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Hello
This is my first post here but already I'm a bit puzzled. The note at
the top of the page states the post I'm about to reply to will be
quoted below. Why? Other message boards I write on simply lists the
posts as it is always obvious what the writer is referring to.

[...]

This isn't a message board, of course; newsgroups may have different
protocols from what you are accustomed to. When you type your reply, you
can always snip any irrelevant parts of the quoted material, as I have
just done.

Actually it isn't "always obvious what the writer is referring to", since
the newsgroup messages are listed in a random order. Even if you are able
to set your newsreader to show messages by subject, your reply post may
refer to a previous message a long way down the stack, and threads often
wander a long way from the initial point. It's easier for readers if the
context is immediately apparent and doesn't need to be hunted down.

**** off and make it snappy.

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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:14:39 GMT, "Alan Jones"
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"Paul Narramore" wrote in
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Hello
This is my first post here but already I'm a bit puzzled. The note at
the top of the page states the post I'm about to reply to will be
quoted below. Why? Other message boards I write on simply lists the
posts as it is always obvious what the writer is referring to.

[...]

This isn't a message board, of course; newsgroups may have different
protocols from what you are accustomed to. When you type your reply, you
can
always snip any irrelevant parts of the quoted material, as I have just
done.

Actually it isn't "always obvious what the writer is referring to", since
the newsgroup messages are listed in a random order. Even if you are able
to
set your newsreader to show messages by subject, your reply post may refer
to a previous message a long way down the stack, and threads often wander
a
long way from the initial point. It's easier for readers if the context is
immediately apparent and doesn't need to be hunted down.


By default I see messages, threaded by subject and in chronological order.


*So ****ing what!*

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Paul Narramore writes

Hello
This is my first post here but already I'm a bit puzzled. The note at
the top of the page states the post I'm about to reply to will be
quoted below.


As others have said, this is a newsgroup not a message board. The fact
that you are accessing it through gardenbanter makes this less obvious
to you.

Unfortunately, your software is not doing anything to help you. The
convention here 9as on most newsgroups) is in-line posting - ie, you
reply just under (not above) the bit you are replying to, and snip
(erase) anything that your are not replying to.

This means that if you are replying to a post which raises a lot of
different points, you reply to each point under where it is raised -
much easier than having to indicate in your reply which specific point
you are replying to with each bit of your reply.

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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:06:55 -0000, "Mike Claytton"
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*So ****ing what!*


PLONK! You poor man's troll.



Who cares

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On 11/11/07 05:40, in article ,
"Paul Narramore" wrote:


Hello
This is my first post here but already I'm a bit puzzled. The note at
the top of the page states the post I'm about to reply to will be
quoted below. Why? Other message boards I write on simply lists the
posts as it is always obvious what the writer is referring to. This
seems to me to be an unneccessarily long winded way of creating a
thread, don't you think? Imagine you are conversation with a friend and
you say to the friend "I finally got around to pruning my
fremontodendron this afternoon" and he replies "I got around to pruning
my fremontodendron this afternoon. Oh did you? Did it take you long."
Seems a bit odd to me. What do you all think?
Paul


You'll find it much easier to use uk.rec.gardening if you subscribe to it
directly, rather than through Garden Banter. Some urg subscribers won't
reply to those coming through Garden Banter because GB takes our posts and
uses them on a commercial site, without so much as a by-your-leave or a
'thank you'.
Apart from that, using a newsreader program makes it less complicated for
you to follow what's going on here. Conventionally, this group tends
towards bottom posting because it's rather like having a conversation. You
reply to what someone has said, rather than anticipating it!
All that said, welcome to urg.

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South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'




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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:06:55 +0000, Mike Claytton wrote
(in article ):


"Martin" wrote in message
...


snip
By default I see messages, threaded by subject and in chronological order.


*So ****ing what!*


You might want to improve your vocabulary which seems a bit limited and do
some good at the same time:
http://www.freerice.com/index.php

--
Sally in Shropshire, UK


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You should top post, after all that's where Outlook places the curser.

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 11/11/07 05:40, in article ,
"Paul Narramore" wrote:


Hello
This is my first post here but already I'm a bit puzzled. The note at
the top of the page states the post I'm about to reply to will be
quoted below. Why? Other message boards I write on simply lists the
posts as it is always obvious what the writer is referring to. This
seems to me to be an unneccessarily long winded way of creating a
thread, don't you think? Imagine you are conversation with a friend and
you say to the friend "I finally got around to pruning my
fremontodendron this afternoon" and he replies "I got around to pruning
my fremontodendron this afternoon. Oh did you? Did it take you long."
Seems a bit odd to me. What do you all think?
Paul


You'll find it much easier to use uk.rec.gardening if you subscribe to it
directly, rather than through Garden Banter. Some urg subscribers won't
reply to those coming through Garden Banter because GB takes our posts and
uses them on a commercial site, without so much as a by-your-leave or a
'thank you'.
Apart from that, using a newsreader program makes it less complicated for
you to follow what's going on here. Conventionally, this group tends
towards bottom posting because it's rather like having a conversation. You
reply to what someone has said, rather than anticipating it!
All that said, welcome to urg.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'



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"Josef.Vissarionovich.Dzhugashvilis.cat" Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
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"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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"Paul Narramore" wrote in
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Hello
This is my first post here but already I'm a bit puzzled. The note at
the top of the page states the post I'm about to reply to will be
quoted below. Why? Other message boards I write on simply lists the
posts as it is always obvious what the writer is referring to. This
seems to me to be an unneccessarily long winded way of creating a
thread, don't you think? Imagine you are conversation with a friend and
you say to the friend "I finally got around to pruning my
fremontodendron this afternoon" and he replies "I got around to pruning
my fremontodendron this afternoon. Oh did you? Did it take you long."
Seems a bit odd to me. What do you all think?
Paul


Probably because you are using gardenbanter, get a proper isp and that
may help.


Better still take a **** off pill and make it a big one.


The time has come to:-

!PLONK!




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"Mike Claytton" wrote in message
...

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:14:39 GMT, "Alan Jones"
wrote:


"Paul Narramore" wrote in
message ...

Hello
This is my first post here but already I'm a bit puzzled. The note at
the top of the page states the post I'm about to reply to will be
quoted below. Why? Other message boards I write on simply lists the
posts as it is always obvious what the writer is referring to.
[...]

This isn't a message board, of course; newsgroups may have different
protocols from what you are accustomed to. When you type your reply, you
can
always snip any irrelevant parts of the quoted material, as I have just
done.

Actually it isn't "always obvious what the writer is referring to", since
the newsgroup messages are listed in a random order. Even if you are able
to
set your newsreader to show messages by subject, your reply post may
refer
to a previous message a long way down the stack, and threads often wander
a
long way from the initial point. It's easier for readers if the context
is
immediately apparent and doesn't need to be hunted down.


By default I see messages, threaded by subject and in chronological
order.


*So ****ing what!*


Oh dear, another:-

!PLONK!




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Cheers pet. Have you got big tits



"Sally Thompson" wrote in message
al.net...
On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:06:55 +0000, Mike Claytton wrote
(in article ):


"Martin" wrote in message
...


snip
By default I see messages, threaded by subject and in chronological
order.


*So ****ing what!*


You might want to improve your vocabulary which seems a bit limited and do
some good at the same time:
http://www.freerice.com/index.php

--
Sally in Shropshire, UK





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"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
...

"Mike Claytton" wrote in
message ...

"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:14:39 GMT, "Alan Jones"
wrote:


"Paul Narramore" wrote in
message ...

Hello
This is my first post here but already I'm a bit puzzled. The note at
the top of the page states the post I'm about to reply to will be
quoted below. Why? Other message boards I write on simply lists the
posts as it is always obvious what the writer is referring to.
[...]

This isn't a message board, of course; newsgroups may have different
protocols from what you are accustomed to. When you type your reply, you
can
always snip any irrelevant parts of the quoted material, as I have just
done.

Actually it isn't "always obvious what the writer is referring to",
since
the newsgroup messages are listed in a random order. Even if you are
able to
set your newsreader to show messages by subject, your reply post may
refer
to a previous message a long way down the stack, and threads often
wander a
long way from the initial point. It's easier for readers if the context
is
immediately apparent and doesn't need to be hunted down.

By default I see messages, threaded by subject and in chronological
order.


*So ****ing what!*


Oh dear, another:-

!PLONK!

!PLINK!

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I doubt it.


"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:56:01 +0000, Sally Thompson
wrote:

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:06:55 +0000, Mike Claytton wrote
(in article ):


"Martin" wrote in message
...


snip
By default I see messages, threaded by subject and in chronological
order.

*So ****ing what!*


You might want to improve your vocabulary which seems a bit limited and do
some good at the same time:
http://www.freerice.com/index.php


He might want to go and troll somewhere else.
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"Sally Thompson" wrote in message
al.net...
On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:06:55 +0000, Mike Claytton wrote
(in article ):


"Martin" wrote in message
...


snip
By default I see messages, threaded by subject and in chronological
order.


*So ****ing what!*


You might want to improve your vocabulary which seems a bit limited and do
some good at the same time:
http://www.freerice.com/index.php


You can't really expect him to do either of those, surely?

Fortunately I shan't see any more of his infantile posts, unless someone
follows up to any!(:-)


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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:59:01 GMT, "Alan Holmes"
wrote:


"Josef.Vissarionovich.Dzhugashvilis.cat" Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Cat" e.com wrote in
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"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
...

"Paul Narramore" wrote in
message ...

Hello
This is my first post here but already I'm a bit puzzled. The note at
the top of the page states the post I'm about to reply to will be
quoted below. Why? Other message boards I write on simply lists the
posts as it is always obvious what the writer is referring to. This
seems to me to be an unneccessarily long winded way of creating a
thread, don't you think? Imagine you are conversation with a friend and
you say to the friend "I finally got around to pruning my
fremontodendron this afternoon" and he replies "I got around to pruning
my fremontodendron this afternoon. Oh did you? Did it take you long."
Seems a bit odd to me. What do you all think?
Paul

Probably because you are using gardenbanter, get a proper isp and that
may help.


Better still take a **** off pill and make it a big one.


The time has come to:-

!PLONK!


Get ****ed, nonce!
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:03:35 +0100, Martin wrote:

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:56:01 +0000, Sally Thompson
wrote:

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:06:55 +0000, Mike Claytton wrote
(in article ):


"Martin" wrote in message
...


snip
By default I see messages, threaded by subject and in chronological order.

*So ****ing what!*


You might want to improve your vocabulary which seems a bit limited and do
some good at the same time:
http://www.freerice.com/index.php


He might want to go and troll somewhere else.


You might like to go die in a corner, ****!

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