Re: Most Annoying csssm posts



On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:47:50 -0600, Dan Hensley wrote:

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:43:38 +0100, Michael Wild wrote:


and as the above post shows: TOFU
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting, www.learn.to/quote)! i hate it!
people, stop top-posting, please.

Bottom-posting without trimming is just as bad.

Dan


true, left it as an example :-) usually i try to, except when i'm in a bit
of a hurry or just too lazy.
.



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