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OK g



"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
... at least as a subject line. It's driving my anti-virus software
nuts.... and you get deleted without any chance of being read....

--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.idleplay.net/

Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats

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Stanley Barthfarkle wrote:
OK g



"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...

... at least as a subject line. It's driving my anti-virus software
nuts.... and you get deleted without any chance of being read....

Stanley, your news reader is seriously *BROKEN*. It should have stripped
everything including and after Gene's sig seperator (an absolutely
standard '-- ' on a line of its own)from the quoted text. If it fails to
do so, its up to you to delete it by hand! (Or google for OE Quotefix)
--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.idleplay.net/

Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats


And what's more likely to work, stopping '.'ing (requires the
co-operation of *all* the frustated boaters AND the trolls who now know
it gets Gene's goat) or Gene fixing his antivirus software?

WTF is an antivirus program doing scanning USENET subject headers
anyway? It can and should be scanning attatchments but as this isn't a
binary group, if it strips those indiscriminately, no harm done.

--
Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND. (NEWSGROUP REPLY PREFERRED)
ianm[at]the[dash]malcolms[dot]freeserve[dot]co[dot]uk
[at]=@, [dash]=- & [dot]=. *Warning* HTML & 32K emails -- NUL:
'Stingo' Albacore #1554 - 15' Early 60's, Uffa Fox designed,
All varnished hot moulded wooden racing dinghy.

......................
 

Stanley, your news reader is seriously *BROKEN*. It should have stripped
everything including and after Gene's sig seperator (an absolutely
standard '-- ' on a line of its own)from the quoted text. If it fails to
do so, its up to you to delete it by hand! (Or google for OE Quotefix)
--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.


This must have been posted by someone who I have blocked, since I never saw
this reply until someone else bumped it.

Nothing is *BROKEN*... I formatted the subject line like that on purpose.
'Twas an attempt at humor.


Main Entry: hu·mor
Pronunciation: 'hyü-m&r, 'yü-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English humour, from Anglo-French umor, umour, from
Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin humor, from Latin humor, umor
moisture; akin to Old Norse vokr damp, Latin humEre to be moist, and perhaps
to Greek hygros wet
1 a : a normal functioning bodily semifluid or fluid (as the blood or lymph)
b : a secretion (as a hormone) that is an excitant of activity
2 a in medieval physiology : a fluid or juice of an animal or plant;
specifically : one of the four fluids entering into the constitution of the
body and determining by their relative proportions a person's health and
temperament b : characteristic or habitual disposition or bent : TEMPERAMENT
of cheerful humor c : an often temporary state of mind imposed especially
by circumstances was in no humor to listen d : a sudden, unpredictable, or
unreasoning inclination : WHIM the uncertain humors of nature
3 a : that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly
incongruous b : the mental faculty of discovering, expressing, or
appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous c : something that is or
is designed to be comical or amusing
synonym see WIT
- out of humor : out of sorts

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Stanley Barthfarkle wrote:

Stanley, your news reader is seriously *BROKEN*. It should have stripped
everything including and after Gene's sig seperator (an absolutely
standard '-- ' on a line of its own)from the quoted text. If it fails to
do so, its up to you to delete it by hand! (Or google for OE Quotefix)

--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.


This must have been posted by someone who I have blocked, since I never saw
this reply until someone else bumped it.

Nothing is *BROKEN*... I formatted the subject line like that on purpose.
'Twas an attempt at humor.



snip dictionary quote. Reason: Lacked HUMOUR

Still *BROKEN*, Still using Micro$oft Outhouse Express and now posting
in 'Format=Flowed; Response'. Known for stripping attribution lines.
FIX IT.

The probable alternative is that you are deliberately trolling, in which
case, get a life, move on, find anoother group to grope and please *DO*
killfile me.


--
Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND. (NEWSGROUP REPLY PREFERRED)
ianm[at]the[dash]malcolms[dot]freeserve[dot]co[dot]uk
[at]=@, [dash]=- & [dot]=. *Warning* HTML & 32K emails -- NUL:
'Stingo' Albacore #1554 - 15' Early 60's, Uffa Fox designed,
All varnished hot moulded wooden racing dinghy.

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Is being a Net Nanny a paying job, or is it an internship?

(OT) Nettiquette (Was: ......................)
 

Stanley Barthfarkle wrote:

Is being a Net Nanny a paying job, or is it an internship?

No its a hobby or passtime when its too *cold* *windy* or whatever to
either go sailing or do any worthwile boat maintenance and some newbie,
clueless or troll has exceeded my annoyance threshold.

There are *reasons* for most of the USENET conventions. Some are
legacies from the bad old days of slow connections and dumb terminals,
and appear to be somewhat dated in the era of mass cheap broadband but
if you've ever tried to catch up with your favourite groups (forums for
the Google impaired generation) on a slow dialup in some African port or
via a mobile data service or on a weak WiFi signal in some dodgy
anchorage, you'll appreciate other posters who also respect the
conventions such as bottom posting or interspersing with appropriate
snipping, appropriate quoting [hint: many readers don't know why you are
getting all ****y about 'net nannys'], preserving at least minimal
attribution lines and marking the subject as (OT) [never use OT: as the
broken Micro$haft newsreaders convert any two letter XX: to or its
equivalent in your local language, so the convention has been
pragmatically adapted] and changing the subject when the topic of the
thread changes but still referring to the old subject so that those
readers with broken threading can still easily skip what they dont want
to see, cross-posting appropriately rather than multi-posting if you
need to ask the same question in several groups etc.

I am not making any value judgements about (properly marked OT)
non-boating content or flaming grammer, spelling or whatever, nor am I
going to start on the whole anonymous poster thing (though for my own
sanity I have most of the anonymous remailers globally filtered), nor do
I follow you from group to group posting RFC numbers in responce to your
every post - in other words - I have a life!

Its a bit like the guy next to you when you come back to the bar saying
"by the way, you're flying low". The correct response is to
inconspicuously adjust your attire and quietly thank him, not to climb
on top of the bar and scream and shout and jump up and down pointing at
the guy who tried to help you while you let it *all* hang out.

Now as I said before, if you dont like criticism, *please* killfile me,
and if you continue to irritate I will likewise killfile you.

For the rest of the audience, normal service will resume shortly.
Meanwhile, some obligatory boating content: I fitted a SBC 140 ADV PLUS
battery charger last weekend and I have to go down the boat tommorrow to
check on it and splice up and reeve some new halyards. Whats on your
winter maintenance list?


--
Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND. (NEWSGROUP REPLY PREFERRED)
ianm[at]the[dash]malcolms[dot]freeserve[dot]co[dot]uk
[at]=@, [dash]=- & [dot]=. *Warning* HTML & 32K emails -- NUL:
'Stingo' Albacore #1554 - 15' Early 60's, Uffa Fox designed,
All varnished hot moulded wooden racing dinghy.

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"Stanley Barthfarkle" wrote in message
et...
Is being a Net Nanny a paying job, or is it an internship?

It's a self appointed position. No need for messy applications,
qualifications, elections etc.
Just ask JohnH.

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Don White wrote:

"Stanley Barthfarkle" wrote in message
et...

Is being a Net Nanny a paying job, or is it an internship?


It's a self appointed position. No need for messy applications,
qualifications, elections etc.
Just ask JohnH.

*COLD* :-)

--
Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND. (NEWSGROUP REPLY PREFERRED)
ianm[at]the[dash]malcolms[dot]freeserve[dot]co[dot]uk
[at]=@, [dash]=- & [dot]=. *Warning* HTML & 32K emails -- NUL:
'Stingo' Albacore #1554 - 15' Early 60's, Uffa Fox designed,
All varnished hot moulded wooden racing dinghy.

......................
 

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:26:17 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:


"Stanley Barthfarkle" wrote in message
. net...
Is being a Net Nanny a paying job, or is it an internship?

It's a self appointed position. No need for messy applications,
qualifications, elections etc.
Just ask JohnH.


Is that the "nice homey, down-east style of group where all are
considered equal and we can chat like buddies over a cold draught beer"
that you prefer?
--
***** Have a super day! *****

John H

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"JohnH" wrote in message
...

Is that the "nice homey, down-east style of group where all are
considered equal and we can chat like buddies over a cold draught beer"
that you prefer?
--
***** Have a super day! *****

John H


Did I say that?... I'll have to stop drinking Canadian beer. It makes me
too mellow!

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Is being a Net Nanny a paying job, or is it an internship?


He actually does have a point in that your newsreader does not
recognize a properly formatted signature.



What do you mean? The fact that your sig, and header info doesn't appear? I
snipped it for brevity.

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I've been following this thread, but I've made no suggestions way over your
head.
--
***** Have a super day! *****

John H

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JohnH wrote:

I've been following this thread, but I've made no suggestions way over your
head.
Dont be mean . . .
;-)
--
Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND. (NEWSGROUP REPLY PREFERRED)
ianm[at]the[dash]malcolms[dot]freeserve[dot]co[dot]uk
[at]=@, [dash]=- & [dot]=. *Warning* HTML & 32K emails -- NUL:
'Stingo' Albacore #1554 - 15' Early 60's, Uffa Fox designed,
All varnished hot moulded wooden racing dinghy.

......................
 

OK
--
***** Have a super day! *****

John H

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I wonder what everyone is talking about?

.........................
 

Who?

......................
 

You missed it. It was damn good!

.........................
 

whom?

......................
 

yes

.........................
 

Que?

......................
 

Alrighty then.

.........................
 

He got it!

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Yippee!

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wrote in message
...
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:00:32 -0600, "Stanley Barthfarkle"
wrote:

Sorry guys, but you're talking WAY over my head with all this ****. I use
the newsgroup reader, and it seems to work. Beyond that, if you want me to
change something, you're gonna have to explain what you're talking about,
and specifically how to fix it.


Look above my signature and you will see a [dash dash space]. Your
newsreader and/or email client should automatically delete that and
everything below it automatically when you send a reply.

I think there is some third party software to "fix" what is broken
about Outlook Express..... probably not worth the hassle....

Could any of this have to do with the fact that I'm behind a hardware
firewall?


No... I'm behind two and it works fine!
--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

eMail


Homepage
http://pamandgene.idleplay.net/

Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats
-----------------
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Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road
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You use 2 firewalls simultaneously? I thought that was a no-no.

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wrote in message
...
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:31:22 -0500, "JimH"
wrote:


wrote in message
. ..
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:00:32 -0600, "Stanley Barthfarkle"
wrote:

Sorry guys, but you're talking WAY over my head with all this ****. I
use
the newsgroup reader, and it seems to work. Beyond that, if you want me
to
change something, you're gonna have to explain what you're talking
about,
and specifically how to fix it.


Look above my signature and you will see a [dash dash space]. Your
newsreader and/or email client should automatically delete that and
everything below it automatically when you send a reply.

I think there is some third party software to "fix" what is broken
about Outlook Express..... probably not worth the hassle....

Could any of this have to do with the fact that I'm behind a hardware
firewall?


No... I'm behind two and it works fine!
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

eMail


Homepage
http://pamandgene.idleplay.net/

Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats
-----------------
www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed*
Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road
-----------------
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


You use 2 firewalls simultaneously? I thought that was a no-no.

It can be a MAJOR problem if you don't configure them properly.

For those of you still unsure about what *should* be happening: the
newsreader or mail client should automatically delete everything
between the rows of Xs above...

Jim, glad to hear you are up and around so soon.... take it easy!
Is your Avast alerting on the subjects consisting of a "." ?
--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

eMail


Homepage
http://pamandgene.idleplay.net/

Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats
-----------------
www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed*
Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road
-----------------

Thanks Gene.

No, Avast is not alerting me on the subjects consisting of a ".".

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wrote in message
...
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:00:32 -0600, "Stanley Barthfarkle"
wrote:

Sorry guys, but you're talking WAY over my head with all this ****. I use
the newsgroup reader, and it seems to work. Beyond that, if you want me to
change something, you're gonna have to explain what you're talking about,
and specifically how to fix it.


Look above my signature and you will see a [dash dash space]. Your
newsreader and/or email client should automatically delete that and
everything below it automatically when you send a reply.

I think there is some third party software to "fix" what is broken
about Outlook Express..... probably not worth the hassle....

Could any of this have to do with the fact that I'm behind a hardware
firewall?


No... I'm behind two and it works fine!
--
sig manually deleted, this time only




Thanks for the info. Probably not gonna jump through hoops simply because my
"broken" newsreader annoys some Brit, but I appreciate the straight answer
and helpful attitude.

BTW- My Avast does not give me any error messages about the "." (aka
'Chuckie Dots')