Keeping cat on patio

"Arjun Ray" wrote in message
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In , "bewtifulfreak"
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| "Arjun Ray" wrote in message
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| Animal abusers get no courtesy from me, sorry.
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| I think you're very quick to judge someone as an animal abuser without
| knowing all the facts

If you're talking about Barbara Peale, Google is your friend:

I wasn't, actually.


| In certain cases, [top-posted material] is free-standing; the context
| is the header (as in the support example).

Then *delete* the message body instead of hanging it off the end. The
basic idea is still the same: remove irrelevant material. What you
still haven't provided a coherent argument for is what some people call
"jeopardy style" (where the answer precedes the question).

I did explain my reasoning, but you obviously disagree with it. Fair
enough.


| See, now you're just pointing out petty, pedantic grammar mistakes;

No, I was wondering if you left something out in alluding to something I
had posted.

Fair enough.


| Top-posting was unknown when most people used competent software.
|
| Complain to Bill Gates on that one;

Pointless: Micro$oft supports and encourages top-posting for the obvious
benefits to cover-your-ass corporate memoing.


| I use what comes with my browser.

Usenet is not an adjunct of the WWW.

No, but I prefer to get my newsgroups along with my mail. I will explore
the other options you've linked to, but most of the stand-alone newsreaders
I've tried seemed far more complex than I wanted to bother with.

Ann