[Summit] Please trim

[Jeffrey Cavanaugh]

Can you pull into the parking space head first if you have room? (Seinfeld
reference)


On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 3:04 PM, <Hapfra at aol.com> wrote:

> **
> *I have been reading these messages---and it would make a good Seinfeld
> or Larry David episode......I am not so computer literate myself---all I
> need do is  read the top message---If I need more coaching, I can refer to
> the one below....I think this list is great...so let's move on, if
> possible......Thanks you Summit folks...as well as the people behind the
> scenes....Howie*
>
>  In a message dated 9/16/2013 2:52:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> rmath13 at gmail.com writes:
>
>   I don't use the digest option, and I don't even know how to see all the
> things that I should trim, since they don't show up in the messages my
> gmail gives me.
>
> So, from my point of view, it's a toss-up, whether people should trim or
> not trim.  I'm not a sophisticated computer user at all.  (When I was a
> boy, homes didn't even have TVs.)  If the digest users aren't to be
> inconvenienced, then I will have to be inconvenienced trying to figure out
> with every post how to see what my computer does not automatically show me,
> and where to cut.  If, on the other hand, I am not to be inconvenienced,
> then the digest users drown in a sea of words.  Either way, it's a royal
> pain in the you-know-where.
>
> The third option is for everyone to shut up about the issue.  Let's all
> just to put up with being inconvenienced on this list, every day we read
> it.  Half of us will be inconvenienced in one way every day, the other half
> of us in the other.  This seems the best option to me.
>
> Bob M
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Christopher Buecheler <
> cwbuecheler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> For the record, despite being the original one who asked the question
>> (and despite thinking that the digest option is, as Jeffrey said, pretty
>> terrible), I'm not one of the people who said they wouldn't trim. I'll do
>> my best to remember. But since gmail and other modern clients hide all the
>> previous discussions, it's easy to forget.
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Jeffrey Cavanaugh <jeff at cavanaugh.org>wrote:
>>
>>> So, what level of compliance do you have?  If I go through the trouble
>>> of editing my posts, will it make a difference?  Or is it a futile gesture?
>>> We just heard from 2 users who didn't seem to have any intention of post
>>> trimming, and I'm sure there are many more.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> -Christopher Buecheler - @cwbuecheler
>> -http://cwbuecheler.com | Web, Writing, Cocktails and More
>>
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