On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:02:48 -0500, Robert Green wrote:

Remarkably complete and concise and what Usenet *should* be about.

Thanks for recognizing that effort.

I have been on USENET since the days of tin & rn and well before
Google or Netscape ever existed so I've seen the good and bad
(although my nym changes frequently for privacy reasons).

I, for one, will always be responsive to each sincere post;
I will always provide a followup update when complete; and
I'll try to stay on topic (at least per post); and, most
importantly, I'll try to provide enough detail, as I learn
the answer to the question at hand, so that the next person
who follows in our footsteps has the benefit of standing on
our shoulders.

Thanks for recognizing that effort. Kudos to all for this
wonderful alt.home.repair NNTP newsgroup - which - we might
agree - is one of the best of the net due to the people who
post on it.