You can't be a nicer person if you are anal about not top posting
like this. Aren't there more important things to do on this list
than attack top posting, for God's sake? Let's flame HTML or RTF
posting, instead. Let's flame Microsoft if we must flame. You guys
are starting to look like little boys who never quite learned to
poop in a toilet.
{^_^} Posted this way with malice aforethought.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven W. Orr" <steveo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Glenn Williams" <n0hn@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, 2003 October, 05 14:30
Subject: Re: e-mail etiquette
> On Sunday, Oct 5th 2003 at 13:40 -0600, quoth Glenn Williams:
>
> =>Steve:
> =>
> =>Perhaps I did miss the point of the discussion. On the other hand,
recall
> =>that I said "I am _inclined_ to say I will not read bottom posts..."
which
> =>is not at all the same as saying 'I refuse to read' something. In many
if
> =>not all of my previous posts, I have followed convention.
> =>
> =>Many opinions have been expressed here in this thread. I have expressed
> =>mine. I still believe that because something is honored by convention
or
> =>tradition does not always mean it makes sense to everyone, or for
everyone.
> =>
> =>I don't believe personal attacks exemplify good netiquette, but one such
> =>message (not yours) was just directed at me. Whence 'netiquette?'
> =>
> =>And yes, Steve, you are exactly right. The muscles of my forearms,
wrists
> =>and fingers are badly atrophied. That notwithstanding, I am 72, and
> =>attracting women is no longer a huge concern of mine <g>.
>
> This is great. This is the stuff that legends are made of. I replied and
> made that crack about attracting women and atrophied muscles... and
> then... Then! I read the last paragrah that you wrote about it being hard
> to get to the bottom of a message because of a disability. Oops. Oh well.
> Sort of late for sorry, but in retrospect I think it was still amusing.
> Anyways, I'm a nicer person than that last message might imply.
>
> --
> -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things
have -
> -happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say
Organ
> -Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are
all-
> -individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question?
> steveo at syslang.net
>
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