"BobS" wrote in message

I've found that people have forgotten their manners and saying "Thanks"
doesn't cross their mind. As you've read already - they won't make the
time
but yet they have time to ask the question... How long does it take -
perhaps a few seconds? It took one individual that replied, longer to
explain why he doesn't. Brilliant...

What most of the responders seem to be missing is a bit of perspective on
this issue. Not ragging anyone, but there was a very good reason at one
time:

Back in the "old days' of the Internet, and the BBS's and FidoNet before
that, it was considered very bad manners to waste bandwidth by individually
thanking those who responded ... thus the "TIA" at the end of many OP
questions in those days.

Manners are dictated by the culture, and to NOT say "thank you" was the
culture, and accepted good manners, of the computer savvy before many who
expect to be thanked today could spell "computer".

But times do change ...

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