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Re: OT: Cross Border Shopping, Deals and not so good deals.

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From: sharx35
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:01
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Richard Bonner wrote:
> sharx35 (sharx35@hotmail.com) wrote:
>
>> "Richard Bonner" <ak621@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
>>> Please set your newsreader to a 76-character width for text
>>> newsgroups.
>>>
>>> Richard
>
>> The problem is with YOUR reader, not mine. My posts read fine on MY
>> 19 inch LCD monitor.
>
> ***   I use a 19, too. That is not the point. You are posting in a
> text newsgroup where the required standard is to set line width to 76
> (or less).
>
> Richard

Those so-called "standards" were set back in the Stone Age. It is 2007 and high time to unleash HTML and 
other improvements. Surely, you don't insist on watching all your TV in black and white?

BTW, I just installed QuoteFix. Does it make any difference?
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