Janet wrote:

I'm reminded of the Victorians who covered their pianos' legs , in
case the sight of legs gave rise to lewd thoughts.

That's a myth, though.

--
Chris

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Janet wrote:

I'm reminded of the Victorians who covered their pianos' legs , in
case the sight of legs gave rise to lewd thoughts.

That's a myth, though.


Are you sure?
The V's were a strange lot. You could have covered a whole piano just with
V's bloomers, and she was how tall and wide? 4'6"?
Imagine her taking the corset off, spreaded to death, an explosion of lard.

Baz

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Baz wrote:

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Fuschia wrote:

On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 23:21:18 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

What to do?
You know you have the OP killfiled.
Read it or not?


The Re also appears if the thread was started in another NG and
someone has added the URG address to crosspost it.
There might be a genuine reason for that but often its a way of
spreading spam or offensive content.

I think the Re, refers to a reference to the original message
posted, when you reply to a previous message it is always then
shown as a Re.

Stephen.



I think there must be hundreds of reasons for this.
When I first used NG my client was Outlook Express and it could
never make up its mind, ie. or not to , so fickle and it
was most likely my fault with the settings, but I could not solve
the problem so I bought Agent, don't know which version but it
solved the problem to a certain level. Not perfect though, and
again most likely my fault. there was a setting 'start new thread
always' something similar, and that may be the cause. Going a few
years with it, I found lots of annoying little things that made
me change to XNews, free, simple to use and have never seen a
(Re after a follow up.

The OP said,

What to do?
You know you have the OP killfiled.
Read it or not?

If that poster is killfiltered(plonked) then that poster would be
invisible, and would not be readable to the person who has
filtered. In other words the bugger is not plonked if you can
read their posts.

Best wishes to all (plonked or not)
Baz

I don't use IE but I do know it has one or two flaws that may for
all I know cause the Re problem.

I use a news client called Messenger Pro which is a paid for app
on a minority platform but I've not noticed anything untoward
regards its functionality, all my news and email postings contain
the Re reference when they *have* been replied to.

Stephen.




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http://www.stephen.hull.btinternet.co.uk
From the Wirral Peninsular.
Coach painting tips and techniques + Land Rover colour codes
"Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble". Henry Royce

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"Christina Websell" wrote:


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Fuschia wrote:

On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 23:21:18 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

What to do?
You know you have the OP killfiled.
Read it or not?


The Re also appears if the thread was started in another NG and
someone has added the URG address to crosspost it.
There might be a genuine reason for that but often its a way of
spreading spam or offensive content.

I think the Re, refers to a reference to the original message
posted, when you reply to a previous message it is always then
shown as a Re.


Yes, I know that, what I am talking about is a post that starts
"RE" which is a different thing entirely.


ISWYM now, new postings should not show the Re, but the Re will
still show after some messages have expired so I would presume
cross-posted messages will too.

Stephen.


--
http://www.stephen.hull.btinternet.co.uk
From the Wirral Peninsular.
Coach painting tips and techniques + Land Rover colour codes
"Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble". Henry Royce