[Gllug] RE: : Gates to get Knighthood!!! - Here comes a rerant

[Ben Fitzgerald]

On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 06:04:42PM +0000, David Damerell wrote:
> On Wednesday, 2 Mar 2005, Ben Fitzgerald wrote:
> >On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 05:56:54PM +0000, David Damerell wrote:
> >>On Wednesday, 2 Mar 2005, David Abbishaw wrote:
> >>>Really wish this list was Colour sometimes to aid in posting, but hopefully
> >>>you'll pick out my rant.
> >>Maybe we could indicate quoted text by prepending some character to it?
> >But all the quotes are marked. They are prepended by a ">" (or more
> >depending upon how many messages back the text occurred in.
> 
> Teach your grandmother!

I tried. I said "grandma, come and have a go on the internet". To my
surprise she agreed. She came over to the computer, sat down and I
started a browser with google. "Whatever you want to know about, just
type it in and hit this", I said, pointing at the return key. "oh no",
she said, I'm not using that (pointing at the keyboard) and walked off!

> David Abbishaw's message, in which he wrote that, is _not_
> conventionally quoted. I am pointing out, sarcastically, that he
> appears completely oblivious to the fact that the "problem" he has
> identified has a solution apparent from every other message to the
> list.

LOL! Perhaps we could reverse the chevron for sarcasm, then I wouldn't
have to be hit with a brick to see it? </blush> makes me laugh reading
your reply again now with my brain turned on!

ben.

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