I'd much rather see a top-poster than somebody who posts one-liners at the end of 6 pages of quotes. And if somebody top-posts from time to time it's not the end of the world. But they should at least cut the bottom verbiage to a minimum! Nex In rec.travel.usa-canada Bazza <somewhere@somehow.ca> wrote: > Yeah Frank...I too am a top poster. ( forgive this transgression ) I > can't wait to see Richard's response. Yawn...

Bazza (somewhere@somehow.ca) wrote: : Frank F. Matthews wrote: : > Actually if you look rationally top posting make good sense. : Yeah Frank...I too am a top poster. ( forgive this transgression ) I : can't wait to see Richard's response. Yawn... *** Did you have to make everyone slog through all that text just to see your "me too" comment, Bazza? It would have been much better if it had been trimmed, as you see here. Richard

JD (me@home.ca) wrote: : Most email threads I have seen professionally (and I get : close to 1000 per month in my job) are formatted such that the latest : addition is at the top. *** Poor writing skills are the norm in business today. )-: Richard

Alan Pollock (nex@nopanix.com) wrote: : I'd much rather see a top-poster than somebody who posts one-liners at the end : of 6 pages of quotes. *** I sort of agree, but it still makes people have to slog down to see if there are interspersed comments. : And if somebody top-posts from time to time it's not the : end of the world. But they should at least cut the bottom verbiage to a : minimum! Nex *** That would certainly help, but if they are going to do that, why not cut it off and post at the end anyway? Richard

Steve Hall (shall1@canada.com) wrote: : "Frank F. Matthews" <matthews942@comcast.net> wrote: : >For the most part your points either have little connection to the : >posting location or appear to recommend top posting. : > : >Richard Bonner wrote: : > : >> *** You have forgotten the following points: : > : >> 1/ Posts don't always arrive in order from all servers to all other : >> servers. : > : >No apparent connection. : > : >> 2/ In a thread with multiple subjects and multiple posters, one must : >> scroll down to see to what the comment refers. If the quotes are not : >> trimmed, one can not always be sure to which point the top-posted : >> comments belong. : > : >Perhaps. However the comment usually refers to the last post which is : >immediately below the comment : <excess trimmed> : Oddly, you seem to be recommending top posting, yet your interspersed : comments are BELOW the points you are commenting on. If top posting : is so natural and beneficial, why aren't your interspersed comments on : top of the points you are commenting on? *** I agree. To see the answer before the question would be like reading a book chapter by chapter, but in *reverse* order. Richard