From time to time, I post a few words of (hopefully) helpful advice for
the benefit of newcomers to this group. And it looks as though it's high
time I repeated them. Especially the Golden Rule of all newsgroups:

Do Not Feed The Trolls

But how shall we know which are the trolls? I hear you musing.

Well, if it looks like a troll, talks like a troll and generates
anything more than nine tenths abuse to one tenth informative fact.....
You get the idea. Life's too short to keep reacting to people who would
feel much more at home in the alt.* newsgroups.

Anyway, I need to boost my own information quotient, so here goes:

If you've recently joined our merry band on uk.railway, Welcome!
I hope you will enjoy reading and posting here.

Just as on the real railway, we have a few rules and regs on our virtual
one, and it makes life easier all round if we all know what they are:

1) Our Charter is at
<http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.railway.html#uk.railway>

2) Our FAQ is uaually at <http://www.ukrailwayfaq.co.uk/> and also
<http://www.network-southeast.co.uk/faq>

3) General advice on newsgroups is at
<http://www.dickalba.demon.co.uk/usenet/guide/intro.html> and
<http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html>

4) And to paraphrase the homely advice that my aunty used to have on her
mantlepiece:

It is better to revert to lurking and be thought a fool than to waste
bandwidth trying to argue with someone who gets their kicks from
disagreeing with anyone and everyone.

Tick, tock!
-- 
Joyce Whitchurch, Stalybridge, UK
=================================
Do something amazing. Give blood.
<http://www.blood.co.uk/>

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:55:34 +0000 (UTC), Joyce Whitchurch wrote:


> 4) And to paraphrase the homely advice that my aunty used to have on her
> mantlepiece:
> 
> It is better to revert to lurking and be thought a fool than to waste
> bandwidth trying to argue with someone who gets their kicks from
> disagreeing with anyone and everyone.


Just curious - what was it before you paraphrased it?
-- 
http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9632862.html
(33 061 at Shrewsbury, Aug 1982)

> Joyce Whutchurch wrote:
>> It is better to revert to lurking and be thought a fool than to waste
>> bandwidth trying to argue with someone who gets their kicks from
>> disagreeing with anyone and everyone.
>

Chris Tolley wrote:

>Just curious - what was it before you paraphrased it?


"'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and
remove all doubt."; it may, or may not, have been said by one of
Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain or Benjamin Franklin.

-- 
Neil Sunderland
Braunton, Devon

Please observe the Reply-To address

Neil Sunderland  wrote in 
news:6iktd1dnibn38rdeq3c94h7ae7aj66idda@4ax.com:


>>Just curious - what was it before you paraphrased it?
> 
> "'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and
> remove all doubt."; it may, or may not, have been said by one of
> Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain or Benjamin Franklin.


"Don't waste time arguing with anyone named after a fast-food 
establishment." Said by none of the above, but just as valid.

Rick.

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:43:18 GMT, Neil Sunderland wrote:

>> Joyce Whutchurch wrote:
>>> It is better to revert to lurking and be thought a fool than to waste
>>> bandwidth trying to argue with someone who gets their kicks from
>>> disagreeing with anyone and everyone.
>>
> Chris Tolley wrote:
>>Just curious - what was it before you paraphrased it?
> 
> "'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and
> remove all doubt."; it may, or may not, have been said by one of
> Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain or Benjamin Franklin.


Ta.
-- 
http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/ps13624326.html
(Polish trains (PKP) (including some steam!))

Rick Hughes wrote:

> Neil Sunderland  wrote in
> news:6iktd1dnibn38rdeq3c94h7ae7aj66idda@4ax.com:
>
> >>Just curious - what was it before you paraphrased it?
> >
> > "'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and
> > remove all doubt."; it may, or may not, have been said by one of
> > Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain or Benjamin Franklin.
>
> "Don't waste time arguing with anyone named after a fast-food
> establishment." Said by none of the above, but just as valid.
>


So never argue with a Wimpy then, and as for the Burger King clan
well....

-- 
Malc

In news:6iktd1dnibn38rdeq3c94h7ae7aj66idda@4ax.com,
Neil Sunderland  typed:


> "'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and
> remove all doubt."; it may, or may not, have been said by one of
> Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain or Benjamin Franklin.


Perhaps two of the above were just quoting the third (or second, or first).




-- 
Bob

"Neil Sunderland"  wrote in message
news:6iktd1dnibn38rdeq3c94h7ae7aj66idda@4ax.com...

>
> "'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and
> remove all doubt."; it may, or may not, have been said by one of
> Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain or Benjamin Franklin.


A favourite quotation of the late Denis Thatcher.