The other side reminds me of listening too Mister Cheez Buga complaining how
he became addicted to illegal street painkillers used to dull the ache of
illegal street diet pills so he wouldn't have to listen to conservative
groupies complaining about giving handjobs to fat guys whose arbitrary
relative moral compass avoided the shoals of masturbation but landed on the
rocks of addiction and recovery. James Joyce would probably give me a
copyright for that. Anyway there is a difference between threading and
archiving. Threading is for arguments and archiving for reference. Google
does both and nobody else. If one is lost the meaning is garbled for both
types of posts providing one is consistent in the use of each. As far as my
threads I don't need to rehash the posts of anybody else. The other
knowledgeable contributors follow suit. In all my years I've only had to
quote myself once to make a point. I think it is more earth shaking to
relate anecdotal evidence of no Indian teapots than discussing with
employees of a tea shoppe chain how many cups of tea you can get from an
expensive tea while their only corporate benefit is a coffee pot in the
back. In the future if you ever become confused on the origin of oxyidjut
you'll have to use Google because you cropped a top post reference which
necesitated it's use in the first place. I use to be one of those
tic-for-tac posting perves but after awhile realized it is an an obsession
of Bill O'Reilly wannabees. (If there was a Survivor series of such types
it would be about cannibalism.) Besides I have a passion for tea and I try
to express myself as such and let the ideas and insights fall where they may
but certainly not in a book without my permission. I will never bore you
with my travel itenary which doesn't include a visit to Chinatown looking
for tea and would be eternally greatfull to somebody for pointing out it
would be a waste of time if I did.

Jim
"Derek" > wrote in message
...
> It was open stage night in rec.food.drink.tea, when Space Cowboy
> stepped up to the microphone and muttered:
>
> > If you're having trouble following posts get a threaded
> > newsreader. If you're cheap like me Google is threaded so you
> > can catch up there.
>
> Wonderful logic. Especially given that I've watched my own posts
> not show up on my own newsserver and yet replies to them do. Funny
> how things can disappear from threads.
>
> (It also happens when people use "X-No-Archive" headers.)
>
> > Nothing worse than N levels of > in a thread.
>
> I can agree with that.
>
> > Anybody who edits ain't doing you a favor. In this
> > case the edit is for sound bites and not a substantive argument.
>
> No, in this "case" the edit was to put things in chronological
> order. Nothing was removed from what you wrote. And the fact that
> you disagree with my post doesn't not make my point insubstantive.
>
> > You know something like the bright idea of there is nothing new
> > under the sun retort. Wait that would be an oxyidjut. I
> > thought I'd save you a trip to VCBC looking for tea.
>
> I didn't go to BC searching for tea, genius. Nor did I have time
> while I was there to even consider visiting Chinatown.
>
> > It ain't
> > worth my time or the taxpayers money to have the local library
> > look it up on Nexus. One of the mantras in my posts is always
> > to give you insight into tea you won't find anywhere else.
>
> Over the years, I've noticed that you often write as if all of your
> "insights" are completely new and unique. I hate to break it to
> you, but they're not all new.
>
> > I'm
> > in an Indian store the other day stocking up on Indian masala
> > for my traditional holiday Chai Eggnog. Anyway the store was
> > empty and the owner was in a talkative mood explaining the
> > future expansion of his store. I told him I buy teapots from all
> > over the world and NEVER ONCE bought one from India. There are
> > Indian import stores galore and you would expect your choice of
> > teapots. Anyway he said teapots are an English craze. He said
> > Indians and Chinese as far as he knew brew and drink tea from
> > the same cup. They consider it an individual health drink and
> > not a social beverage for 'tea gossip'.
>
> No kidding. Oops. I'm sorry. I'm not supposed to have known this
> information before you posted it, am I?
>
> > Here is a case of
> > generalization expressed in words and now protected by
> > copyright. You are now required to quote me relating the
> > information gathered from the owner.
>
> Either that, or I can quote the response from the guy at my local
> teashop when I asked him the same question a few years back.
>
> > BTW 'OXYIDJUT' has never
> > been used in USENET and is the sole copyright of yours truly. I
> > think I've succeeded to the GOOGLE highest eschlon and slang
> > dictionaries by creating a first word use.
>
> If I ever do use it, I will be sure to cite the appropriate source.
> It is, at least, new.
>
> --
> Derek
>
> It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a
> warning to others.