.... Ditto to all that has been "encouraged" regarding this topic.With
practical/financial consideration in my own case:

... I have wireless service via Verizon. I get "charged" for all the
downloads I retrieve. What that means is that if people aren't trimming
replies, I get charged for useless and especially REDUNDANT drivel that is
already in the thread and more importantly, in the vanagon.com archives.

I need every nickel I can get to spend on my van ... which is in the shop as
I write, getting a new clutch.

bob

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:22 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:
>
>   PLEASE!!!!!!!
>>
>>  Trim the replies.
>>
>
>
>>
> It means to trim off those parts of the message you're replying to
> that are not necessary to establish continuity.  A decent rule of
> thumb is to leave no more of the original message than twice as much
> as your own contribution.
>
>