>
> I just thought that I would list the latest topics in
> the last month. For the new visitor to this ng, you can
> get an idea of the topics discussed in the past by
> looking at this list. If you were to select subject
> headings by the topic, then you would have an idea
> which threads are associated with the topic. Then you
> should do a select based on the text in the thread
> itself because not all postings in the thread have a
> topic associated with the text in the subject heading.
>
> I've added the topics to a spreadsheet so that it is
> easy to do a sort when it comes time to do the posting.
>
> macadamia nuts
> Obama Campaign
> tropic forests
> Varroa Mite ...

> Great idea, Alvin. But I have some difficulty
> understanding this sentence - "Then you should do a
> select based on the text in the thread itself because
> not all postings in the thread have a topic
> associated with the text in the subject heading."

>
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Lawrence Akutagawa wrote:
>

>> Great idea, Alvin. But I have some difficulty
>> understanding this sentence - "Then you should do a
>> select based on the text in the thread itself because
>> not all postings in the thread have a topic
>> associated with the text in the subject heading."

>
> Larry... an example: the subject heading "(Obama
> Campaign) Inouye" is different from the subject heading
> "Inouye". The difference is the topic "Obama Campaign".
> To find all the postings to the thread, you would need
> to select messages for the string "Inouye" rather than
> the topic. How would you re-state the sentence? Glad
> you take an interest in this. Hope other posters to
> this ng...

> "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote in message
> news:1205255402-sch@news.lava.net...

>>
>> Larry... an example: the subject heading "(Obama
>> Campaign) Inouye" is different from the subject
>> heading "Inouye". The difference is the topic "Obama
>> Campaign". To find all the postings to the thread,
>> you would need to select messages for the string
>> "Inouye" rather than the topic. How would you
>> re-state the sentence? Glad you take an interest in
>> this. Hope other posters to this ng do understand
>> the sentence.

> I'm afraid I can't restate that sentence because I -
> as you can clearly see - am having ample difficulty
> understanding it in the first place.

>
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Lawrence Akutagawa wrote:
>

>> "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote in message
>> news:1205255402-sch@news.lava.net...

>>>
>>> Larry... an example: the subject heading "(Obama
>>> Campaign) Inouye" is different from the subject
>>> heading "Inouye". The difference is the topic "Obama
>>> Campaign". To find all the postings to the thread,
>>> you would need to select messages for the string
>>> "Inouye" rather than the topic. How would you
>>> re-state the sentence? Glad you take an interest in
>>> this. Hope other posters to this ng do understand
>>> the sentence.

>

>> I'm afraid I can't restate that sentence because I -
>> as you can clearly see - am having ample difficulty ...

>
> Thanx for making the effort. Let's hope that others can
> figure out this example. Otherwise, it's not worth the
> effort to have tropic topics in this ng. But we can try
> it another month. I think that it's of value for
> newbies. Perhaps I should have also noted to sort the
> thread in chronological order in index update message?
> The threading structure is no good, but since the
> threads are so short it really doesn't matter.
>

> Different people use different software to read and
> post articles to Usenet so however you choose to
> index threads may or may not work for someone else.

> I also kind of wondering why certain threads have
> redundant words in the thread title like:
>
> (Kona Coffee) Kona Coffee Farmers
>
> wouldn't one of the following be better:
>
> (Kona Coffee) Farmers
> Kona Coffee Farmers

> OK - anyone out there can explain clearly and logically how Alvin's
> example clarifies/explains his sentence "Then you should do a select
> based on the text in the thread itself because not all postings in
> the thread have a topic associated with the text in the subject
> heading."

> I honestly have no idea what you guys are talking
> about. My best guess is that Alvin is using a
> newsreader that doesn't thread, so he's trying to
> help out by telling others to add (topics) to Subject
> titles to group discussions together. I'm sure he's
> trying to help, not hurt.
>
> I read SCH with slrn in the Lavanet shell. It
> threads fine, for me.