Re: Q. Length of a MET silver train carriage?

["WhaleOilBeefHooked" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message
8E362E97EtelstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net">news:8E362E97EtelstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net...
> Why? How hard is it to CC your post to an email address? 80% of
newsreaders
> do it.

It is rude.

> Sometimes people don't have the time or bother for newsgroups but want the
> information anyway.

If they cannot be bothered looking in a newsgroup, then they really do not
want the information. As for the time factor, most newsreaders are
configured to "Show replies to my posts".

DaveP
>
> Regards
> Michael
>
>
> WhaleOilBeefHooked said in message <7qm1p4$g07$1@news1.mpx.com.au>, I
> therefore quote:
>
> >Christopher_Martin GORDON <cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au> wrote in message
> >7qj7r7$hfd$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU">news:7qj7r7$hfd$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU...
> >
> >> This information has been e-mailed as requested, but copied here for
the
> >> information of others.
> >
> >Why? If he wants to post the request here, let him look for the answers
> >here. It is the height of rudeness to post something to a newsgroup with
a
> >request that the answers be emailled back.
> >
> >DaveP
> >
> >
> >