william
the mind picture of anyone playing leapfrog with a unicorn made me laugh so
much i had to take to the sedatives to get back onto the internet
could have used it in my former life in a school to immobilise some of those
difficult boys
what a hoot
thanks for the advice re emailling
i am new to it and find i cant absorb all the refined techniques quickly
thanks judy


>From: "William A. Parrette" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: It just seemed a bit odd ... & Reviewing e-mail 101
>Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 20:08:55 -0400
>
>Hi all,
>
>         First off let me say that I am not trying to flame anybody, it
>      is not my intent to make anybody mad or hurt  anyone's  feelings,
>      and  I  am not writing this note to boost my own ego or to try to
>      punch holes in the egos of others.  It just seemed a bit odd that
>      ...
>
>         I  was reading through the digest and came upon three separate
>      notes about copyright issues  regarding  the  posting  of  entire
>      chapters  of  a book (and as a published author as well, I happen
>      to agree with).  And, it just seemed a bit odd that each  of  the
>      three  separate  posts quoted the entire text of one of the chap-
>      ters that were being complained about in their reply.
>
>         What is odd is that the copyrighted text that was  under  dis-
>      cussion  had  now been posted a total of four times.  I might hu-
>      morously ask if there is a copyright law about copying a copy  of
>      a violated work in an e-mail reply.  Or, would the thought be too
>      recursive?
>
>         Anyway, this brings up one of my smaller  e-mail  pet  peeves.
>      It is a fairly common form of Internet courtesy -- or 'Netiquette
>      -- to only include the *portion* of the text of the  e-mail  that
>      you  are  replying  to in your reply -- not the *entire* message.
>      Only include that text which helps someone understand the context
>      of your reply.
>
>         I know that  it is easier to press "Reply," add some text, and
>      press "Send."  But, consider the fact that everyone  on-list  has
>      seen  the  original  message at least once.  Do, they need to see
>      the entire text of it again?  And, people (like me :-) )  on  the
>      digest  don't have the option of deleting a message after we read
>      the reply.  We get the whole thing with dozens of other,  similar
>      messages  surrounding it.  And, when it starts becoming quotes of
>      quotes of quotes of quotes, it gets a little annoying.
>
>         For most folks, this is a simple mouse operation: point to the
>      text  you don't need, press mouse button one, hold and drag until
>      the text you don't want to include is highlighted, and then press
>      the  backspace  or delete key.  Or, if you don't want the text of
>      the original message in your reply at all, it's a very simple Op-
>      tion/Preference change in most mailers.
>
>         There  is  already a list-contingent who is trying (slowly but
>      surely) to get list-members to post in plain text -- no MIME  at-
>      tachments,  no  included HTML -- and they are being somewhat suc-
>      cessful.  If we could just add this one little thing, in my opin-
>      ion, everybody's list experience would be a little bit better.
>
>         Thank  you  for  taking the time to let me invade your mailbox
>      with my opinion.  We now take you back to your  regularly  sched-
>      uled Parkinson's chat.
>
>Bill--
>   ...who heard a wise man say "Never play leapfrog with a Unicorn."
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