In message , Spamlet
writes

"geoff" wrote in message
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In message , Spamlet
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Trust these devices if you must.
I don't have the luxury of being able to afford to.
Perhaps there are some people reading uk.d-i-y who aren't moneyed experts
and this information might save them some time and money.
If there are no non-rich-experts using this forum, and anyone else who
takes
the time to offer up useful information is just going to be sniped at,
what
is it for?

Ah, but if you'd looked here - in the uk.d-i-y FAQs

http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/plumbing/co...itionvalve.htm

The symptoms are well known to most regulars here, and a request would
prolly have brought a quick answer

Thanks for the tip Geoff,

but as I, am sure like most people, just selected this news group from a
list provided by my service provider I had no idea there was any on line
version, with FAQs or anything else, and as the whole point of having a news
reader is to avoid having to go on line and use clumsy and pop up ridden web
based fora, I am not likely to have come across any FAQ's, as this defeats
the object of having a news reader!

Well, no it doesn't, the FAQ is there so that people don't keep on
asking the same questions which come up time and time again. Your post
more or less falls into this class.

If you read up on netiquette, you will find that one is advised to lurk
for a time to get a feeling for the group, which would have given you a
chance to see a pointer to the FAQs




Anyhow, I will now have a look, so cheers.

Might it be possible to organise a permanent post at the top of downloaded
news messages pointing out the parent site and its FAQs to any newcomers who
arrive by the same route as me?

S



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geoff