On Wed, April 28, 2010 22:07, Vernon Everett wrote:
Most people on this list are pretty smart, and know how to scroll up, and
some even know how to scroll down. You get a response to your question
posted by somebody who is doing us all a favour. Take it and be happy.
Don't complain about how you got it. That's just being ungrateful.
I think I started this, with what I thought to be a rather innocuous
parenthetical "insert top posting rant boilerplate here" instead of any
actual complaint about the practice.
I didn't intend to kick up a controversy, and I've apologized. But
neither was I asking a question, nor am I ungrateful for the information I
get by mostly lurking here.
As Humpty Dumpty said, "There's glory for you!".