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Date:         Sun, 20 May 2012 13:57:18 -0700
Reply-To:     "Nemo, the Bus Captain" <nemobuscaptain@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Nemo, the Bus Captain" <nemobuscaptain@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Okay, now THIS is embarrassing!
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>>OK, off the top, I'm out of line here... Tails, TAILS, PLEASE TRIM YOUR TAILS!

No, you aren't out of line. It's ridiculous that the mods have to repeat this endlessly to the same offenders. I'll add that stuff like the following makes this list, particularly the digests, almost unreadable. If you wonder why this list is dying while others are thriving, it's stuff like endless tails (3 or 4 pages long sometimes) and stuff like this:

<div style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 24px"><DIV><FO= NT size=3D2 face=3DTahoma>Hey, I got alot of work done other than&nbsp;the = engine (like&nbsp;epoxy paint on the bottom) for that $$$.</FONT>&nbsp;</DI= V><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 5px 0px; BORDER-T= OP: #bcbcbc 1px solid"></DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000= 000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">On 05/18/12, <SPAN>David Beierl&lt;dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.= NET&gt;</SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ari= al; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">At 10:08 AM 5/18/2012, <A class=3Dpars= edEmail href=3D"mailto:ddbjorkman@verizon.net" target=3D_blank>ddbjorkman@v= erizon.net</A> wrote:<BR>&gt;Hey dmod, no hard time. I trimmed off the 10kb= of posts below my<BR>&gt;original post!<BR><BR>Well in that case I call mo= derator entrapment with he was looking at<BR>me funny mom sauce on top! &lt= ;flounce, flounce&gt; Oh yeah, and<BR>Nazis. So there. :-p<BR><BR>I'm still= reeling over the $20k...<BR><BR>;-)<BR>d<BR></DIV></div>


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