Re: [ARSCLIST] at this rate, won't be much to archive soon enough

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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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