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That was a _hint_ right? I normally intentionally don't trim. I've got into the habit, with long threads, of not reading/downloading the first few posts, and only downloading the last one or two in the thread. So with untrimmed posts you get to read (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) <snip> (I normally *do* intentionally trim to save on download and read time) It sounds like you are talking about trimming content from posts, but J2 was talking about trimming groups from the followup settings so that subsequent posts don't (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Oooo - That is one thing I usually don't check - the newsgroups that I reply to (followup settings?) So I won't post an appology to lego.direct, not because I'm not sorry (I am!) but because it might be off-topic :) I've got no problem with the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) It's mainly the USians that get antsy about this, it's easy to forget with threads mutating. Here in loc.au anything goes, more or less. (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Yes indeed, it's a VERY easy trap to fall into and one that I will not claim to be all that good at avoiding either. For example... Within the last few days I have perpetrated some horrid puns which were inadvertantly inflicted on (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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