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    From Evelyn C. Leeper@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jun 15 13:36:32 2026
    I find myself looking at the first forty lines of postings which have quintuple nesting, and not a new comment in sight.

    I'm old and life is to short to scroll down multiple pages to see one or
    two lines of response to the very last lines of the previous post.

    --
    Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn
    Super Callous Fragile Racist Sexist Lying POTUS -anonymous sign
    86 47 II/4 25


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.16
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Sn!pe@3:633/10 to All on Tue Jun 16 03:25:45 2026
    Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

    I find myself looking at the first forty lines of postings which have quintuple nesting, and not a new comment in sight.

    I'm old and life is to short to scroll down multiple pages to see one or
    two lines of response to the very last lines of the previous post.


    Testify, brother! I completely agree but alas, I think that the minor
    skill of 'snipping' has been lost, along with the idea that bandwidth
    is precious and should be used parsimoniously.

    --
    ^?^. Sn!pe, bird-brain. My pet rock Gordon just is.

    All that was old is new again.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.16
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Charles Packer@3:633/10 to All on Tue Jun 16 07:58:13 2026
    On Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:25:45 +0100, Sn!pe wrote:

    Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

    I find myself looking at the first forty lines of postings which have
    quintuple nesting, and not a new comment in sight.

    I'm old and life is to short to scroll down multiple pages to see one
    or two lines of response to the very last lines of the previous post.


    Testify, brother! I completely agree but alas, I think that the minor
    skill of 'snipping' has been lost, along with the idea that bandwidth is precious and should be used parsimoniously.

    I've been assuming it was the custom in this newsgroup to
    include everything because of the way people tend to
    intersperse one-liner reactions to more than one thing on
    the way down.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.17
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Evelyn C. Leeper@3:633/10 to All on Tue Jun 16 06:42:37 2026
    On 6/16/26 03:58, Charles Packer wrote:
    On Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:25:45 +0100, Sn!pe wrote:

    Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

    I find myself looking at the first forty lines of postings which have
    quintuple nesting, and not a new comment in sight.

    I'm old and life is to short to scroll down multiple pages to see one
    or two lines of response to the very last lines of the previous post.


    Testify, brother! I completely agree but alas, I think that the minor
    skill of 'snipping' has been lost, along with the idea that bandwidth is
    precious and should be used parsimoniously.

    I've been assuming it was the custom in this newsgroup to
    include everything because of the way people tend to
    intersperse one-liner reactions to more than one thing on
    the way down.

    That's okay, but I'm specifically talking about a 50-line (or more!)
    inclusion with a one-line response to the last two lines or so.

    --
    Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn
    Super Callous Fragile Racist Sexist Lying POTUS -anonymous sign
    86 47 II/4 25

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.17
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Tue Jun 16 08:42:46 2026
    On Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:42:37 -0400, "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 6/16/26 03:58, Charles Packer wrote:
    On Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:25:45 +0100, Sn!pe wrote:

    Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

    I find myself looking at the first forty lines of postings which
    have
    quintuple nesting, and not a new comment in sight.

    I'm old and life is to short to scroll down multiple pages to see
    one
    or two lines of response to the very last lines of the previous
    post.


    Testify, brother! I completely agree but alas, I think that the
    minor
    skill of 'snipping' has been lost, along with the idea that bandwidth
    is
    precious and should be used parsimoniously.

    I've been assuming it was the custom in this newsgroup to
    include everything because of the way people tend to
    intersperse one-liner reactions to more than one thing on
    the way down.

    That's okay, but I'm specifically talking about a 50-line (or more!) >inclusion with a one-line response to the last two lines or so.

    But ... but ... but ... that would change the "number of lines"
    rankings at the end of the month.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.17
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Tue Jun 16 16:41:46 2026
    On 6/16/2026 10:42 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:42:37 -0400, "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 6/16/26 03:58, Charles Packer wrote:
    On Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:25:45 +0100, Sn!pe wrote:

    Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

    I find myself looking at the first forty lines of postings which have >>>>> quintuple nesting, and not a new comment in sight.

    I'm old and life is to short to scroll down multiple pages to see one >>>>> or two lines of response to the very last lines of the previous post. >>>>>

    Testify, brother! I completely agree but alas, I think that the minor >>>> skill of 'snipping' has been lost, along with the idea that bandwidth is >>>> precious and should be used parsimoniously.

    I've been assuming it was the custom in this newsgroup to
    include everything because of the way people tend to
    intersperse one-liner reactions to more than one thing on
    the way down.

    That's okay, but I'm specifically talking about a 50-line (or more!)
    inclusion with a one-line response to the last two lines or so.

    But ... but ... but ... that would change the "number of lines"
    rankings at the end of the month.

    Yes. And I must beat Paul in the rankings.

    Lynn


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.17
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Mike Spencer@3:633/10 to All on Fri Jun 19 02:51:36 2026

    snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) writes:

    Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

    I find myself looking at the first forty lines of postings which have
    quintuple nesting, and not a new comment in sight.

    I'm old and life is to short to scroll down multiple pages to see one or
    two lines of response to the very last lines of the previous post.


    Testify, brother! I completely agree but alas, I think that the minor
    skill of 'snipping' has been lost, along with the idea that bandwidth
    is precious and should be used parsimoniously.

    I surmise that most people are using a GUI news reader, probably a web
    browser. Using gnus, I'm posting in my regular text editor that i use
    for email, memos, writing etc. I find trying to edit something in a
    GUI a total PITA. If possible, when confronted with a need to do so,
    I create the text in the text editor, delete everthing from the GUI
    pane and paste in the new text.

    --
    Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.17
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)