"CBFalconer" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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: : PCPaul wrote:
: : : Ivor Jones wrote:
: : : : "ehsjr" bellatlantic.net> wrote in message
: : : :
: : : : [snip]
: : : :
: : : : : : Non-standard usage can make your posts harder
: : : : : : to : :
: : : : understand, and more difficult for others.
: : : : Apparently, : : you don't care. I'm just adding one
: : : : more response to : : let you know that your
: : : : non-standard usage is not : : appreciated.
: : : :
: : : : Ok, you're the *second* complaint in 10+ years.
: : : : When that figure gets to a noticable percentage, I
: : : : might sit up and take notice.
: : :
: : : Third. But don't worry about me, because *plonk*
: :
: : The only problem with a straight plonk is that other
: : peoples quotes of the plonkee shine through. The
: : advantage of that is that one has a chance to decide
: : the plonk should be retracted.
Indeed. But even three complaints in 10+ years (and I have my doubts on
the validity of at least one of them) is not worth worrying about. I post
a *lot* of articles on Usenet in 20+ groups, 3 complaints doesn't even
register. 3000 might, or even 300. But 3..? Try harder.
BTW nobody has yet mentioned which piece of flaky software gets upset by a
: instead of a >
