Re: Normal politeness

[Quoted] "We ?", The royal one ?
[Quoted] How many "big" people do you know personally here ?

Thought so...

"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message news:98i57i$48a$1_at_soap.pipex.net...
> No-one dictates the rules for these groups. However we tend to work on the
> assumption that contributors are familiar with normal social etiquette. As
> Nuno pointed out your original curt goodbye to Howard fell short of that.
>
> On the other hand I'm probably just whistling in the wind, since
 observation
> over the years suggests that those who use 'amusing' aliases invariably
> contribute less constructively than people who are big enough to be known
> personally.
>
>
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK
> "Mustapha Nuvvercrap" <hashman_at_bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:gTZq6.13798$0N3.85110_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > Language please, do you dictate the rules for this group then ?
> > I didn't think so...
> >
> > "Nuno Souto" <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam> wrote in message
> > news:3aac61d8.1132414_at_news-server...
> > > On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 00:25:10 GMT, "Mustapha Nuvvercrap"
> > > <hashman_at_bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> > >
> > > >Why not ?
> > > >
> > >
> > > If you have something useful to contribute, then do so. If not, STFU.
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Nuno Souto
> > > nsouto_at_bigpond.net.au.nospam
> > > http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Mon Mar 12 2001 - 11:20:55 CET