Re: Newbie needs help with basics



On 17 Mar 2006 09:59:43 -0800, "hdjim69" <hdjim69@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Ahh ! we're breaking out the I into it's component parts. I see.
great, thank you !

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If you'd be so kind as to leave a little of the post you're replying
to in your reply, then we all could see to whom and to what you're
responding.


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http://groups.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12348&topic=250

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message,
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remove parts
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typing there.
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but won't have to re-read the entire article. And if your reply
appears on a site
before the original article does, they'll get the gist of what
you're talking about."


--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer
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