On Fri, 4 Sep 2009 23:42:05 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> Steve wrote:
>
>> You start quoting "StuForU", Katz, and "mates", and starting new
>> thbreads with Shelly's name in the Subject: and I think maybe it';s
>> time for a break.
>
> Changing the subject line is the *right* thing to do when the topic drifts!
> This way people know what the topic of the post actually *is* rather than
> what it no longer is. Makes it easier to avoid reading crap you don't want
> to read.

But if you hadn't changed the subject it would have remained a
thread I would have never read to begin with, no matter what it is
or was.

And even if I was ornery tonight

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