OT: Speaking of "top posting"
#21
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Re: Speaking of "top posting"
Top posting for me too,
"HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@***.net> wrote in message
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> Just one more reason to like this NG - Top post is ok here - no one has
> acted like a jerk like they do in other NGs about it. I like top posting
> better too.
> --
> _____________________
> HomeBrewer
> 76-81-85CJ7
> http://85cj7.blogspot.com/
> All in one Jeep
>
>
"HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@***.net> wrote in message
news:31lnm8F3bqn97U1@individual.net...
> Just one more reason to like this NG - Top post is ok here - no one has
> acted like a jerk like they do in other NGs about it. I like top posting
> better too.
> --
> _____________________
> HomeBrewer
> 76-81-85CJ7
> http://85cj7.blogspot.com/
> All in one Jeep
>
>
#22
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Re: Speaking of "top posting"
Top posting for me too,
"HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@***.net> wrote in message
news:31lnm8F3bqn97U1@individual.net...
> Just one more reason to like this NG - Top post is ok here - no one has
> acted like a jerk like they do in other NGs about it. I like top posting
> better too.
> --
> _____________________
> HomeBrewer
> 76-81-85CJ7
> http://85cj7.blogspot.com/
> All in one Jeep
>
>
"HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@***.net> wrote in message
news:31lnm8F3bqn97U1@individual.net...
> Just one more reason to like this NG - Top post is ok here - no one has
> acted like a jerk like they do in other NGs about it. I like top posting
> better too.
> --
> _____________________
> HomeBrewer
> 76-81-85CJ7
> http://85cj7.blogspot.com/
> All in one Jeep
>
>
#23
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
JimG wrote:
> I go to another NG on occasion to discuss another passion of mine, and was
> scolded for "top posting". That's the way I post here as do most. What's
> the proper method?
I'm mostly a lurker here, but I'm firmly in the bottom-poster camp. If
quoted text is properly edited (see above), it doesn't require scrolling
by the reader. My computer is on all day, but I'm in and out of Usenet,
doing other things. Whenever I finish reading a group, I mark all the
messages "read" so that when I return later, only the new messages show
up on my screen. Bottom-posting allows me to quickly pick up on where
each thread's discussion was headed during my last visit. And since I
frequent many other newsgroups during the day, most of which are
bottom-posted, I don't want to be switching my style back and forth, or
trying to remember which style goes with each group. There is a reason
why standards are a Good Thing, even if they are unwritten standards.
Many of the "elders" who have been posting on Usenet for years are
strong advocates of bottom-posting, and if it's good enough for the
folks who got this whole thing started, it's plenty good enough for me.
But then, I've always been kind of a stickler for tradition. That's a
big reason why I drive a Jeep Wrangler, and why I won't ever be buying
any of those new things with Benz-style headlights, etc.
Mike
--
(for email address, change 'pacific' to 'atlantic')
> I go to another NG on occasion to discuss another passion of mine, and was
> scolded for "top posting". That's the way I post here as do most. What's
> the proper method?
I'm mostly a lurker here, but I'm firmly in the bottom-poster camp. If
quoted text is properly edited (see above), it doesn't require scrolling
by the reader. My computer is on all day, but I'm in and out of Usenet,
doing other things. Whenever I finish reading a group, I mark all the
messages "read" so that when I return later, only the new messages show
up on my screen. Bottom-posting allows me to quickly pick up on where
each thread's discussion was headed during my last visit. And since I
frequent many other newsgroups during the day, most of which are
bottom-posted, I don't want to be switching my style back and forth, or
trying to remember which style goes with each group. There is a reason
why standards are a Good Thing, even if they are unwritten standards.
Many of the "elders" who have been posting on Usenet for years are
strong advocates of bottom-posting, and if it's good enough for the
folks who got this whole thing started, it's plenty good enough for me.
But then, I've always been kind of a stickler for tradition. That's a
big reason why I drive a Jeep Wrangler, and why I won't ever be buying
any of those new things with Benz-style headlights, etc.
Mike
--
(for email address, change 'pacific' to 'atlantic')
#24
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
JimG wrote:
> I go to another NG on occasion to discuss another passion of mine, and was
> scolded for "top posting". That's the way I post here as do most. What's
> the proper method?
I'm mostly a lurker here, but I'm firmly in the bottom-poster camp. If
quoted text is properly edited (see above), it doesn't require scrolling
by the reader. My computer is on all day, but I'm in and out of Usenet,
doing other things. Whenever I finish reading a group, I mark all the
messages "read" so that when I return later, only the new messages show
up on my screen. Bottom-posting allows me to quickly pick up on where
each thread's discussion was headed during my last visit. And since I
frequent many other newsgroups during the day, most of which are
bottom-posted, I don't want to be switching my style back and forth, or
trying to remember which style goes with each group. There is a reason
why standards are a Good Thing, even if they are unwritten standards.
Many of the "elders" who have been posting on Usenet for years are
strong advocates of bottom-posting, and if it's good enough for the
folks who got this whole thing started, it's plenty good enough for me.
But then, I've always been kind of a stickler for tradition. That's a
big reason why I drive a Jeep Wrangler, and why I won't ever be buying
any of those new things with Benz-style headlights, etc.
Mike
--
(for email address, change 'pacific' to 'atlantic')
> I go to another NG on occasion to discuss another passion of mine, and was
> scolded for "top posting". That's the way I post here as do most. What's
> the proper method?
I'm mostly a lurker here, but I'm firmly in the bottom-poster camp. If
quoted text is properly edited (see above), it doesn't require scrolling
by the reader. My computer is on all day, but I'm in and out of Usenet,
doing other things. Whenever I finish reading a group, I mark all the
messages "read" so that when I return later, only the new messages show
up on my screen. Bottom-posting allows me to quickly pick up on where
each thread's discussion was headed during my last visit. And since I
frequent many other newsgroups during the day, most of which are
bottom-posted, I don't want to be switching my style back and forth, or
trying to remember which style goes with each group. There is a reason
why standards are a Good Thing, even if they are unwritten standards.
Many of the "elders" who have been posting on Usenet for years are
strong advocates of bottom-posting, and if it's good enough for the
folks who got this whole thing started, it's plenty good enough for me.
But then, I've always been kind of a stickler for tradition. That's a
big reason why I drive a Jeep Wrangler, and why I won't ever be buying
any of those new things with Benz-style headlights, etc.
Mike
--
(for email address, change 'pacific' to 'atlantic')
#25
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
JimG wrote:
> I go to another NG on occasion to discuss another passion of mine, and was
> scolded for "top posting". That's the way I post here as do most. What's
> the proper method?
I'm mostly a lurker here, but I'm firmly in the bottom-poster camp. If
quoted text is properly edited (see above), it doesn't require scrolling
by the reader. My computer is on all day, but I'm in and out of Usenet,
doing other things. Whenever I finish reading a group, I mark all the
messages "read" so that when I return later, only the new messages show
up on my screen. Bottom-posting allows me to quickly pick up on where
each thread's discussion was headed during my last visit. And since I
frequent many other newsgroups during the day, most of which are
bottom-posted, I don't want to be switching my style back and forth, or
trying to remember which style goes with each group. There is a reason
why standards are a Good Thing, even if they are unwritten standards.
Many of the "elders" who have been posting on Usenet for years are
strong advocates of bottom-posting, and if it's good enough for the
folks who got this whole thing started, it's plenty good enough for me.
But then, I've always been kind of a stickler for tradition. That's a
big reason why I drive a Jeep Wrangler, and why I won't ever be buying
any of those new things with Benz-style headlights, etc.
Mike
--
(for email address, change 'pacific' to 'atlantic')
> I go to another NG on occasion to discuss another passion of mine, and was
> scolded for "top posting". That's the way I post here as do most. What's
> the proper method?
I'm mostly a lurker here, but I'm firmly in the bottom-poster camp. If
quoted text is properly edited (see above), it doesn't require scrolling
by the reader. My computer is on all day, but I'm in and out of Usenet,
doing other things. Whenever I finish reading a group, I mark all the
messages "read" so that when I return later, only the new messages show
up on my screen. Bottom-posting allows me to quickly pick up on where
each thread's discussion was headed during my last visit. And since I
frequent many other newsgroups during the day, most of which are
bottom-posted, I don't want to be switching my style back and forth, or
trying to remember which style goes with each group. There is a reason
why standards are a Good Thing, even if they are unwritten standards.
Many of the "elders" who have been posting on Usenet for years are
strong advocates of bottom-posting, and if it's good enough for the
folks who got this whole thing started, it's plenty good enough for me.
But then, I've always been kind of a stickler for tradition. That's a
big reason why I drive a Jeep Wrangler, and why I won't ever be buying
any of those new things with Benz-style headlights, etc.
Mike
--
(for email address, change 'pacific' to 'atlantic')
#26
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Re: Speaking of "top posting"
Because there is so much discrepency about it, I usually go with the flow of
the original post. If everyone else has bottom posted to the thred, top
posting just bungs everything up. My personal opinion is that they both have
their advantages and disadvantages. The argument on which one is better is
like taxes. It will never go away.
Chris
"Patrick" <patrick@leclone.com> wrote in message
news:V3ktd.18855$l%5.849040@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> Top posting for me too,
>
> "HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@***.net> wrote in message
> news:31lnm8F3bqn97U1@individual.net...
> > Just one more reason to like this NG - Top post is ok here - no one has
> > acted like a jerk like they do in other NGs about it. I like top posting
> > better too.
> > --
> > _____________________
> > HomeBrewer
> > 76-81-85CJ7
> > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/
> > All in one Jeep
> >
> >
>
>
the original post. If everyone else has bottom posted to the thred, top
posting just bungs everything up. My personal opinion is that they both have
their advantages and disadvantages. The argument on which one is better is
like taxes. It will never go away.
Chris
"Patrick" <patrick@leclone.com> wrote in message
news:V3ktd.18855$l%5.849040@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> Top posting for me too,
>
> "HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@***.net> wrote in message
> news:31lnm8F3bqn97U1@individual.net...
> > Just one more reason to like this NG - Top post is ok here - no one has
> > acted like a jerk like they do in other NGs about it. I like top posting
> > better too.
> > --
> > _____________________
> > HomeBrewer
> > 76-81-85CJ7
> > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/
> > All in one Jeep
> >
> >
>
>
#27
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Re: Speaking of "top posting"
Because there is so much discrepency about it, I usually go with the flow of
the original post. If everyone else has bottom posted to the thred, top
posting just bungs everything up. My personal opinion is that they both have
their advantages and disadvantages. The argument on which one is better is
like taxes. It will never go away.
Chris
"Patrick" <patrick@leclone.com> wrote in message
news:V3ktd.18855$l%5.849040@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> Top posting for me too,
>
> "HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@***.net> wrote in message
> news:31lnm8F3bqn97U1@individual.net...
> > Just one more reason to like this NG - Top post is ok here - no one has
> > acted like a jerk like they do in other NGs about it. I like top posting
> > better too.
> > --
> > _____________________
> > HomeBrewer
> > 76-81-85CJ7
> > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/
> > All in one Jeep
> >
> >
>
>
the original post. If everyone else has bottom posted to the thred, top
posting just bungs everything up. My personal opinion is that they both have
their advantages and disadvantages. The argument on which one is better is
like taxes. It will never go away.
Chris
"Patrick" <patrick@leclone.com> wrote in message
news:V3ktd.18855$l%5.849040@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> Top posting for me too,
>
> "HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@***.net> wrote in message
> news:31lnm8F3bqn97U1@individual.net...
> > Just one more reason to like this NG - Top post is ok here - no one has
> > acted like a jerk like they do in other NGs about it. I like top posting
> > better too.
> > --
> > _____________________
> > HomeBrewer
> > 76-81-85CJ7
> > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/
> > All in one Jeep
> >
> >
>
>
#28
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Re: Speaking of "top posting"
Because there is so much discrepency about it, I usually go with the flow of
the original post. If everyone else has bottom posted to the thred, top
posting just bungs everything up. My personal opinion is that they both have
their advantages and disadvantages. The argument on which one is better is
like taxes. It will never go away.
Chris
"Patrick" <patrick@leclone.com> wrote in message
news:V3ktd.18855$l%5.849040@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> Top posting for me too,
>
> "HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@***.net> wrote in message
> news:31lnm8F3bqn97U1@individual.net...
> > Just one more reason to like this NG - Top post is ok here - no one has
> > acted like a jerk like they do in other NGs about it. I like top posting
> > better too.
> > --
> > _____________________
> > HomeBrewer
> > 76-81-85CJ7
> > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/
> > All in one Jeep
> >
> >
>
>
the original post. If everyone else has bottom posted to the thred, top
posting just bungs everything up. My personal opinion is that they both have
their advantages and disadvantages. The argument on which one is better is
like taxes. It will never go away.
Chris
"Patrick" <patrick@leclone.com> wrote in message
news:V3ktd.18855$l%5.849040@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> Top posting for me too,
>
> "HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@***.net> wrote in message
> news:31lnm8F3bqn97U1@individual.net...
> > Just one more reason to like this NG - Top post is ok here - no one has
> > acted like a jerk like they do in other NGs about it. I like top posting
> > better too.
> > --
> > _____________________
> > HomeBrewer
> > 76-81-85CJ7
> > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/
> > All in one Jeep
> >
> >
>
>
#29
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
I come from the BBS days and top posting was the way to go. I think the
'old timers' you are talking about were really just internet 'newbies'
that jumped on the band wagon so they missed the pre internet days and
made up their own way.
I think that is one reason there are two schools for the 'proper' way to
do it.
Even take the commercial newsreaders like Netscape, they default to
proper top posting, you have to muck around with settings to bottom
post.
My $0.02,
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Mike Albanese wrote:
>
> JimG wrote:
> > I go to another NG on occasion to discuss another passion of mine, and was
> > scolded for "top posting". That's the way I post here as do most. What's
> > the proper method?
>
> I'm mostly a lurker here, but I'm firmly in the bottom-poster camp. If
> quoted text is properly edited (see above), it doesn't require scrolling
> by the reader. My computer is on all day, but I'm in and out of Usenet,
> doing other things. Whenever I finish reading a group, I mark all the
> messages "read" so that when I return later, only the new messages show
> up on my screen. Bottom-posting allows me to quickly pick up on where
> each thread's discussion was headed during my last visit. And since I
> frequent many other newsgroups during the day, most of which are
> bottom-posted, I don't want to be switching my style back and forth, or
> trying to remember which style goes with each group. There is a reason
> why standards are a Good Thing, even if they are unwritten standards.
>
> Many of the "elders" who have been posting on Usenet for years are
> strong advocates of bottom-posting, and if it's good enough for the
> folks who got this whole thing started, it's plenty good enough for me.
> But then, I've always been kind of a stickler for tradition. That's a
> big reason why I drive a Jeep Wrangler, and why I won't ever be buying
> any of those new things with Benz-style headlights, etc.
>
> Mike
>
> --
> (for email address, change 'pacific' to 'atlantic')
'old timers' you are talking about were really just internet 'newbies'
that jumped on the band wagon so they missed the pre internet days and
made up their own way.
I think that is one reason there are two schools for the 'proper' way to
do it.
Even take the commercial newsreaders like Netscape, they default to
proper top posting, you have to muck around with settings to bottom
post.
My $0.02,
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Mike Albanese wrote:
>
> JimG wrote:
> > I go to another NG on occasion to discuss another passion of mine, and was
> > scolded for "top posting". That's the way I post here as do most. What's
> > the proper method?
>
> I'm mostly a lurker here, but I'm firmly in the bottom-poster camp. If
> quoted text is properly edited (see above), it doesn't require scrolling
> by the reader. My computer is on all day, but I'm in and out of Usenet,
> doing other things. Whenever I finish reading a group, I mark all the
> messages "read" so that when I return later, only the new messages show
> up on my screen. Bottom-posting allows me to quickly pick up on where
> each thread's discussion was headed during my last visit. And since I
> frequent many other newsgroups during the day, most of which are
> bottom-posted, I don't want to be switching my style back and forth, or
> trying to remember which style goes with each group. There is a reason
> why standards are a Good Thing, even if they are unwritten standards.
>
> Many of the "elders" who have been posting on Usenet for years are
> strong advocates of bottom-posting, and if it's good enough for the
> folks who got this whole thing started, it's plenty good enough for me.
> But then, I've always been kind of a stickler for tradition. That's a
> big reason why I drive a Jeep Wrangler, and why I won't ever be buying
> any of those new things with Benz-style headlights, etc.
>
> Mike
>
> --
> (for email address, change 'pacific' to 'atlantic')
#30
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
I come from the BBS days and top posting was the way to go. I think the
'old timers' you are talking about were really just internet 'newbies'
that jumped on the band wagon so they missed the pre internet days and
made up their own way.
I think that is one reason there are two schools for the 'proper' way to
do it.
Even take the commercial newsreaders like Netscape, they default to
proper top posting, you have to muck around with settings to bottom
post.
My $0.02,
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Mike Albanese wrote:
>
> JimG wrote:
> > I go to another NG on occasion to discuss another passion of mine, and was
> > scolded for "top posting". That's the way I post here as do most. What's
> > the proper method?
>
> I'm mostly a lurker here, but I'm firmly in the bottom-poster camp. If
> quoted text is properly edited (see above), it doesn't require scrolling
> by the reader. My computer is on all day, but I'm in and out of Usenet,
> doing other things. Whenever I finish reading a group, I mark all the
> messages "read" so that when I return later, only the new messages show
> up on my screen. Bottom-posting allows me to quickly pick up on where
> each thread's discussion was headed during my last visit. And since I
> frequent many other newsgroups during the day, most of which are
> bottom-posted, I don't want to be switching my style back and forth, or
> trying to remember which style goes with each group. There is a reason
> why standards are a Good Thing, even if they are unwritten standards.
>
> Many of the "elders" who have been posting on Usenet for years are
> strong advocates of bottom-posting, and if it's good enough for the
> folks who got this whole thing started, it's plenty good enough for me.
> But then, I've always been kind of a stickler for tradition. That's a
> big reason why I drive a Jeep Wrangler, and why I won't ever be buying
> any of those new things with Benz-style headlights, etc.
>
> Mike
>
> --
> (for email address, change 'pacific' to 'atlantic')
'old timers' you are talking about were really just internet 'newbies'
that jumped on the band wagon so they missed the pre internet days and
made up their own way.
I think that is one reason there are two schools for the 'proper' way to
do it.
Even take the commercial newsreaders like Netscape, they default to
proper top posting, you have to muck around with settings to bottom
post.
My $0.02,
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Mike Albanese wrote:
>
> JimG wrote:
> > I go to another NG on occasion to discuss another passion of mine, and was
> > scolded for "top posting". That's the way I post here as do most. What's
> > the proper method?
>
> I'm mostly a lurker here, but I'm firmly in the bottom-poster camp. If
> quoted text is properly edited (see above), it doesn't require scrolling
> by the reader. My computer is on all day, but I'm in and out of Usenet,
> doing other things. Whenever I finish reading a group, I mark all the
> messages "read" so that when I return later, only the new messages show
> up on my screen. Bottom-posting allows me to quickly pick up on where
> each thread's discussion was headed during my last visit. And since I
> frequent many other newsgroups during the day, most of which are
> bottom-posted, I don't want to be switching my style back and forth, or
> trying to remember which style goes with each group. There is a reason
> why standards are a Good Thing, even if they are unwritten standards.
>
> Many of the "elders" who have been posting on Usenet for years are
> strong advocates of bottom-posting, and if it's good enough for the
> folks who got this whole thing started, it's plenty good enough for me.
> But then, I've always been kind of a stickler for tradition. That's a
> big reason why I drive a Jeep Wrangler, and why I won't ever be buying
> any of those new things with Benz-style headlights, etc.
>
> Mike
>
> --
> (for email address, change 'pacific' to 'atlantic')