On 7/4/2014 4:57 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/4/2014 10:06 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-07-04 9:14 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>>
>>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> It sounded like that to me too. I had two suggestions for his problem.
>>>> I did not mean to imply that DavidW was drunk. Mostly I was making a
>>>> dig at folks that drink and post. I enjoy poking fun at drunks. They
>>>> deserve to be laughed at.
>>>
>>> How do you know they're drunk when they post? Maybe you're drunk when
>>> you read the posts so you think they're drunk. LOL
>>>
>>
>> Considering that he was a new poster with dumb question and the invalid
>> email address, I assumed it was a the product of summer break.
>>
> Lots of people have invalid email addresses. What, new posters aren't
> allowed? I didn't think the question was dumb. It was on topic and
> wasn't a request for "recipes from Europe".
>
> Jill

That's the way Usenet rolls these days. New posters are viewed with
suspicion. The lack of new blood is partly the reason for Usenet's
moribund state. Like I said, Americans are short-sighted. I don't
understand the part about the invalid email address either.