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[Bottom-posting style improved]
Joke! DAS -- For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- "Neil" > wrote in message ... [...] > uhhh...I think the point was that in the US there is less variety in the > types of vehices used by the Police, than is the case in the UK. > > |
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Don't worry, I top post because it is absolutely stupid to have to scroll
down on EVERY reply past all that has been shown before, just to get to the response. KEEP TOP POSTING. We enlightened minority will soon "win" over those that are sheep led by convention! "Dori A Schmetterling" > wrote in message ... > Just for you, I'll do it this way, but don't expect me to 'bottom-post' in > general... > > See below. > > DAS > -- > For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling > --- > > "Grant" > wrote in message > ... >> "Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message >> >>> >>> Didn't Thames Valley Police pioneer this? >> >> Don't think so. They've been (100%?) Vauxhall for normal cars as long as >> I >> can remember. > > DAS: I meant for motorways. > >> >>> (Thames Valley is a region west of London.) >> >> Except the bit that's not. Or has someone moved Milton Keynes? > > DAS: I don't think the majority of the participants here (LA, Toronto and > a few other places in North America) want or need to know about the exact > demarcation of Thames Valley and the location of Milton Keynes...(and its > cow bushes)... :-) > >> >>> Curiously I don't recollect seeing Merc police cars in the UK. >> >> I've seen a ML on the motorway and www.ukpolicecars.co.uk (Google >> rocks...) >> suggests Hertfordshire fancied a go in a C and an E. >> >>> DAS >> >> Anyone ever asked you to not top post Dori? Try it, you'll like it.... >> >> > > |
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I absolutely agree but it does appear to depend on the newsreader and how
one views the messages. Through Google it is very different. And the other day I had a very peculiar experience. I found my posts to this (and another similar) NG all over the web in OTHER forums. And there it really can be a little incovenient to read top-posted msgs. However, sod it... DAS -- For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- "mjc" > wrote in message news > Don't worry, I top post because it is absolutely stupid to have to scroll > down on EVERY reply past all that has been shown before, just to get to > the response. KEEP TOP POSTING. We enlightened minority will soon "win" > over those that are sheep led by convention! > [...] |
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In article >,
Dori A Schmetterling > wrote: > And there it really can be a little incovenient to read top-posted msgs. Trouble is most top posters simply quote the entire post - or more likely the thread that they're commenting on - which is a pain in the wallet for those on a dial up connection. And also don't understand how a decent newsreader follows threading. My rule of thumb is to make sure my entire post is only one page at 800 x 600 which might involve some trimming and re-formatting. So no one has to scroll to follow it. -- *Modulation in all things * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 23:14:44 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
> wrote: >In article >, > Dori A Schmetterling > wrote: >> And there it really can be a little incovenient to read top-posted msgs. > >Trouble is most top posters simply quote the entire post - or more likely >the thread that they're commenting on - which is a pain in the wallet for >those on a dial up connection. And also don't understand how a decent >newsreader follows threading. Fact is for most people - even those on dial-up - the download time for text isn't a real issue. The real issue is just the one related to courtesy and effective communication skills. It's not like you'd write a letter to someone, and then staple the whole correspondence file onto the back of it, is it? Well, maybe some people would. It's customary in correspondence to introduce the a summary of the subject matter in order for the reader to know what the **** you're talking about. Of course, stapling the whole file to the back of the letter works as well, it just takes longer to read it all to figure out what the **** the **** is talking about. It's just another social skill. Not everyone has social skills. -- Dan Drake |
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> "Neil" > wrote in message > ... > [...] > > > uhhh...I think the point was that in the US there is less variety in the > > types of vehices used by the Police, than is the case in the UK. > > > > > > "Dori A Schmetterling" > wrote in message ... > [Bottom-posting style improved] > > Joke! > > DAS > -- > For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling > --- > such a [t]wit. |
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>> Curiously I don't recollect seeing Merc police cars in the UK. > > I've seen a ML on the motorway and www.ukpolicecars.co.uk (Google > rocks...) > suggests Hertfordshire fancied a go in a C and an E. Strathclyde have a fleet of marked Merc C280 Kompressor saloons doing Traffic police duties, most of which (if not all) have tiptronic type gearboxes. They also have a fleet of ML320 4X4's mainly doing motorway patrol work, and again, I believe all are autos. Additionally, they have a large number of marked 5er's (probably outnumbering the Merc's by 2/1) - almost all are 530's but in both Petrol and Diesel and both Manual and Tiptronic Automatic flavours (although the manual cars are being phased out and are disappearing fast). As far as I'm aware, the 2000 year model ('W' Plate) unmarked 528i's in use here have been replaced, one of which was definately replaced by a Skoda Superb...and apparently the Skoda's now doing a roaring trade, scalping speeders all across Ayrshire! Cheers BigBazza |
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LoL. As it happens I plan to spend a few days in Skoda-Land next week...
DAS -- For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- "BigBazza" > wrote in message news [...] > As far as I'm aware, the 2000 year model ('W' Plate) unmarked 528i's > in use here have been replaced, one of which was definately replaced > by a Skoda Superb...and apparently the Skoda's now doing a roaring > trade, scalping speeders all across Ayrshire! > > Cheers > > BigBazza > |
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"Dori A Schmetterling" > haute in die Tasten:
> LoL. As it happens I plan to spend a few days in Skoda-Land next > week... > Do you go there by car? If so I would recommend travelling the road from Bayerisch Eisenstein (Bavarian border) to Plzen (Pilsen - where the famous beer is made). And you should not come back without a crate of original Pilsener Urquell beer, which tastes different than the stuff you can buy elsewhere under that brand name. The advantage of that road is, that there is a bridge with only 3.40 m max. headroom, so big trucks cannot pass and do not use this road. Very nice also for convertibles in the summertime. Frank -- please replace spam-muelleimer with fk-newsgroups for e-mail contact Citroen - Made in Trance |
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