This may be a "perfect example" but it's kind of irrelevant in our =
"imperfect" world.
99.999% of posters, be they top, bottom or middle (IMHO the worst kind ) =
posters do not snip, and never will.
So now, all of us when following a thread must scroll down to the meat =
on the majority of posts (since bottom posts dominate), wading thru =
maybe 3 days worth of posts which our eyes, if not our brain, have now =
seen umteen times. What a waste of time and energy to say nothing of the =
wear and tear on arthritic fingers.
Why don't we just chaulk up the concept of snipping as a nice =
theoretical but impractical plan and all start top posting.
And no snipping so if someone wants to reread things, its all there.

I nominate Bob, the OP, for moderator.


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Bruce Barnett wrote:
ALWAYS trim posts. That's the polite thing to do.
It takes an extra 10 seconds to do this.
100,000 readers deserve 10 seconds of effort, right?
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Anyway, you get a gold star for doing it the way it should be done.
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