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Re: Need Urgent Help

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From: Charles Riggs
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 00:00
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On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 19:04:38 +0100, Jeremy Boden
<jeremy@jboden.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <370DFF48.7BA8D2A0@flash.net>, Matt McLelland
><mattpi@flash.net> writes
>>Charles Riggs wrote:
>>
>>> I have two recommendations for you if you wish to get nice responses
>>> from Usenet groups: Capitalize your I's for ease of understanding and
>>> don't begin a message asking for help, or anything else for that
>>> matter, with "Hey" - it's not polite.
>>
>>As you may have noticed, he got quite a few nice responses.  Captalizing his I's
>>might get him a nice response from *you*, but I don't think anyone else cares.
>>=)
>>
>A little politeness never hurt anyone.
>People who address me as "Hey" and use constructions like "thanx" make
>me cringe!
 
Thank you, Jeremy. Me too.

Charles Riggs
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From: riggs@tinet.ie (Charles Riggs)
Subject: Re: Need Urgent Help
Date: 1999/04/10
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