I doubt very much that Shel has ever done it. That kind of nonsense isn't a Shel kind of thing. In general, it's been discouraged here in the seven years I've been around.. It's silly and annoying. paul On Aug 29, 2006, at 5:50 PM, Tom C wrote:
> Actually the practice of using an * has long been used here. I > will bet you > I can find some posts where Shel has done it himself. :-) > > I agree it is rather silly. > > > > Tom C. > > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or > numbered." > > > > > > > >> From: Douglas Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Stupid Pentax D-SLR Question >> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:09:36 -0700 (PDT) >> >> >> >> --- "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> What's the problem here? Why don't you spell out >>> Canon and Nikon? >> >> This is a carryover from the DPR forums and some other >> sites, where as a sort of joke people '*' out other >> camera companies' names as though they were >> obscenities. >> >> I always thought it was a little silly but actually >> have been taken to task for spelling out a name (!) so >> I figured it was prudent just not to do it. >> >> I see it is not frowned upon here so I will use real >> names from now on :-). >> >> New Doug >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
