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On 22 Jul 2004 23:16:20 GMT, Jerry McCaffrey wrote:
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Failed. Missed alt.test or any of the other test newsgroups by
rather a lot.

Why not post a real message, and treat it as a test, if for some
reason you feel the need to ignore the test newsgroups?

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Tickle.

David F. Eisan apparently said,on my timestamp of 23/07/2004 9:03 PM:

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Tickle.




LOL!

So I posted a question about pricing and usefulness of an old Sears &
Roebuck Lathe. I needed some feedback quick before I met with the guy the
next morning. When the message didn't post in a reasonable time I sent a
test which also didn't post quickly (my rinky dink ISP). So I got more
responses goofing on my test message, admonishing me, or other BS than the
one helpful message I actually received on the lathe. Lathe turned out to be
a cheap tubular piece of crap after I researched all possible Sears lathes
on "Old Woodworking Machinery", but I bought a dust collector (3hp 220V 2
bag system) and am picking up a panel saw on Monday.

As primarily a lurker and low volume poster, I have to start to wonder why I
wade through all the crap & BS on this group. The signal to noise ratio is
poor & getting worse and that's without BAD.

Jerry

On 23 Jul 2004 23:27:12 GMT, Jerry McCaffrey wrote:
So I posted a question about pricing and usefulness of an old Sears &
Roebuck Lathe. I needed some feedback quick before I met with the guy the
next morning. When the message didn't post in a reasonable time I sent a
test which also didn't post quickly (my rinky dink ISP). So I got more
responses goofing on my test message, admonishing me, or other BS than the
one helpful message I actually received on the lathe.

You don't find it useful to know that there's a whole series of
groups such as alt.test, which will auto-respond to your posts to let
you know they worked?

In article ,
Jerry McCaffrey wrote:
So I posted a question about pricing and usefulness of an old Sears &
Roebuck Lathe. I needed some feedback quick before I met with the guy the
next morning. When the message didn't post in a reasonable time I sent a
test which also didn't post quickly (my rinky dink ISP). So I got more
responses goofing on my test message, admonishing me, or other BS ...

If you had reposted the question about the Lathe - with a note at the
top that it was a repost because you haven't seen your post appear, then
you wouldn't have gotten all this static. Sometimes posts get lost or
delayed and the re-post appears before the original. In such cases the
re-post would actually be useful to you in getting feedback.
...
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--henry schaffer
hes _AT_ ncsu _DOT_ edu

Sat, Jul 24, 2004, 1:02am (EDT+4)
(Henry=A0E=A0Schaffer) says:
snip Sometimes posts get lost or delayed and the re-post appears
before the original. snip

True. My posts usually come up, withing 15 minutes. One or two
took at least a day to show up. But, I've found that most people who
"can't find" their post, just stopped looking after the first 100-200
post, and reost, when they original post may already be in the 300-440
range, or even more, within a very short time after posting. This
happens when someone replies to a long thread. When that response comes
up, the whole thread goes to the head of the line.



JOAT
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