From: geoff@geoffwood.org   
      
   On 8/07/2024 10:27 pm, Chris Schram wrote:   
   > On Mon, 8 Jul 2024 22:09:33 +1200, Geoff wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 8/07/2024 9:37 pm, pamina58 wrote:   
   >>> It was December 9 in the UK when John Lennon was killed...   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> It was Dec 10th where I am in the world. So how does that work ?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> geoff   
   >   
   > Is there some perverted "feature" of novabbs that does not allow its users   
   > to briefly "quote" the portion of a post to which they are responding, or   
   > haven't the few users of that platform figured out how to use it yet?   
   >   
   > Some of us who use proper Usenet clients would like to be able to follow   
   > the thread of discussions.   
   >   
      
   Dunno about novaBBS, but most real USENET clients will let you see whole   
   threads even when read and/or subsequently hidden (unless previously   
   actually deleted from the client).   
      
   But if you can't follow the gist of those two lines that are quoted   
   after pamina58 trimmed  out the excess ....   
      
   geoff   
      
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