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Creative Snipping
2005-04-08 18:25:10
news:21453-425695B1-854@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net... > I'm changing the subject line because I refuse to bring this into what > is and should remain a happy, positive thread. > > marys@catlover.com wrote: > > >And by the way, one pound a month for a > >cat is NOT slow weight loss. > > Yes it is you ignorant waste of space. Your buddy Phil agrees and has > said so hinself numerous times. > month+cats > > Isn't it just like to you inject your miserable crap into what should be > a congratulatory thread. Rene has done an outstanding job and your > miserable failure at the same thing doesn't justify you raining on her > parade. If you spent less time attacking everyone and spewing vile > nonsense and more time to your cat instead of neglecting her to the > point wher she is morbidly obese you could eventually be posting the > same good news. And your claim it's a medical condition is BS, which is > backed up by several of your postings that contradict your lies. You > can never keep your stories straight. > > Megan > > > > "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do > nothing." > > -Edmund Burke > > Learn The TRUTH About Declawing > http://www.stopdeclaw.com > > Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: > http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 > > "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one > elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and > splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then > providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, > raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and > material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his > way." > > - W.H. Murray I'm pretty much a newbie to usenet (again ;>) and, although I haven't said anything, I've been wondering why people leave *SO* much quoted text and make me have to scroll down for pages and pages before I get to a reply (well, one reason is, I'm learning, that not all newsreaders "thread" messages like mine does). [I also only recently learned what "top posting" is and why one shouldn't do it.] Now I think I understand about the quoting. Some of the things I've written have been snipped entirely, or snipped just enough to change the meaning of what I originally wrote, so I can see that quoting huge blocks of text is partly a courtesy and partly to give correct attributes. Because of this newfound revelation, I feel the need to comment here (even though I'll probably get flamed to a *crisp* for getting into the middle of this). This is the *entire* post that was being replied to here... Mary wrote: "Congratulations. How much Wellness are you feeding him? (And by the way, one pound a month for a cat is NOT slow weight loss. But I'm sure his vet has been supervising.) Tucker is a beautiful boy." Now, I've never had a cat with a weight problem, so I looked at this from the viewpoint of *MY* recent weight loss (over 100 pounds!!!). When someone said to me "one pound a week is NOT slow weight loss", it made me feel *GOOD* and I took it as a compliment and encouragement. Where *IN THE ENTIRETY* of the quoted text above is there "miserable crap"???? Megan, I have seen you post *dozens* of times that Mary "humps" (???) your posts, so, whatever that means, it may be why you reacted like this. But to me this looks like a pretty far stretch just to take the opportunity to tear into somebody and spew some pretty nasty venom (yes, I know, I've seen Mary do it to you too). Please don't bother to tell me all the horrible things Mary has done in the past. I am as reluctant to wade through that as I am to wade through what Mary may have to say about the horrible things you've done. Those of us who are newbies, or just new here, have in the past been chastised for posting "off topic", made fun of, patronized for posting "that's been done to death" threads, and diminished in many other ways. But how is any of that worse than all the petty in-fighting, name-calling, and other *OFF TOPIC* trash that the "old hands" throw around *CONSTANTLY*??!!! Talk about hypocrites! Take a look at your own posts Ms. Pot - yours, Ms. Kettle! No hugs for you! CatNipped
2005-04-08 19:35:03
"Mary"
> > >news:35ed51phl37m8drekdeipg7l0lsm8dv508@4ax.com... >> "-L." >> >> > I wonder if she berates >> >her cat and calls her cat "chubs", "fatty", etc.? Wouldn't surprise me >> >one bit, if she did. >> >> Ooh big deal. I use endearments like that for my overweight cat all >> the time. I'm sure his slimmer sibling calls him a 'big job' as well. >> >> -mhd > >Cat abuser! > I agree. Chubs is one thing but big job is going too far. -mhd
2005-04-08 16:39:41
CatNipped wrote: (...) > > Now I think I understand about the quoting. Some of the things I've > have been snipped entirely, or snipped just enough to change the > what I originally wrote, so I can see that quoting huge blocks of > partly a courtesy and partly to give correct attributes. Yes, but it's mostly just annoying, although Google does try to hide quoted text. (...) > > Where *IN THE ENTIRETY* of the quoted text above is there "miserable > crap"???? Sigh. IMO: Megan considers that Mary's post earlier in the thread represents 'miserable crap', specifically Megan believes that Mary's post was an attempt to attack the OP while superficially congratulating same. It is this 'miserable crap' (i.e., a backhanded compliment) that is being referred to. Whether the post was 'miserable crap' or not depends on whether one believes Mary's post was indeed intended with a read-between-the-lines undercurrent, or not. (...) > > Please don't bother to tell me all the horrible things Mary has done > past. I am as reluctant to wade through that as I am to wade through > Mary may have to say about the horrible things you've done. Like it or not, people have a 'history' here and that informs all posts made - true of all Usenet, basically. > > Those of us who are newbies, or just new here, have in the past been > chastised for posting "off topic", made fun of, patronized for > "that's been done to death" threads, and diminished in many other > how is any of that worse than all the petty in-fighting, > other *OFF TOPIC* trash that the "old hands" throw around If you see others wallowing in the shit, it doesn't mean you need to do so too. > > Talk about hypocrites! Take a look at your own posts Ms. Pot - > Kettle! Well yeah, but you're doing the same thing here, too! You'll fit in perfectly. S.
2005-04-08 19:46:50
news:n75e51h2ngb59argd82jghnvsg3qeh0m3o@4ax.com... > "Mary" > > > > > > >news:35ed51phl37m8drekdeipg7l0lsm8dv508@4ax.com... > >> "-L." > >> > >> > I wonder if she berates > >> >her cat and calls her cat "chubs", "fatty", etc.? Wouldn't surprise > >> >one bit, if she did. > >> > >> Ooh big deal. I use endearments like that for my overweight cat all > >> the time. I'm sure his slimmer sibling calls him a 'big job' as well. > >> > >> -mhd > > > >Cat abuser! > > > > I agree. Chubs is one thing but big job is going too far. > -mhd I call Buddha "AbundDANZA!" while making the appropriate Italian gestures. I'm sure they will be coming to confiscate her from this heinous abuse pretty soon.
2005-04-08 17:37:30
CatNipped wrote: > > I'm pretty much a newbie to usenet (again ;>) and, although I haven't > anything, I've been wondering why people leave *SO* much quoted text > make me have to scroll down for pages and pages before I get to a > (well, one reason is, I'm learning, that not all newsreaders "thread" > messages like mine does). [I also only recently learned what "top > is and why one shouldn't do it.] Not snipping is bad netiquette - you should leave only the relevant text. > > Now I think I understand about the quoting. Some of the things I've > have been snipped entirely, or snipped just enough to change the > what I originally wrote, so I can see that quoting huge blocks of > partly a courtesy and partly to give correct attributes. That's the only reason it should be done. > > Because of this newfound revelation, I feel the need to comment here > though I'll probably get flamed to a *crisp* for getting into the > this). This is the *entire* post that was being replied to here... > > Mary wrote: "Congratulations. How much Wellness are you feeding him? > by the way, one pound a month for a cat is NOT slow weight loss. But > sure his vet has been supervising.) Tucker is a beautiful boy." > > Now, I've never had a cat with a weight problem, so I looked at this > the viewpoint of *MY* recent weight loss (over 100 pounds!!!). When > said to me "one pound a week is NOT slow weight loss", it made me > *GOOD* and I took it as a compliment and encouragement. Hey - you aren't a cat. 1 lb a week could easily be 10% of his body weight. It all depends on the cat. > > Where *IN THE ENTIRETY* of the quoted text above is there "miserable > crap"???? I think Megan took it as another instance of the passive-agressiveness Mary exhibits on numerous occassions. She does it repeatedly on rpca, for example, because she can't be blatantly nasty there. > > Megan, I have seen you post *dozens* of times that Mary "humps" (???) > posts, so, whatever that means, Look at the heirarchy of posts in Google Groups. You will see that nearly any time Megan, Cheryl or I post *anything* Mary replies with vile filth, usually calling names or berating the poster. That's called "humping". It's stalking behavior. >it may be why you reacted like this. But to > me this looks like a pretty far stretch just to take the opportunity > into somebody and spew some pretty nasty venom (yes, I know, I've > do it to you too). Perhaps, but it isn't like Megan isn't a few cheap shots in the hole, if you know what I mean. -L.
2005-04-08 20:03:52
On Fri 08 Apr 2005 07:25:10p, CatNipped wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav (news:3boi7nF6jjm02U1@individual.net): > > news:21453-425695B1-854@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net... >> I'm changing the subject line because I refuse to bring this >> into what is and should remain a happy, positive thread. >> >> marys@catlover.com wrote: >> >> >And by the way, one pound a month for a >> >cat is NOT slow weight loss. >> >> Yes it is you ignorant waste of space. Your buddy Phil agrees >> and has said so hinself numerous times. >> > http://groups.google.ca/groups?ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&q=phil+weight+ > loss+pound+ month+cats >> >> Isn't it just like to you inject your miserable crap into what >> should be a congratulatory thread. Rene has done an outstanding >> job and your miserable failure at the same thing doesn't >> justify you raining on her parade. If you spent less time >> attacking everyone and spewing vile nonsense and more time to >> your cat instead of neglecting her to the point wher she is >> morbidly obese you could eventually be posting the same good >> news. And your claim it's a medical condition is BS, which is >> backed up by several of your postings that contradict your >> lies. You can never keep your stories straight. >> >> Megan >> >> >> >> "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good >> men to do nothing." >> >> -Edmund Burke >> >> Learn The TRUTH About Declawing >> http://www.stopdeclaw.com >> >> Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: >> http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 >> >> "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one >> elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas >> and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits >> oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events >> issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of >> unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which >> no man could have dreamt would have come his way." >> >> - W.H. Murray > > I'm pretty much a newbie to usenet (again ;>) and, although I > haven't said anything, I've been wondering why people leave *SO* > much quoted text and make me have to scroll down for pages and > pages before I get to a reply (well, one reason is, I'm > learning, that not all newsreaders "thread" messages like mine > does). [I also only recently learned what "top posting" is and > why one shouldn't do it.] > > Now I think I understand about the quoting. Some of the things > I've written have been snipped entirely, or snipped just enough > to change the meaning of what I originally wrote, so I can see > that quoting huge blocks of text is partly a courtesy and partly > to give correct attributes. > > Because of this newfound revelation, I feel the need to comment > here (even though I'll probably get flamed to a *crisp* for > getting into the middle of this). This is the *entire* post > that was being replied to here... > > Mary wrote: "Congratulations. How much Wellness are you feeding > him? (And by the way, one pound a month for a cat is NOT slow > weight loss. But I'm sure his vet has been supervising.) Tucker > is a beautiful boy." > > Now, I've never had a cat with a weight problem, so I looked at > this from the viewpoint of *MY* recent weight loss (over 100 > pounds!!!). When someone said to me "one pound a week is NOT > slow weight loss", it made me feel *GOOD* and I took it as a > compliment and encouragement. > > Where *IN THE ENTIRETY* of the quoted text above is there > "miserable crap"???? > > Megan, I have seen you post *dozens* of times that Mary "humps" > (???) your posts, so, whatever that means, it may be why you > reacted like this. But to me this looks like a pretty far > stretch just to take the opportunity to tear into somebody and > spew some pretty nasty venom (yes, I know, I've seen Mary do it > to you too). > > Please don't bother to tell me all the horrible things Mary has > done in the past. I am as reluctant to wade through that as I > am to wade through what Mary may have to say about the horrible > things you've done. > > Those of us who are newbies, or just new here, have in the past > been chastised for posting "off topic", made fun of, patronized > for posting "that's been done to death" threads, and diminished > in many other ways. But how is any of that worse than all the > petty in-fighting, name-calling, and other *OFF TOPIC* trash > that the "old hands" throw around *CONSTANTLY*??!!! > > Talk about hypocrites! Take a look at your own posts Ms. Pot - > yours, Ms. Kettle! > Waiting anxiously for your next "apology" thread. ;) > No hugs for you! > Now, that cracked me up. Reminded me of Seinfeld and the Soup Nazi. NEXT!! heheheh > CatNipped > > > One comment: Snipping is considered Usenet etiquette and even if many don't practice it, there is nothing "creative" about it when just a sentance is left that one is replying to. Its assumed that you've read the posts prior to it and know what has already been discussed. If you don't know, you're supposed to go back yourself and find out. That's one thing that drives me crazy about this group. Having to scroll down several irrelevant paragraphs to find a reply. What's worse is to find that the only reply is "me too!" or "I don't know but maybe someone else will chime in". -- Cheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields
2005-04-08 21:11:16
"Cheryl" news:Xns9632D64CEB860shads@216.196.97.136... > On Fri 08 Apr 2005 07:25:10p, CatNipped wrote in > rec.pets.cats.health+behav (news:3boi7nF6jjm02U1@individual.net): > > No hugs for you! > > > Now, that cracked me up. Same here. ;-) > Reminded me of Seinfeld and the Soup Nazi. > NEXT!! heheheh Heh - yes, you're right! Cathy |
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