[MR] Redundancy in Posts - ToTtrim or Not to Trim

[Logan]

why not simply use one of those 20oz blue or red solo cups?

logan

www.ebonwoulfe.com

Some people are like Slinkies: not really good for anything, but you still
can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.


 
-----Original Message-----
From: atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Glynis Gwynedd
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:16 PM
To: Merry Rose
Subject: Re: [MR] Redundancy in Posts - ToTtrim or Not to Trim

Speaking of coleman chairs, has anyone found pottery cups (handle-less
mugs) that fit in the holders?  The most I've found have been goblet style
things with stems that tend to fall over as soon as I sit down...




On 5/19/05, Logan <logan at ebonwoulfe.com> wrote:
> no, you are not the only one.  i also prefer that nothing be left out 
> of a thread.  i know too well how easily and readily many people are 
> to take things out of context and to create issues were none existed 
> before.  so i prefer to read the whole thing or, at least, to know 
> what someone is replying to.  btw i use outlook 2003 and have never 
> had any issues with it nor with any of the versions i used prior and 
> for the last 10 or whatever years.  this is one of those internet 
> arguments that hits the sca about every 12 months.  people will talk 
> about it being courteous to trim posts thus implying that to not trim 
> posts is, somehow, discourteous.  then someone will flip out and get 
> all emotional and rant.  then we will discuss combat archery followed 
> by coleman chairs, followed by tuchux, and then going full circle to a 
> new, never before flogged, topic.  at least in between all that some 
> really cool and useful stuff will be shared.  ;^)
> 
> regards
> logan
> 
> www.ebonwoulfe.com
> 
> Some people are like Slinkies: not really good for anything, but you 
> still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org 
> [mailto:atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of 
> adams at coastal.edu
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:07 PM
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [MR] Redundancy in Posts - ToTtrim or Not to Trim
> 
> Am I the only one out here who kind of likes the redundancy of 
> untrimmed posts?
> It helps me to get a picture of which comments the writer is 
> addressing in reply - sometimes it's hard to keep track.  I guess that 
> one person replying to a simgle post is one kind of case, and a 
> Traditional-Inimitable-Feisty-Merry-Rose-Hoo-Hah is another - 
> sometimes we are responding to multiple posts rather than one in
particular.
> 
> How about when I don't know that something is going to become a 
> TIFMR-Hoo-Hah, and delete the original post?  Quoting and responding 
> to bits out of context can turn a simple TIFMR-Hoo-Hah into a 
> TIFMR-Weapons-of-Mass Destruction-Hoo-Hah.
> 
> Reason enough not to trim?  Dunno.  Just a thought - Lina Work cited:  
> AA Arson. (2005). Putting Out the Fire with Gasoline.  PITA Publishers...
> 
> >I think we can all
> >agree that when someone (especially a digest user) fires off a 
> >response without clipping redundant information, that that is an 
> >eyesore (and could even amount to longer download times for those on
dialup).