Will someone kindly tell me why people get all out of joint when somebody types
in caps? Not everybody is an expert touch typist. It doesn't bother me a bit.
Somebody ruled years ago that TYPING IN CAPS IS SCREAMING. Bullfeathers. Go
read Fred Allen's letters..they're all in lower case.
dl
Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
> i havebeen guilty ofthe second in my time
>
>
> Roger :^)
>
> Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Here's the question of the day --- who's more annoying:
>
> 1. the guy who TYPES ALL CAPS
>
> or
>
> 2. the guy who never uses the shift key or punctuation and types nonsense runon sentences
>
> ??
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> PS -- of course there's
>
> 3. the scold who jumps on either 1 or 2 (yep, I've been a scold in the past, mainly over 2 since
> it's very hard to read blocks of text without sentences clearly defined).
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Angie Dickinson Mickle"
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 11:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] at this rate, won't be much to archive soon enough
>
>
>> Well, Steve. This is the kind of pompous response I'd only expect from someone on this list.
>>
>> Nigel,
>> What Steve was so graciously trying to tell you is that typing in all caps is considered shouting
>> in the email world. If that is your intent, then by all means, continue. Otherwise, you might
>> want to make sure your caps lock is off when posting as it seems to bother most people. Obviously
>> it bothers Steve.
>>
>> Angie Dickinson Mickle
>> Avocado Productions
>> Arvada, CO
>> www.avocadoproductions.com
>>
>> Steve Abrams wrote:
>>> Stop shouting you damned idiot.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nigel Barrett"
>>> To:
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:02 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] at this rate, won't be much to archive soon enough
>>>
>>>
>>>> TOM I AGREE AND I WOULD ADD THAT IT IS UTTER TOSH OR NONSENSE FOR THE
>>>> COPYRIGHT GUYS TO EVEN SUGGEST INTERNET MP3 DOWNLOADERS OF VINTAGE
>>>> MUSIC FROM SHOWS LIKE THE BIG BROADCAST DEPRIVE THE MUSICIANS OF
>>>> MONEY.
>>>> IF I HEAR IN THIS SUB-STANDARD SOUND MEDIUM SAY RAYMOND SCOTT
>>>> QUINTETTE FOR EXAMPLE,I WANT TO RUSH OUT TO WAREHOUSE AND SEE IF THEY
>>>> HAVE A NICE SCOTT CD.I LIKE THE NOTES ,ART WORK AND USUALLY THE MUSIC
>>>> IF WELL-TRANSFERED FROM 78'S.
>>>> ALSO MUSICAL FREEDOM TO AN EXTENT ON THE NET IS EDUCATIVE AND HAS A
>>>> SPIN EFFECT BOOSING SALES ,CERTAINLY IN THE NOSTALGIA MARKET.
>>>> NIGEL IN SEYCHELLES
>>>>
>>>> On 3/22/07, Tom Fine wrote:
>>>>> http://blogs.usatoday.com:80/ondeadline/2007/03/compactdisc_sal.html
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think "piracy" is the whole story by a long shot. I think putting
>>>>> out utter crap and badly
>>>>> marketing that tends to kill a business.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Tom Fine
>>>>>
>>>>
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