BEWARE ALL!    DANGER ALERT!    IT'S A ROADTREK TROLL MASQUERADING AS
A REGULAR RVER.  RUN,  HIDE.....SEQUESTER THE CHILDREN,  THE EVIL
PESTILENCE OF THE ROADTREK TROLL IS UPON US!
AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH...............

He's not a newbie.  He's been around here and R.O.R.T. for a while
now.  He's also been around long enough to know that these groups
prefer bottom posting.

Because some of us prefer using stand-alone classic newsreaders which
are fast, efficient, dedicated, threaded agents designed specifically
for Usenet.  They operate offline, online, and can be configured in a
multitude of ways.  They can dance circles around a web-based reader.

Usenet predates HTML.  It predates browsers.  It predates MicroSoft
Internet Explorer, Thunderbird, and anything named MicroSoft Mail or
similar.  Historically it has been text only and that's the way most
experienced Usenet users want it to remain.  

If you want to post using HTML, go find a blog, or a web forum.  It's
not so much a matter of "capable" as that HTML just isn't needed for
newsgroup discussions.  There's a place for both.  If you can't see
the difference, I'm at a loss to explain.    

I see where miles <nope@nopers.com> contributed:

It's not the newsreaders - mine can easily handle it. I just don't
want to.  USENET is a text-based medium, and has been for a LONG time.
Morons like Mikey just refuse to get with the program.

Will Sill
The Curmudgeon of Sill Hill

Mine is HTML compatible and I still hate it when people post
anything other than plain text. There is a time and place for
most anything, but this isn't the place for HTML.

Join the coalition to promote HTML-free email.

Because Usenet is a text medium.   Most folks don't care for html.  It
only increases the overhead and the size of the message and doesn't
add anything to the message.

Tom, in my attempt to figure out what you just said, I suspect your
newsreader displays each post in a separate box with no attention paid
to the outline or threading history of the topic.

With apologies to everyone else in this group, and just for the HTML
generation, this is what mikeyhsd's post looks like to a text based
"real" newsreader:

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This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

doubt the truth of your post. as I have seen many that need to apply
generous amount of vaseline to get behind steering wheel.

maybe you need to go to sleep and wake up in the real world.



mikeyhsd@comcast.net



 "Atomik Harmonik" wrote in message
news:jmac63t2hf3s4dnsdp0cgam9e0tp21iqc4@4ax.com...
 RVers have been characterized as a subset of the ugly American. Fat,
 ignorant, redneck types driving ponderous vehicles that guzzle gas
at
 10 mpg or less. For the most part it is true but there is a class of
 RVer that stands head and shoulders above the rest.

 That RVer drives a Road Trek. Road Trek drivers tend to be
 unpretentious. They are of the upper income bracket, physically fit
 and mentally of the top 20 of the bell curve. Their vehicles are
 small, don't look like RVs and get mileage of about 17.5 mpg. In
fact,
 many RoadTrek drivers are somewhat patrician in their appearance.
The
 are retired physicists, economists, philosophers, and people of that
 type. The Roadies as I call them seem very content with life, they
 aren't after thrills or fun. They drive their own path, both RVing
and
 in life.

 Roadies don't go to Branson and gobble up the buffet. No, they are
 found on lesser travelled backroads and venture out for the unusual
or
 extraordinary. They'll climb mountains, shoot the rapids, go big
game
 hunting, sail solo across the Caribbean. That is why Roadies have
such
 excellent health. They aren't diabetic from eating too much and
aren't
 so fat that they stink because they can't reach their butt cleavage
to
 clean out the excrement.

 Roadies believe that more is less and in economy. That is why they
can
 afford such expensive vehicles for their size. They don't need or
want
 the big screen, the washer and dryer. They can live in tight
quarters
 because they aren't fat or offensive smelling. They don't chain
smoke
 and aren't ignorant in the ways of culture and science. Road Trek
 drivers are in a league far above your average RVer.

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>doubt the truth of your post. as I have
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that need to apply generous amount of vaseline to get behind steering
wheel.</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>maybe you need to go to sleep and wake up
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 <DIV>"Atomik Harmonik" wrote in message <A
 
href="news:jmac63t2hf3s4dnsdp0cgam9e0tp21iqc4@4ax.com">news:jmac63t2hf
3s4dnsdp0cgam9e0tp21iqc4@4ax.com</A>...</DIV>RVers
 have been characterized as a subset of the ugly American.
Fat,<BR>ignorant,
 redneck types driving ponderous vehicles that guzzle gas at<BR>10
mpg or less.
 For the most part it is true but there is a class of<BR>RVer that
stands head
 and shoulders above the rest.<BR><BR>That RVer drives a Road Trek.
Road Trek
 drivers tend to be<BR>unpretentious. They are of the upper income
bracket,
 physically fit<BR>and mentally of the top 20 of the bell curve.
Their vehicles
 are<BR>small, don't look like RVs and get mileage of about 17.5 mpg.
In
 fact,<BR>many RoadTrek drivers are somewhat patrician in their
appearance.
 The<BR>are retired physicists, economists, philosophers, and people
of
 that<BR>type. The Roadies as I call them seem very content with
life,
 they<BR>aren't after thrills or fun. They drive their own path, both
RVing
 and<BR>in life.<BR><BR>Roadies don't go to Branson and gobble up the
buffet.
 No, they are<BR>found on lesser travelled backroads and venture out
for the
 unusual or<BR>extraordinary. They'll climb mountains, shoot the
rapids, go big
 game<BR>hunting, sail solo across the Caribbean. That is why Roadies
have
 such<BR>excellent health. They aren't diabetic from eating too much
and
 aren't<BR>so fat that they stink because they can't reach their butt
cleavage
 to<BR>clean out the excrement. <BR><BR>Roadies believe that more is
less and
 in economy. That is why they can<BR>afford such expensive vehicles
for their
 size. They don't need or want<BR>the big screen, the washer and
dryer. They
 can live in tight quarters<BR>because they aren't fat or offensive
smelling.
 They don't chain smoke<BR>and aren't ignorant in the ways of culture
and
 science. Road Trek<BR>drivers are in a league far above your average

RVer.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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