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Hey, I didn't mean to imply that I don't understand, Adrian. In fact I do, especially where obvious laziness is involved. "Some" individuals are simply too lazy to piecemeal their quoting. Properly done, piecemeal quoting quite often _shortens_ the amount of overall text. Piecemeal can simply be one sentence or phrase that cue's the memory of readers, or several quotes tiered into the text body as appropriate. We all know, do we not, that simple cut and pasting of the entire message being replied too is significantly easier and often quicker than carefully selecting the appropriate parts. Selecting appropriate phrases requires additional mental activity on the part of the writer. Hang in there, my friend. —GeM PS: You know, we have a lot of whiners here on CompuServe. Most of them are concerned with anything that pads their bills. Hey, I understand even though I can easily afford any amount of CIS'ing, but some of 'em pad the bills of others via their whining. Heck, they often whine about sign-offs, humor, and even, <shameface>, post scripts.