Why is Soaring declining

Eric,
Lennie's posts may have some value to you but please don't put us all in the
same category.
I have successfully excluded him from my allowed list and I wish that anyone
replying to Lennie not quote
his post in your reply.

Please....

Thanks,

Allan





We don't have to understand it to realize his comments have value to us.
Most people that are disappointed with soaring just leave and we never
learn why. Some of the responses to Lennie's comments certainly illustrate
what he is talking about, and I'm beginning to think it's more of a
problem than I realized. It's not soaring's only problem, probably not
even it's worst problem, but it seems such a shame that it is a problem at
all.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

ADP wrote:
Eric,
Lennie's posts may have some value to you but please don't put us all in the
same category.

I'm not aware of putting you in any category, but at least tell me what
category you think I put you in: the "same one as Lennie", or in the
category of "people who think Lennie's posts may have some value"? Or
something else?

I have successfully excluded him from my allowed list and I wish that anyone
replying to Lennie not quote
his post in your reply.

You are suggesting we not quote Lennie when we reply to him? I hope
that's not what you are asking, because I always quote the person I'm
replying for the usual reasons.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

The category to which I was referring was (the one or two people who may
think that Lennie's posts have some value.)

And yes, I was suggesting that you do not quote Lennie because to read you I
will have to read him and that I will not do.

In addition, now that we are discussing posts, please put your response at
the front (on top) of your reply and that way
we won't have to read the previous post unless we want to. This is standard
newsgroup etiquette.

Allan

"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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ADP wrote:
Eric,
Lennie's posts may have some value to you but please don't put us all in
the same category.

I'm not aware of putting you in any category, but at least tell me what
category you think I put you in: the "same one as Lennie", or in the
category of "people who think Lennie's posts may have some value"? Or
something else?

I have successfully excluded him from my allowed list and I wish that
anyone replying to Lennie not quote
his post in your reply.

You are suggesting we not quote Lennie when we reply to him? I hope that's
not what you are asking, because I always quote the person I'm replying
for the usual reasons.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:14:20 -0700, "ADP"
wrote:

The category to which I was referring was (the one or two people who may
think that Lennie's posts have some value.)

And yes, I was suggesting that you do not quote Lennie because to read you I
will have to read him and that I will not do.

In addition, now that we are discussing posts, please put your response at
the front (on top) of your reply and that way
we won't have to read the previous post unless we want to. This is standard
newsgroup etiquette.

I think that's bad advice. Top posting gets flamed in all the other
NGs I read.


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gregorie : Harlow, UK
demon :
co : Zappa fan & glider pilot
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Martin,

That's because you folks drive on the other side of the road. ;-}

Allan


"Martin Gregorie" wrote in message
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I think that's bad advice. Top posting gets flamed in all the other
NGs I read.

ADP writes
That's because you folks drive on the other side of the road

You mean we drive on the right side of the road, as opposed to the, err,
right side?

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Bill Gribble

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Well, um, yes.

Allan


"Bill Gribble" wrote in
message .. .
ADP writes
That's because you folks drive on the other side of the road

You mean we drive on the right side of the road, as opposed to the, err,
right side?

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Bill Gribble

My experience also :P

Martin Gregorie writes
I think that's bad advice. Top posting gets flamed in all the other NGs
I read.

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Bill Gribble

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ADP wrote:

The category to which I was referring was (the one or two people who may
think that Lennie's posts have some value.)

And yes, I was suggesting that you do not quote Lennie because to read you I
will have to read him and that I will not do.

Perhaps your newsreader filter can be set to "mark as read" messages
with "Lennie the Lurker" in the body. That will let you avoid any
messages that quote him.


In addition, now that we are discussing posts, please put your response at
the front (on top) of your reply and that way
we won't have to read the previous post unless we want to. This is standard
newsgroup etiquette.

I don't think this newsgroup has a stated policy, but the other two I
frequent do, and it is bottom posting. One group is absolutely adamant
about it, so I tend to stick with that convention. The reason given is
it is easier to follow a thread, though if you follow this group every
day, it's not as valuable as it is for groups with more postings, or
ones you follow infrequently. I do try to trim the post to the most
relevant portions, so it's not so much scrolling. That "adamant" group I
mentioned doesn't like that, either, so I don't do it there.
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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

Eric,

T'was just a suggestion. I find Lennie insufferable.

The Top Posting suggestion was because I find it easier to read. Most folks
forward 5000 words without editing
as a quote and I hate to go all the way to the bottom to read the response.

Not a particularly important request.

Allan


"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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ADP wrote:


Perhaps your newsreader filter can be set to "mark as read" messages with
"Lennie the Lurker" in the body. That will let you avoid any messages that
quote him.


I don't think this newsgroup has a stated policy, but the other two I
frequent do, and it is bottom posting. One group is absolutely adamant
about it, so I tend to stick with that convention. The reason given is it
is easier to follow a thread, though if you follow this group every day,
it's not as valuable as it is for groups with more postings, or ones you
follow infrequently. I do try to trim the post to the most relevant
portions, so it's not so much scrolling. That "adamant" group I mentioned
doesn't like that, either, so I don't do it there.
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