standard).
--
derek

Stupid question, but I'm seeing a lot of yellowing on the water lettuce i
n
my pond.. vegitation this year shot through the roof.. where before I had

algea and couldn;t see the fish, now I have SO much coverage, that I can;
t
see the fish because of it.. LOL!

I also haven't fed the fish for more then a month now.. I suspect they ar
e
eating the roots off the water lettuce.. would that account for the
yellowing?

The upper veggie filter pondlet has all dark green and vibrant WL... that
's
why I suspect the fish are just eating the water lettuce roots.

(I stopped feeding the fish, because they just left it flotaing it there,

uneaten in most cases.)

Some stupid dogs tore up the stream going down to the pond from my veggie

filter, so it's also been off the last month as well.. it developed a lea
k
somewhere, that I can been unable to discover.. I figure I'll just work o
n
it next spring, since everything seems good in pond land.

Sorry I haven't been "in gorup" much.. building a roof over our deck, and

various other tasks have kept me away from my ponding hobby... 8(

Gareee©

Derek Broughton wrote:
Reel McKoi wrote:

Why is the formatting on so many of my posts messed up? I see one
letter on
a line. Another line will have only one word. It makes them hard to
read.

This is probably more information than you want, but I don't know a
way to really simplify...

Outlook Express. You're posting with a content type of "text/plain;
format=flowed". This means that, to help much older news readers, OE
inserts a "soft" carriage return every "N" characters (probably 72, it
might be more). Smart readers then remove those when displaying the
message, and just wrap the line as necessary to fit your window. Any
time you actually insert a carriage return, OE puts in a "hard"
return, and no newsread removes those.

Since even OE should be capable of handling the soft returns it
inserted itself, I'd have to guess that you're not letting it handle
the wrapping when you write, and are manually inserting returns - so
just don't :-)

The alternatives would be to look in the OE settings and see if you
can either turn off the "flowed" formatting, or set your line length
lower (72 is standard).
I'm getting tha same problem........only in this NG. I have OE set to 72
characters.
--
Pete C
London UK

"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:30:53 EDT, "Reel McKoi"
wrote:

Why is the formatting on so many of my posts messed up? I see one lett
er
on
a line. Another line will have only one word. It makes them hard to rea
d.

It's probably something to do with the line length setting. I don't
know how it is set in your newsreader but I'm sure you can find it.
=============It only happens on this NG. I don't see anything in OE to set line lengt
h.

--

RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

"a425couple" wrote in message
news

I just intentionaly use the 'carrage return' /"enter" key to make short

lines.
Then even through many responses to responses, the text stays somewhat
intact.
===========================I'll have to try that. Thanks.
--

RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

"Gareee©" wrote in message
...
Stupid question, but I'm seeing a lot of yellowing on the water lettuce i
n
my pond.. vegitation this year shot through the roof.. where before I had

algea and couldn;t see the fish, now I have SO much coverage, that I can;
t
see the fish because of it.. LOL!

I also haven't fed the fish for more then a month now.. I suspect they ar
e
eating the roots off the water lettuce.. would that account for the
yellowing?

The upper veggie filter pondlet has all dark green and vibrant WL... that
's
why I suspect the fish are just eating the water lettuce roots.

(I stopped feeding the fish, because they just left it flotaing it there,

uneaten in most cases.)

Some stupid dogs tore up the stream going down to the pond from my veggie

filter, so it's also been off the last month as well.. it developed a lea
k
somewhere, that I can been unable to discover.. I figure I'll just work o
n
it next spring, since everything seems good in pond land.

Sorry I haven't been "in gorup" much.. building a roof over our deck, and

various other tasks have kept me away from my ponding hobby... 8(

Gareee©
==========================Your formatting is completely messed up! Geeze, I thought I was the only

one.

It sounds like your water lettuce is either too cold at night, starving,
or
the roots were nibbled off.

--

RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

"Derek Broughton" wrote in message
...
Reel McKoi wrote:

Why is the formatting on so many of my posts messed up? I see one let
ter
on
a line. Another line will have only one word. It makes them hard to re
ad.

This is probably more information than you want, but I don't know a way
to
really simplify...

Outlook Express. You're posting with a content type of "text/plain;
format=flowed". This means that, to help much older news readers, OE
inserts a "soft" carriage return every "N" characters (probably 72, it
might be more). Smart readers then remove those when displaying the
message, and just wrap the line as necessary to fit your window. Any t
ime
you actually insert a carriage return, OE puts in a "hard" return, and
no
newsread removes those.

Since even OE should be capable of handling the soft returns it inserte
d
itself, I'd have to guess that you're not letting it handle the wrappin
g
when you write, and are manually inserting returns - so just don't :-)

The alternatives would be to look in the OE settings and see if you can
either turn off the "flowed" formatting, or set your line length lower
(72
is standard).
--
derek
====================================I let it handle the wrapping. I don't hit enter at any point. It was set
at
76
characters per line as it always was. I reset it to 60. I see Gareee's p
ost
is as messed up as mine, and was difficult to read.
--

RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

Reel McKoi wrote:
"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:30:53 EDT, "Reel McKoi"
wrote:

Why is the formatting on so many of my posts messed up? I see one
lett er on
a line. Another line will have only one word. It makes them hard to
rea d.

It's probably something to do with the line length setting. I don't
know how it is set in your newsreader but I'm sure you can find it.
=====
It only happens on this NG. I don't see anything in OE to set line
lengt h.

In OE, Tools/Options/send, at the bottom, News Sending Format, Plain text
settings
HTH
--
Pete C
London UK

"Reel McKoi" wrote ...
"a425couple" wrote ...
- I just intentionaly use the 'carrage return' /"enter" key to make short
- lines.
- Then even through many responses to responses, the text stays somewhat
- intact.
-=========I'll have to try that. Thanks.

Sheesh!
(as I'm viewing my above post, ---
that did not work in this case!)
a425couple, humbly backing away,
after 'an effort to help' - being shown wrong!

Well, whatever,,, I'll read your posts
no matter how they display!

"Pete C" wrote i...
Derek Broughton wrote:
Reel McKoi wrote:
Why is the formatting on so many of my posts messed up? I see one
letter on
a line. Another line will have only one word. It makes them hard to
read.
This is probably more information than you want, but I don't know a
way to really simplify...

(sniping - but many thanks for good & clear information)

I'm getting tha same problem........only in this NG. I have OE set to 72
characters.

Yes, perhaps correct.
I am just so very thankful about the level
of information, helpfulness, and civility
on this newsgroup, ----
I will read most posts, no matter how displayed!!

Hey folks! My glass is AT LEAST HALF FULL!

"Pete C" wrote in message
...
Reel McKoi wrote:
"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote
in message
...
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:30:53 EDT, "Reel McKoi"
wrote:

Why is the formatting on so many of my posts messed up?
I see one
lett er on
a line. Another line will have only one word. It makes
them hard to
rea d.

It's probably something to do with the line length
setting. I don't
know how it is set in your newsreader but I'm sure you
can find it.
==== It only happens on this NG. I don't see anything in OE
to set line
lengt h.

In OE, Tools/Options/send, at the bottom, News Sending
Format, Plain text settings
HTH
=============================
Yeah, I went back and found it after I sent the post. I
wont know how it worked until these new posts show up.
--

RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

"Reel McKoi" wrote in message
...
Your formatting is completely messed up! Geeze, I thought I was the onl
y
one.

It sounds like your water lettuce is either too cold at night, starving,
or the roots were nibbled off.


Pretty much what I suspected.. our temps here are droppng to 54 a night
now, so its just a few weeks anyway until I have to compost all that stuf
f
anyway. Also, it's time to harvest all the iris pods, so I have plenty fo
r
landscaping next year.

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Gareee©