>>>> Could someone explain to me why most respondees to postings insist on
>>>> repeating the whole of the original text?
>I mentioned this days ago.
>In our last episode <6hcljm$k3r$1@nswpull.telstra.net> on Sun, 19 Apr 1998
>20:54:39 +1000, tezza told aus.rail:
>>I suppose, it's cause they're too lazy to delete it :-)
>You would know, after the recent performance.
What a wanker.
>>Seriously, sometimes it's relevant, sometimes i't's not, but it's not as
>>bad here as in other NG's where each post can be 10 or 12k as they don't
>>delete anything.
>Let's not offer more ideas...
I doubt you've you've ever had one.
>Most keyboards that I know of have a "Backspace" and "Delete" keys.
>Deleting excess, useless text from messages which is not referred to makes
>messages far easier to read.
Yet you still left your message in.
>It also reduces the file size (bytes) of the
>messages. Let's not forget that a number of ISPs charge people for the
>amount they download, and many people have to budget how much they can
>download in a billing period.
They should change ISP. I can't believe anyone's still silly enough to pay
those ripoff merchants
>Reducing the size of usenet messages does everyone a favour.
Take your own advice.