On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:15:10 -0500, RnR wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:34:11 -0600, Ken1943 <> wrote:
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>>On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:11:06 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
>><not-> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:14:46 -0600, Ken1943 wrote:
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> - snip -
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>>>>
>>>> KenW
>>>
>>>Would you consider posting this as a reply in the original thread, or do
>>>you prefer to leave us guessing?
>>I thought the original was too long, but will do
>>
>>
>>KenW
>
> You can use " -snip- " as I did above just for illustration to
> help both you and the reader. Just don't snip the portion of the
> post you are replying to. I did above only to illustrate the use of
> "snip" but normally I wouldn't do this. In other words, just snip out
> the irrelevant pieces. Sometimes when the original post is long and I
> want to reply to several points made, I will break up the original
> post as in paragraphs and reply under each paragraph usually with
> spaces between the original post, my reply and the next original part
> of the reply. Hope I haven't confused you.
Let me add that in some newsreaders, if you highlight part of a post
before clicking on Reply, only the highlighted part will be quoted in
the reply.
I sometimes use that to create confusing replies, but that's an
unintentional result of carelessness :-)
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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
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