Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot wrote:

Not in a sensible order??

Yes it is! **

Si

**This is an example!

This is a perfect example of why top posts are disliked by many!

Peter's post contained a number of separate points made on different
subjects. The comment above did not include any context as to which part
of Peter's post it was in reply to.

Also not trimming the bits of the post that were not relevant to the
comment was as objectionable (IMHO) as the top post, as it results in
lots of wasted bandwidth. This may not seem much of an issue for people
with broadband connections or for those who read messages online, but
all the redundant information (i.e. quoted text in excess of that
necessary to establish the context of the reply) in the messages soon
add up. For those who use offline readers on dialup connections they
probably waste several minutes every time they download a batch of
messages, as a result of the inconsiderate posting behaviour of some
other users.

--
Cheers,

John.

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