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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2006Heading out....
I'm off on Army Cadet Camp as an adult instructor for 2 weeks tomorrow. I won't be able to check in, but purrs to those who need them. The guys are being well looked after by my gran and a petsitter. I've just been out for all their supplies so they won't be going hungry! ;o) See you on the flip side. Helen M >I'm off on Army Cadet Camp as an adult instructor for 2 weeks tomorrow. >I won't be able to check in, but purrs to those who need them. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >See you on the flip side. You're a drill instructor? :) See you in two weeks! So you have a sadistic side then (grin)? What do you instruct them in? Hope it cools off a bit, the uniform may be a bit too much in this heat. Catch up with you later, sandra > So you have a sadistic side then (grin)? What do you instruct them in? Hope > it cools off a bit, the uniform may be a bit too much in this heat. > Catch up with you later, Just want to let you know that for many of us who read this via a newsreader, we don't always get the posts in order the way you do, reading it on a website. So it helps to keep a little bit of context in a post so your readers will know what you're responding to. I have no idea what post you are responding to here, or who it was from - I guess I haven't gotten it yet. I'm just saying, quote a bit of the text from the post you're responding to - just like I did with yours, above. It'll help many of us understand your posts! Just a friendly suggestion. Joyce > > So you have a sadistic side then (grin)? What do you instruct them > in? Hope > it cools off a bit, the uniform may be a bit too much in [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Joyce Agreed a quote would be useful, but why do you think Sandra is posting via a website? If you look at her headers it's clear she's using Outlook Express to post via bt.com who in turn use giganews servers.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Agreed a quote would be useful, but why do you think Sandra is posting via a > website? If you look at her headers it's clear she's using Outlook Express > to post via bt.com who in turn use giganews servers. OK, maybe I'm wrong about the website. I thought maybe she was posting in a forum type of environment, where everyone can see what everyone else is posting to because it's right there on the same page, so no need to quote context. Anyway, I guess it doesn't matter - the point is, try to give folks a bit of a hint what you're responding to. Joyce > > So you have a sadistic side then (grin)? What do you instruct them in? Hope > > it cools off a bit, the uniform may be a bit too much in this heat. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > responding to - just like I did with yours, above. It'll help many > of us understand your posts! That's usually true, at least for long threads. However, my browser allows me to arrange newsgroup posts by "Subject". So far there have only been six posts to this title, and Helen Miles's is the only one not prefaced by "re:" (indicating it to be the original), so in this case it really wasn't difficult to puzzle out! > Just a friendly suggestion. > > Joyce > That's usually true, at least for long threads. However, my > browser allows me to arrange newsgroup posts by "Subject". > So far there have only been six posts to this title, and > Helen Miles's is the only one not prefaced by "re:" > (indicating it to be the original), so in this case it > really wasn't difficult to puzzle out! I can sort posts by subject, also (and in fact, I do). But what I'm saying is, Usenet posts don't always *arrive* at my ISP in the order in which they were posted. At least if part of the original post was quoted, I'd have a clue what it was about. Also, even if I did get the original post, if I read it yesterday, or several days ago, I wouldn't necessarily remember the subject line any more. And my newsreader shows only the *unread* posts by default. So the original one isn't visible anymore, unless I change the settings so that it shows the already-read ones, too. Joyce > Also, even if I did get the original post, if I read it yesterday, > or several days ago, I wouldn't necessarily remember the subject > line any more. And my newsreader shows only the *unread* posts by > default. Oh, that you can change! (And also set how far back you want it to "remember" previous posts.) It depends upon which browser you use, but SFAIK, they all give you the ability to set the options you want. So the original one isn't visible anymore, unless I change > the settings so that it shows the already-read ones, too. Why wouldn't you want to do that? IMO it's the only way to keep track of posts properly. >> So the original one isn't visible anymore, unless I change the >> settings so that it shows the already-read ones, too. > > Why wouldn't you want to do that? IMO it's the only way to keep track > of posts properly. I don't show already-read messages, and it works just fine. If I want to see the parent, I can hit "esc-P", and if my server has the parent post, it appears. Anyway, Jill's original point is still the key one: there's no guarantee that news messages will arrive in order. It's quite possible that a server could receive a response to a message well before it receives the original message. Selective quoting is usually a good idea. That being said, we can't force anyone to abide by netiquette guidelines, so it's always a good idea to configure a newsreader in the most usable way possible (which may vary from person to person). For example, I managed to set up my newsreader so that responses to my messages are at the top and appear in red, so that I typically see them (unless the thread gets really, really deep and my message ID gets lost in the headers). Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Anyway, Jill's original point is still the key one: there's no > guarantee that news messages will arrive in order. It's quite > possible that a server could receive a response to a message well > before it receives the original message. Selective quoting is usually > a good idea. Actually, that was me, not Jill. Not scolding you or anything - I just want to be more visible. Joyce > > Anyway, Jill's original point is still the key one: there's no > > guarantee that news messages will arrive in order. It's quite [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Actually, that was me, not Jill. Not scolding you or anything - I > just want to be more visible. Doh! I'm so sorry. I hate misattribution. That's what I get for not taking the time to check. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Helen Miles skrev i meddelandet <055a02b84a88571f2797a22a04589551.76411@mygate.mailgate.org>... >I'm off on Army Cadet Camp as an adult instructor for 2 weeks tomorrow. >I won't be able to check in, but purrs to those who need them. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Helen M Have a nice time! Elisabet > I'm off on Army Cadet Camp as an adult instructor for 2 weeks tomorrow. > I won't be able to check in, but purrs to those who need them. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > See you on the flip side. Have fun and remember, Eat More Chicken..... Pam S. remembering the whole discussion about chickens and survival training > I'm off on Army Cadet Camp as an adult instructor for 2 weeks tomorrow. > I won't be able to check in, but purrs to those who need them. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > See you on the flip side. Have fun Helen. Remember to eat more CHICKEN. For those who weren't there, Helen and I were discussing her trip and she told me about a survival course she and a friend of hers had to take. It involved killing a chicken, plucking and cleaning it out, and eating it. Helen did very well, but her friend only stunned her chicken. It came to while the girl was trying to pluck it. The SAS instructor ended up having to chase this chicken around the area so that it could be caught and put out of its misery. Pam S. who has a really sadistic leaning |
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