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   Richard Owlett to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: Automating an atypical search & repl   
   14 Jul 24 23:29:07   
   
   From: rowlett@access.net   
      
   On 07/14/2024 08:25 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 16:48:26 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:   
   >    
   >> On 07/14/2024 04:15 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 03:02:12 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Learning CSS is beyond my current goals.   
   >>>   
   >>> CSS is essentially an indispensable part of HTML at this point. If it   
   >>> saves you effort, why not use it?   
   >>>   
   >> At 80 I pursue what's interesting ;}   
   >> When I set personal goals for for the spec of my project I decided on   
   >> doing it in a small as possible sub-set of HTML 2.0 .   
   >    
   > To me, that’s like spending your weekends rebuilding a Morris Minor.   
   >    
      
   Though I've never seen one, if I were mechanically inclined and a ocean    
   away I could see that.   
   q.v. https://www.mmoc.org.uk/ says  "The MMOC exists to unite these    
   people who have a fondness of these loveable jellymoulds, and those    
   people who still use them as everyday transport."   
      
   There is even a doctoral thesis on knowledge for its own sake :}!   
   https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/d8-eme0-my23   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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