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Well, G'day.

I think ninak makes a good point, but I'd like to make a point for keeping it as it is.

It's important to be an integral part of a conversation that you enter. To be this, you need to be aware of what has already been said. When you read the thread, beginning to end, it's just like you were there from the start of the conversation.

I always find it disappointing when someone has obviously just jumped in on the tail end of a conversation, perhaps having read the first post, but ignoring everybody else involved in the conversation and what they've said. But it does appear that they expect to be heard, them self.

This action becomes obvious, of course, when the poster is so obviously oblivious to what is between them and the instigating post.

So, you see, I think a competent online conversationalist will be needing to start at the beginning and work through the conversation, before joining the conversation.

Regards,
Laurie.

Just for the record, if I could see what everyone wrote throughout the entire thread, my books...errr, responses could be more detailed?!

Seriously, I do have short-term memory problems (senior moments before becoming a senior), so I've taken to copying and pasting all comments I want to respond to into my word processing program, so I can respond to each. (Also helps with the typos!) I'm thinking that's a lot easier then finding a script and then installing it to work properly for this whole forum. But, then again, this is from someone who still has to re-read the directions, each time, to do something as simple as sticking a BB Code link into this forum.

BTW, Nic, assuming you read all these comments in this particular folder, there are now, at least, two openly teddy bear crazy people on here, and I'm sure many more closet arctophiles. I love the added emoticons! When ya adding a teddy bear or two? Much more important then a monkey!