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wrote:

While I usally don't mind them, I think they are particularly offensive
when posted off topic, in the middle of a thread, and especially a
thread concerning the welfare of one of the best posting members this
group has seen.

Robert, when new subject messages are posted within other messages and
don't have anything to do with the main thread, I usually attribute it
to operator error. I think that's what happened here with Bill Noble's
post - I don't think there was any intention to take attention away from
the concern over Lyn's health.

The funny posts are the ones in which the person intends the message to
be a private email but instead broadcasts it via Usenet. Message bodies
like, "Hey Kiddo, Mom and I were out shopping today for sissy's b-day
gift and came across an old flame of yours - you'll never guess who!
Love, Dad"

Sometimes technology just has too many buttons.

--
Owen Lowe

Northwest Woodturners,
Cascade Woodturners,
Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild
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Safety Tip'o'th'week: Never grind aluminum and steel or iron on the same
machine or workstation - Thermite.
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