Re: A mickey mouse watch my father gave me



andresmuro@xxxxxxx wrote:

>new2watches wrote:
>> thank you all for the explaination. I fully understand it now so we can
>> all get along and go back to watches . Thanks for the book Frank.
>> What search terms did you use to find it??
>
>Nope, we can't. You committed a mortal sin. You did not quote the
>message you were responding to, even though we can all figure it out.
>So, that is another reason to start WWIII.

Here are some references for those who are interested
in improving the quality of their posts to newsgroups.
This list is more complete that the list I posted before,
which only addresses top-posting.

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Netiquette: "When thou enter a city, abide by its customs."
http://www.montebello.k12.ca.us/Resources/Roadmap/map07.html

Usenet 101: How to properly format a Usenet post
http://www.softdevlabs.com/Usenet101.html

How do I quote correctly in usenet?
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html

Bottom vs. top posting and quotation style on Usenet
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html

Zen and the art of the internet (usenet section)
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/zen/zen-1.0_6.html

Why you shouldn't ask for E-mail responses on Usenet
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/mail-responses.html

The seven don'ts of Usenet
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/dont.html

Why bottom-posting is better than top-posting
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html

+What do you mean "my reply is upside-down"?
http://www.i-hate-computers.demon.co.uk/

The advantages of usenet's quoting conventions
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/g.mccaughan/g/remarks/uquote.html

Rules for posting to Usenet
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1/

Why should I place my response below the quoted text?
http://allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?Top-posting_or_bottom-posting

How To Followup A Post On Netnews Properly
http://www.star-one.org.uk/computer/format.htm

Quoting Style in Newsgroup Postings
http://www.xs4all.nl/%7ewijnands/nnq/nquote.html

Put an end to Outlook Express's messy quotes with this automated fix!
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

For the Engineer/Programmer: News related RFCs and Drafts
http://www.tin.org/docs.html

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