Mr. Ed
 

Froot Bat wrote:

And you're complaining about other people not being thoughtful.

I don't get why, if Brian needs the posts to be at the top, do all the
people here worrying about Brian post at the bottom.

:O) because that's MY way.

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Mr. Ed
 

Froot Bat wrote:

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:41:32 GMT, Paul Heslop
wrote:

Froot Bat wrote:

How does him top posting affect the readability of other posts? Either
way he posts, top or bottom, the other posts are still where they
always were and where they should be: at the bottom, under a bunch of
quoted text.

I think, again if I remember rightly, he has posted this way for a
long time and it is just the easiest way for him. Let me clarify
something, unlike many of the people in this thread I have been around
the same groups as Brian for a long time, which is the only reason I
have posted in his defence. I still think the original reply was
ignorant and abusive and for no good reason.

Okay and would you have bothered coming to the defence of someone who
wasn't your friend Brian? Seems to me you (and others) are patronising
him by treating him a bit 'special'. I assume the only difference
between him and anyone else on Usenet is he is blind. So leaping to
his defence like this (ie many people doing it) seems a bit OTT.

I think I've already admitted that I am guilty of this. I do tend to
get angry at people who start off aggressive without bothering to
explain things, or try to find out a reason for things, which is
probably more why I leapt in here. there was little or no reason for
that attitude, whether brian was blind or not.

It's even worse when he replies because all previous posts end up
below his sig separator and are discarded in replies to him, so all
thread context is lost.

and again, I know, but we should not, as this person has done, try to
force our ways onto someone who has found the best way he can to do
whatever he can, and, as I have already said, whatever the reason for
the TP it doesn't excuse being spoken to like you're some sort of
retard.

I don't think it was posted like that. It was just rude and silly (You
Have Been Warned) and designed to get a reaction. I think you're
taking it too personally, and on behalf of someone else too.

Yes, I am, I am often guilty of this. I don't think it was silly
though, nasty and thoughtless, yes, silly no.

I'm all for 'accessibility' for people with disabilities, but I don't
see why just because someone has a disability they should get a free
pass from criticism when they post badly.

and neither should someone who is against such a practice given the
excuse to abuse someone who does it.

The post was rude and provocative but he did not "abuse" anyone.

OTOH your fellow utd-tver Terry Casey not only posted a foul-mouthed
rant across four newsgroups, he deliberately left out utd-tv so you,
Brian and anyone else who knows him wouldn't see the offensive and out
of control way he conducts himself towards other people.

Have anything to say about that?

Yeah, I didn't see it :O) I did see one or two angry and abusive
responses though and of course that can be as bad as having a go in
the first place. these things often seem to spill out all over the
place and get embroiled. I actually think brian just ignores this
crap.

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Mr. Ed
 

Froot Bat wrote:

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:23:36 GMT, Paul Heslop
wrote:
fs wrote:
"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
...
Bill Wright wrote:
"B Hughes" wrote in message
...
We do not like TOP POSTERS in uf+dm. Please learn how to post proper
should you wish to return. You have been warned.

Who the **** are you, coming on here and laying the law down? 'You have
been warned' my arse. Pillock.

xposted Bill, all over the place :O)

Oh, so now you think it funny to post filthy language and abuse all over the
Usenet but are quick to find excuse for a top poster just because he is
blind? Double standards springs to mind.

it isn't MY language as it isn't MY exposting. and, oh wise one, what
do you think you do every time you reply to our posts?

To spare you being trolled any mo how do you (and the other suckers
who replied to him) think B Hughes[1] posted, when he 'complained'
about Brian top posting? Go back and check.

[1] aka "fs" aka "Mary Fisher" aka "Matthew Meatloaf" etc etc etc

I actually sussed that there were troll posts and found that fs had
only ever made a short burst of posts, most of them to us. All the
same person?

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Mr. Ed
 

Mary Fisher wrote:

"Froot Bat" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:23:36 GMT, Paul Heslop
wrote:
fs wrote:
"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
...
Bill Wright wrote:
"B Hughes" wrote in message
...
We do not like TOP POSTERS in uf+dm. Please learn how to post
proper
should you wish to return. You have been warned.

Who the **** are you, coming on here and laying the law down? 'You
have
been warned' my arse. Pillock.

xposted Bill, all over the place :O)

Oh, so now you think it funny to post filthy language and abuse all over
the
Usenet but are quick to find excuse for a top poster just because he is
blind? Double standards springs to mind.

it isn't MY language as it isn't MY exposting. and, oh wise one, what
do you think you do every time you reply to our posts?

To spare you being trolled any mo how do you (and the other suckers
who replied to him) think B Hughes[1] posted, when he 'complained'
about Brian top posting? Go back and check.

[1] aka "fs" aka "Mary Fisher" aka "Matthew Meatloaf" etc etc etc


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and it's 'dickie birds' :O)
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Black and white television?
 

On Saturday, July 25th, 2009 at 23:21:47 +0000, Paul Heslop opined:

nothing is black and white.

Not even monochrome television?

Not even a zebra?

And the story that Mr Ed was a zebra was just a hoax to catch the unwitting.

http://www.snopes.COM/lost/mistered.asp

Mr. Ed
 

They were good shows, mind you I also remember Torchy but they were probably
my first marriage kids whereas the rest where the second lot.
Did someone mention Muffin the Mule plus Andy Pandy and Bill and Ben g

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Black and white television?
 

J G Miller wrote:

On Saturday, July 25th, 2009 at 23:21:47 +0000, Paul Heslop opined:

nothing is black and white.

Not even monochrome television?

Not even a zebra?

And the story that Mr Ed was a zebra was just a hoax to catch the unwitting.

http://www.snopes.COM/lost/mistered.asp

I bet some would tell you it's all shades of grey :O)
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Mr. Ed
 

Froot Bat wrote:

On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:02:36 GMT, Paul Heslop
wrote:
Froot Bat wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:41:32 GMT, Paul Heslop
wrote:
Froot Bat wrote:
I'm all for 'accessibility' for people with disabilities, but I don't
see why just because someone has a disability they should get a free
pass from criticism when they post badly.

and neither should someone who is against such a practice given the
excuse to abuse someone who does it.

The post was rude and provocative but he did not "abuse" anyone.

OTOH your fellow utd-tver Terry Casey not only posted a foul-mouthed
rant across four newsgroups, he deliberately left out utd-tv so you,
Brian and anyone else who knows him wouldn't see the offensive and out
of control way he conducts himself towards other people.

Have anything to say about that?

Yeah, I didn't see it :O)

I did see one or two angry and abusive responses though

Then you did see it, quoted in the responses.

and of course that can be as bad as having a go in the first place.

For someone who claims to be so upset at B Hughes's post, you're
making a pretty huge effort to excuse or ignore Terry Casey's abusive
and totally uncalled for crosspost.

I'm not ignoring it, I'm not even looking at it. are we going to go
round i n circles like this all day?

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Mr. Ed
 

Froot Bat wrote:


Not that it really matters. Even trolls can post stuff worth replying
to. When I post I'm often not specifically replying to what someone
has said anyway, I'm just using it as a way to make a point I want to
make.

For future reference though, if someone says "Don't top post" and
their rebuke is itself top posted you can probably "suss" it's not
sincere.

nowadays I probably wouldn't suss anything for a few shots.

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Mr. Ed
 

Joan Archer wrote:

They were good shows, mind you I also remember Torchy but they were probably
my first marriage kids whereas the rest where the second lot.
Did someone mention Muffin the Mule plus Andy Pandy and Bill and Ben g

Rag tag and Bobtail!

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