--- In [email protected], Martin Clark <ya...@...> wrote: > > > No, Brian. It is not the well-known Thread Drift phenomenonomen. This > was not a case of the conversation drifting onto a new topic. Other > people have complained before about new topics being started by replying > to other topics rather than starting a new thread. To those of us > reading with a program that threads the topics, such messages are lost > in the middle of the original thread and could go unnoticed by some, so > it is not in the poster's interest to do it unless they don't want > everyone to read their message. I don't want to read about blacking or > toilets or mooring auctions or batteries so I usually ignore such > topics. It was only by chance that I spotted the message. > > Thanks to those who mentioned BBC iplayer, but since sending my previous > post I had found the programme on iplayer and watched it. It was lucky > the programme was on BBC as other channels' watch online facilities are > nowhere near as good. I thought it was fairly interesting apart from the > dog racing. There were the inaccuracies that you would expect from this > type of programme. I was surprised to hear that there are "no boats" on > the Royal Canal and that all the canals join the Shannon at Athlone! > > The next programme will include a trip through Ardnacrusha Lock which > has featured in the conversation here a few times. > > Happy New Year to you all, by the way! > -- > Martin Clark
> And All the Best to you up there as well -Martin. Agreed about not reading toilet threads- there should be a ban on writing them as well (:-) No doubt that my comment will flush out those who cannot resist the subject only too quickly (:-( Pete
