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From: clark@gec-mi-at.co.uk (Peter Clark)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions,alt.flame
Subject: Re: (VERY) Long dead subjects, was (Re: Signature files (LONG))
Keywords: KLANG KLANG KLANG
Message-ID: <1989Sep11.125116.18148@gec-mi-at.co.uk>
Date: 11 Sep 89 12:51:16 GMT
References: <19611@gryphon.COM>
Reply-To: clark@gec-mi-at.co.uk (Peter Clark)
Organization: Marconi Instruments Ltd., St. Albans, UK
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In article <19611@gryphon.COM> richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
>Obviously you refrain with difficulty, it took you damn near a month
>to do this refraining.
>
>Todays lesson, newusers: 1) Check out the rest of the clump of messages
>before you respond. 2) Don't bother responding to a message thats about
>a month old. Chances are somebody has already said what you were going to
>say.

Repetition can sometimes be a good thing.

>And todays homework assignment: why is it bad form to POST a message
>telling somebody to MAIL something rather than POST it ?
>
>KLANG KLANG KLANG

The point being, this is a *WORLD*WIDE*PUBLIC*NOTICE*BOARD*

"KLANG KLANG KLANG"

Todays lesson folks:
Your posting will be stored for indefinite lengths of time on various systems
around the world, and will not just earn you a short lived immortality.
These flames don't always burn out quickly.

-- 
 ... Peter Clark ...

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