In a message dated 10/22/07 12:42:45 PM,
kvnsmith@thrillingdetective.com writes:
> And notice it's usually the most dubious and poorly
thought-out
> positions that come all dressed up?
>
> At least we don't have to suffer the pretentious
gits who used to post
> all in lower case anymore. I guess they grew up or
lost interest.
>
> It's amazing, on a list that celebrates hard-boiled
fiction, a
> traditionally taut and terse style, that some
members feel they have
> to "girly" up their posts with colour and different
typefaces and the
> like.
>
I was under the impression that all formatting other than
text was removed by Rara-Avis itself, making fonts, italics
and the like a pointless exercise. however, I always bold
responses in e-mail to separate from original points and have
noticed when they appear on list that the bold is removed.
doesn't stop me from doing it
and not all of us have stopped using all lower case
or double spacing
hell, Ken Bruen seems to be making a career out of double
spacing within the same sentence
we all put up with each other
I'm just happy no one here uses emoticons
John Lau
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