On Feb 12, 12:56 pm, "Moby Dick" wrote:
On Feb 11, 6:26 pm, John Fereira wrote: "Moby Dick" wrote in news:1171238268.607939.4800
@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

I'm dictating anything. I was responding to your condescending tone.
Now, I think I see why membership is down.

Hee hee. Welcome to Usenet....a thick skin is usually pretty helpful.
Mostly because sometimes things sound worse than they are intended.

There are a host of traditions on Usenet, probably because of human
nature (when people get together, they seem to make rules), and
someone new to the medium often doesn't realize that many many many
other people have trodden that way before. John wasn't being
condescending (we get people here who ARE condescending, and you can
really tell the difference), but was mentioning that the newsgroup
doesn't have any 'keywords' per se. When people do a search of the
group, they are only getting hits on words that have been included in
people's posts. AFAIK (as far as I know), there isn't anywhere to even
PUT 'keywords'.

There IS a FAQ somewhere, and I'm sure it mentions kayaks, etc. Can
anyone provide the link?

While we're on the subject of rules and FAQs, top-posting is
discouraged also. Something to do with how the messages 'read' if you
want to look through the leading-in conversation. And also while we're
at it, I'm risking the danger of being labeled a 'net nanny' for
pointing this out....mea culpa.

Meanwhile, welcome aboard. Where do you paddle?

--riverman