On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 08:50:09 -0800 (PST), Martha
> wrote:

>
>> i also find it amusing that those who complain of non-cooking discussions
>> are almost invariably guilty of making OT posts themselves. *and the 'i've
>> been posting here since 19xx' people sound like grampa simpson.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake-
>
>Hmmm...I don't know if your comment was meant to include my original
>post about RFC, Blake, but I feel the need to clarify what I asked
>about.
>
>First of all, I had a heck of a time finding RFC - didn't know it was
>a part of Google now. That was the beginning of my consternation.
>
>But, once I did find it, I had to wade through three pages of utter
>nonsense posts, and idiotic ads, et cetera, to find anything I
>recognized as the least bit RFC-like. I felt like I had walked into a
>room of chaos of the Nth magnitude.
>
<snip>
>
>Not tsk-tsking or shaking a finger at what's happening - just
>expressing my dismay and confusion at what I found. Maybe it's more
>to the point to say what I didn't find.
>
>Nothing stays the same...life (and RFC) goes on...and other, similar,
>quasi-philosophical cliches. I'm jiggy with that, as my grandson
>says, every now and then.
>
I've found the absolute *worst* way to read rfc is via google. For
me, the difference is so great between reading it with my news reader
and reading it with google - it's like reading two completely
different ngs.



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