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  2. Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
  3. Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 13:02:59 EST
  4. From: Graydon <SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
  5. Message-ID: <93028.130259SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
  6. Newsgroups: soc.singles
  7. Subject: Re: Favorite Groups
  8. References: <1993Jan25.233639.10217@netcom.com>
  9.  <1993Jan26.141417.15148@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
  10.  <1993Jan26.204346.15859@netcom.com> <1993Jan27.215803.24283@datamark.co.nz>
  11.  <thurlow.728193943@convex.convex.com>
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  13.  
  14. In article <thurlow.728193943@convex.convex.com>, thurlow@convex.com (Robert
  15. Thurlow) says:
  16. >In <1993Jan27.215803.24283@datamark.co.nz> thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas      )
  17. >Beagle
  18. >writes:
  19. >
  20. >>Could all the net.old.farts try to remember that just because they've
  21. >>been on the net since it was net.singles (or whatever) doesn't
  22. >>actually make their posts any clearer?
  23. >
  24. >You bet!  But in exchange, could all the net.young.fucks try to
  25. >remember that we're not generally *trying* to be cliquish and
  26. >exclusive?
  27. >
  28. >Rob T
  29. >--
  30. >Rob Thurlow, thurlow@convex.com
  31.  
  32. You're not.
  33.  
  34. It's _very_ rare that something that desperately needs more context
  35. than can be inferred from what's posted with it gets posted, as well.
  36.  
  37. It (for the other wet-behind-the-ears-types) also helps if you
  38. can post something that has some sort of 'hook' to it - arguments
  39. that are strongly closed don't get responded to, much.
  40.  
  41. Graydon
  42.