"sf" > wrote in message
...
> That's a pompous AND stupid reply.

Translation: you do not understand what I said so you call names.

>You aren't new to this
> thread, so you know who posted and what they said. You
> certainly didn't need the context of previous post quotes to
> reply to me.

But if I had been new I would have wanted the posts to be in order, not
reversed.

>
> IF you were new to the thread, you would be very welcome to
> scroll down and read the past quotes OR research the thread
> via Google.... so IF you care THAT much about context (which
> is something most people don't need to reply to most threads
> in a ng like rfc), you can read the text quoted below or
> Google the thread.
>

See http://www.pgacon.com/toporbottom.htm

Peter Aitken