Date:         Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:50:37 -0600
Reply-To:     miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Posting discipline / Bad habits; was: RE: Now Preventative
              Maintenance, Was Do U carry spare ECU?
Comments: To: Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@gmail.com>
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I don't understand the objective behind changing the subject ,
retitling, etc. Why not just make a new post?
Miguel

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
  - Thomas A. Edison



On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah I realize that cross-posts happen within minutes and seconds of each
> other; I'm talking about somebody (for instance) that reads his mail once or
> twice a day or even every hour or so and replies as he goes instead of
> reading the whole thread.
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Meeks [mailto:vanagon@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 5:57 PM
> To: Robert Fisher
> Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Subject: Re: Posting discipline / Bad habits; was: RE: Now Preventative
> Maintenance, Was Do U carry spare ECU?
>
> On 4/15/10, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@gmail.com> wrote:
>> A gentle nudge/suggestion here... lately I've tried to be sure and read a
>> thread to the end before replying (particularly since I've been out of
> town
>> lately a few times for several days each, at sometimes 900 emails a pop).
>> We've all seen the multiple replies with the same answers, or in this case
>> pointing out the same mistake. Scott says "I've been waiting to see if
>> someone is going to catch this."; it's been "caught" two if not three
> times
>> already (the first time almost immediately), so I don't know if he missed
> it
>> despite "looking for it" or if he hasn't read the whole thing through
>> despite "waiting" but there it is.
>> I think it was Jake that told me he could tell whether or not somebody was
>> using Gmail or not because of this very thing.
>>
>
> This just happened to me: When I started my reply to Neil no one had
> yet replied. I told him there should be no gap between the front
> tranny mount and frame.  I hit send and the thread pops back ( Gmail )
> up with 3 or so replies before mine telling him the same thing...
> just sayin'
>
> --
> John Meeks
> '91 Multivan
> Northern Michigan
>
> Vanagon Rescue Squad
> www.vanagonauts.com
>