On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 01:37:00 +0000, Stroller wrote: > >> ok thank you for your response...will do as suggested... > > > > The suggestion was not to top-post... > > He was replying to one of my messages, and I did not suggest that. No, although the response was "will do as suggested" not "will do as you suggested". > I was actually slightly narked at having to futz around with the > previous message - which did not make any sense the first time I read > it, so no doubt it made no sense at all to a less-capable English > speaker - copying & pasting 6 times, just so that Nikos could make a > "clever" point. Yes, a clear explanation of why the list prefers text to appear in chronological order would have been better, and I was somewhat complicit in continuing the obtuse complaints. Danis, please do not top-post. Instead, place your comments so they follow what your are replying to. That way the mail can be read in its natural order, which makes it much easier to understand. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 5: Twelve-ounce pound cake