On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:22:07 +0100, "Uncle Marvo"
wrote and included this (or
some of this):

In reply to ) who wrote this in
.com, I, Marvo, say :

Tuesday 18th September 2007

Me too! Don't go John! Never did this before, starting at the top,
feels strange, nice and neat really. I've put the date on too like a
new page on an exercise book. Shame I can't underline ... I would have
used my new gel pen ....

Can't _underline_ what?


Exactly
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:00:33 +0100, K wrote
(in article ):

Uncle Marvo writes
Don't go, John!

I love your posts.

(see, I even put this at the top :-)

Reasons for not top posting

1) not the convention in this ng

2) Many posts here include multiple points. It's clearer if each point
is answered where it's made, and not in a lump at the top. Long posts
with a reply at the top mean a lot of moving up and down the screen to
see exactly what each answer referred to

3) This newsreader, and I presume others, allow you to read posts
simply by hitting space bar, which takes you to next screen, next post,
next thread in order. Top posters IME rarely snip (like me in this
one!), so one usually has to page down several pages of historical posts
left hanging at the bottom.


Exactly:

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in usenet?

g
And I too hope John doesn't leave. We need real posters!



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