Posted by Paul Sture on 02/09/07 06:24

In article <asNyh.14424$tt1.63201@wagner.videotron.net>,
NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> wrote:

> Paul Sture wrote:
> > In article <0001HW.C1F06CA40016309CF0284648@news1.news.adelphia.net>,
> > J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to@but.see.sig> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:24:58 -0500, Michelle Steiner wrote
> >> (in article <michelle-3D0DB2.12245807022007@news.east.cox.net>):
> >>
> >>> In article <Topyh.46212$3D6.1944022@weber.videotron.net>,
> >>> NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Please don't try to use curly quotes on Usenet. They don't always work.
> >>>> Stick with pure ASCII.
> >>> I copied and pasted the article without attempting to edit it. I did
> >>> not notice that they had used curly quotes.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> You gotta consider who's complaining.
> >>
> >> And the simple fact that if only he had a real newsreader, he'd not be
> >> complaining, as real newsreaders showed either straight quotes or knew
> >> enough
> >> to show curly quotes and not some fool escape code.
> >>
> >> Ignore the twit.
> >
> > But yet another black mark against Thunderbird as a newsreader.
>
> You mean newswatcher.

No I don't. I speak as an ex-Thunderbird user, so do know the difference.

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Paul Sture

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