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On 3/2/2015 6:04 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 02 Mar 2015 10:14:54 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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>>> You've been on the list long enough to know how well top-posting is |
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>>> received. |
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>> Yes, and you've been around the internet long enough to know that there |
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>> are always exceptoions to the rules. |
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>> Sending a general 'Thanks', without any follow-ups requested or needed, |
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>> is one of those - at least imnsho... ;) |
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> I'd say it was not only not an exception to that rule, it is also not an |
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> exception to the rule of not excessively quoting. If you only want to say |
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> thanks, why quote anything? |
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Context... |
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Someone encountering the thread will see the result, ie, why I am |
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thanking them. |
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I think it is silly to argue about this, so I'll leave it at that... if |
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you disagree, no worries, it is a free internet (for now)... |
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