"K" wrote in message
...

I didn't realise it was you! I just saw Bev's name quickly as I spaced
down. If I'd realised it was you I wouldn't have posted, since I know you
are aware of the need to snip and wouldn't deliberately not snip. Sorry!


I apologize too for my unwittingness. but I was teasing you in my last
responses, I hope you realize! lol too often people respond shocked or
appalled or horrified at things, and I just want to lighten up and smile
about it and move forwards. As tired as I was and it was strange to be
reading and checking rec.gardens from somewhere else. And the older style
mouse was a bit clumsy for me. That's the main reason I didn't scroll down
and erase the excess post before replying. Beverly was one of the original
posters in the newsgroup, back with Victoria who is quiet lately but I know
is still there. Pam (grdngal) is busy with her life too, and a few have
been lost due to AOL dropping newsgroups like "the other Marilyn" from Ohio,
I see Paghat upon occaison, a rare siting of Zennie, I wonder sometimes how
Toni down in Louisiana is doing since the devistation from the hurricane's.

And I also realize that it's not just me, it's others
who forget

Absolutely - there were three repostings of that one piece!

I saw that!

There are some urglers who are still on dial-up, and pay according to
the length of the call, so it does still matter for some.

However, it's not bandwidth from my point of view (I'm on broadband) -
it's wear and tear on my wrists. Mousework gives me RSI, so instead of
clicking on posts I want to read, or clicking on the 'next unread' button,
I simply hit the space bar, which takes me, in sequence, to the next
screen of that post, the next unread post in the thread, the next unread
post in the next thread, the next newsgroup ... I think several other
urglers do this too.

So it is awfully annoying to have to hit the spacebar 12 times just
because someone has added one line!

I wondered about whether it was fair to ask others to snip just to save my
wrists, but in Turnpike it's not necessary - you can just highlight a
small fragment and 'quote selected' - in other words, in Turnpike at
least, I'm not asking people to go down 12 screens selecting and deleting.
I don't know if OE and all the various access routes have the same
facility. And, I suppose, the bottom line is that that in-line quoting and
snipping is the convention in this group, so it's not unreasonable to ask
newcomers to do that.


--
Kay

and you're right. the newbies need educating like I was once educated, and
occaisonally forget. I'm doing better, though.....I haven't lost that flamed
ass look for posting the jpg on the newsgroup for someone who innocently
asked me and like some idjet, I said "SURE!" and as soon as I hit send, I
realized I should have marked it OT. I got flamed and rightly so. I now
only send jpg's (reduced of course, since I don't have a website and am
still learning about photobucket) to those who want them and can download
without problems and post a few on the pictures binaries newsgroup. I don't
go there often though. sorry about the snafu.
madgardener

madgardener wrote:

(grand snipage)

thanks for hollering back at me! I am about to embark on a few thoughts.

We're all waiting ;o)

madgardener writes

and I ain't snipping this response, so if Kay doesn't like it, she
won't see it! LOL apparently she's blocked me.

You're going to have to try better than that if you want to talk about
me behind my back! ;-)

I haven't blocked *you* specifically - I've blocked long posts.
--
Kay

On 13/2/06 17:37, in article , "K"
wrote:

madgardener writes

and I ain't snipping this response, so if Kay doesn't like it, she
won't see it! LOL apparently she's blocked me.

You're going to have to try better than that if you want to talk about
me behind my back! ;-)

I haven't blocked *you* specifically - I've blocked long posts.

Maddie's posts are long but I really do hope you don't miss them. Have you
been getting them because I think they're right up your street?
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

Sacha writes
On 13/2/06 17:37, in article , "K"
wrote:

madgardener writes

and I ain't snipping this response, so if Kay doesn't like it, she
won't see it! LOL apparently she's blocked me.

You're going to have to try better than that if you want to talk about
me behind my back! ;-)

I haven't blocked *you* specifically - I've blocked long posts.

Maddie's posts are long but I really do hope you don't miss them. Have you
been getting them because I think they're right up your street?

Yeah, I have been getting them, but I've been getting fed up of getting
reposts of very long posts from people just adding a line or two, so
have decided just to block long posts. I think I'm getting too old for
the internet.
--
Kay

On 13/2/06 19:17, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes
On 13/2/06 17:37, in article , "K"
wrote:

madgardener writes

and I ain't snipping this response, so if Kay doesn't like it, she
won't see it! LOL apparently she's blocked me.

You're going to have to try better than that if you want to talk about
me behind my back! ;-)

I haven't blocked *you* specifically - I've blocked long posts.

Maddie's posts are long but I really do hope you don't miss them. Have you
been getting them because I think they're right up your street?

Yeah, I have been getting them, but I've been getting fed up of getting
reposts of very long posts from people just adding a line or two, so
have decided just to block long posts. I think I'm getting too old for
the internet.

Not you! Never. Hell's teeth, Kay! If that's the case, not only am I older
than you but - well, never mind! It's not THAT big an issue, is it? Really?
Irritating, I'll grant you but not life-changing. IME, American groups
don't snip as much as UK groups do because of the different phone line
charges thang. It's not malicious or selfish or unkind - it's just
different. So - to our visitors in rec.gardens from YOUR visitors in
uk.rec.gardening, may we Brits request that you snip when crossposting to
urg because to some of us, time is money, truly. Thanks.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

Sacha writes

Yeah, I have been getting them, but I've been getting fed up of getting
reposts of very long posts from people just adding a line or two, so
have decided just to block long posts. I think I'm getting too old for
the internet.

Not you! Never. Hell's teeth, Kay! If that's the case, not only am I older
than you

You're as old as you feel ;-)

but - well, never mind! It's not THAT big an issue, is it? Really?

No, it's not. I'm just losing my tolerance. Which is why i reckon I'm
getting too old. I should just go and hang out on my own, occasionally
emerging to mutter and wave my stick at passers-by.

--
Kay

"K" wrote in message
...
Sacha writes
On 13/2/06 17:37, in article , "K"
wrote:

madgardener writes

and I ain't snipping this response, so if Kay doesn't like it, she
won't see it! LOL apparently she's blocked me.

You're going to have to try better than that if you want to talk about
me behind my back! ;-)

I haven't blocked *you* specifically - I've blocked long posts.

Maddie's posts are long but I really do hope you don't miss them. Have you
been getting them because I think they're right up your street?

Yeah, I have been getting them, but I've been getting fed up of getting
reposts of very long posts from people just adding a line or two, so
have decided just to block long posts. I think I'm getting too old for
the internet.
Kay

I'm inclined to agree with Kay!
I'm sure that madgardenersposts are lovely, but I don't have time to read long
posts either.......

Jenny

Sacha writes
And MY stick is ebony and silver topped, so shoogle over.

But *mine* was hand carved by a friend as a gift. So nyer!! ;-)
--
Kay

On 14/2/06 20:03, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes
And MY stick is ebony and silver topped, so shoogle over.

But *mine* was hand carved by a friend as a gift. So nyer!! ;-)

You're just SO annoying! ;-) Actually, my stick is made out of heaven only
knows what but has a Jersey badge in the top. A builder who worked for me
found it and gave it to me - all it lacks is a ferrule and I'm trying to
decide what to go for. Hollow tipped? Carefully sharpened?
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

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from K contains these words:

Sacha writes
And MY stick is ebony and silver topped, so shoogle over.

But *mine* was hand carved by a friend as a gift. So nyer!! ;-)

And *MINE* is hazel, with a carved head of a boxer dog on top, bought in
the '60s in Romford Market for 'alf a note.

--
Rusty
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"K" wrote in message
news
You're going to have to try better than that if you want to talk about me
behind my back! ;-)

I haven't blocked *you* specifically - I've blocked long posts.
--
Kay

On 15/2/06 12:53 am, in article
, "Rusty Hinge 2"
wrote:

The message
from Sacha contains these words:
On 14/2/06 20:03, in article , "K"
wrote:
Sacha writes

And MY stick is ebony and silver topped, so shoogle over.

But *mine* was hand carved by a friend as a gift. So nyer!! ;-)

You're just SO annoying! ;-) Actually, my stick is made out of heaven only
knows what but has a Jersey badge in the top.

Could it be the giant kale grown on the channel Islands?

Jersey cabbage? I suppose it could be, though it was found in Devon.

A builder who worked for me
found it and gave it to me - all it lacks is a ferrule and I'm trying to
decide what to go for. Hollow tipped? Carefully sharpened?

Bore the centre out and conceal a smallbore rifle in it...

A friend of mine had a marvellous swordstick which he brought to a party of
ours. To my mortification and his fury, someone pinched it!
--
Sacha