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On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 05:55:38 -0400
"Trapper"  wrote:

>   To: Gamgee
>   Re: Re: Installation Fails
>   By: Gamgee to Trapper on Wed Apr 26 2023 08:14 am
> 
>  > -=> Trapper wrote to Gamgee <=-
>  >
>  >  Tr>   Re: Re: Installation Fails
>  >  Tr>   By: Gamgee to Trapper on Tue Apr 25 2023 10:33 am
>  >
>  >  Tr> You asked me to quote some of the message I am responding to
>  >  Tr> because it is hard to follow the conversation. Sure, I can do
>  >  Tr> that.
>  >
>  > But.... you didn't here.  I guess you mean on your next reply.  :-)
>  >
>  >  Tr> I didn't realize some of the conversation goes away because
>  >  Tr> I was hitting CTRL A to respond. I just assumed the entire
>  >  Tr> conversation was there I guess.
>  >
>  > Ahhh, if you're hitting Ctrl-A to *select* the previous message's
>  > text, you then have to hit Ctrl-M to *paste* it into your reply,
>  > and then you'll be able to type stuff below it.
>  >
>  >  Tr> From now On I will do that.
>  >
>  > That would be good, and appreciated by everyone.  Thanks.
>  >
>  >
>  > ... All the easy problems have been solved.
> 
> Thanks for the tip, it's been a very long time since i engauged in
> conversations on here. It's been 25 years or so and I don't remember
> coping and pasting. I tried it here, I hoped it worked.

These days some use the word, 'copypasta' to save syllables.

25 years is a long time to drop off the wire. I vaguely remember
computers at the library linked up to gopher, WAIS, and BBS.

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