When it's not on discuss, where can I find it?

Linda G. wrote:

> When it's not on discuss, where can I find it?
>

We are always discussing cooking here. It is one of our favourite
passtimes How are you accessing this newsgroup?

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"Linda G." > wrote in message
...

> When it's not on discuss, where can I find it?

Hi there -- I haven't seen you post to rec.food.cooking before (admittedly,
I don't read even close to every post, but that's a completely different
matter ), but I notice you're posting from WebTV and may have fallen into
a rather common trap of not knowing where you've actually ended up. .

In my ongoing attempts to help WebTVers make a smooth transition to
Usenet -- which is not part of WebTV or MSN -- I'd like to provide you with
a few links to articles which will provide you with the tools to survive in
this new-to-you arena called Usenet (also occasionally referred to as "the
shark tank"). In an ideal world, WebTV would do this for you, but
apparently they can't be bothered. Pity, that. Anyway:

http://web.archive.org/web/200308022...com/webtv.html --
explaining the difference between Usenet and WebTV, and detailing how to
quote using your WebTV interface.
http://www.ibiblio.org/usenet-i/usenet-help.html -- Usenet
Help --comprehensive
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html -- How to quote correctly on
Usenet (how and why) -- also comprehensive

And you should know that spelling and grammar (including punctuation) count
on Usenet. You don't have to be perfect, but the onus is on *you* to
communicate clearly. Good luck.
-j

Linda G. > wrote:

> When it's not on discuss, where can I find it?

I'm assuming that "discuss" refers to one of the WebTV's alt.discuss.*
groups and that "Cooking" refers to rec.food.cooking, a Usenet newsgroup
(this one). To access it with WebTV, use groups.google at
<http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.cooking>.

Victor

"RoR" > wrote in message
...

> Jacqui, this is, by far, the nicest response I have ever
> seen to a WebTV user in all my usenet days, and they
> number quite a lot.
>
> I hope you don't mind if I borrow the idea and most
> of your text to use in other newsgroups.

Thank you. I'm a big fan of education versus attack and/or humiliation.
There's plenty of time to snark at people if and when they prove themselves
to be willfully stupid, although I find myself less and less willing to do
so -- exercising some self-restraint or, in lieu of self-restraint, a good
killfile can make Usenet a more pleasant place (must be getting soft in my
middle-age ).

Please feel free to use the text whenever and wherever you think it's
appropriate.
-j

In article >, RoR
> wrote:
(snippage)
> Jacqui, this is, by far, the nicest response I have ever seen to a
> WebTV user in all my usenet days, and they number quite a lot.

Hee-e-e-ey-y, *I'm* nice to the WebTV innocents, too.
(Your usenet days number a lot or the responses number a lot? "-)
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 9-26-05