Header-statistics for: Subject: (Re:/was: skipped) (_base_d on msgs with bodies between 01/07/2005 and 31/07/2005) soc.history.medieval         7057    100.00% (probe count)         595     8.43%   Best Combat Pistols         489     6.93%   So-Called Latin Pronunciation         380     5.38%   Why Do They Hate Us?         370     5.24%   Iraq, Saddam, 9/11 & The Democrats         370     5.24%   Humvees         307     4.35%   Donald Rumsfeld

Header-statistics for: Subject: (Re:/was: skipped) (_base_d on msgs with bodies between 01/07/2005 and 31/07/2005) [...] After removing some duplicates and remaining Re:'s, a total of c. 235 _title_s, with c. 50 possibly more or less Medieval or SHM related ones. And that are only the subject lines.

Header-statistics for: Subject: (Re:/was: skipped) (_base_d on msgs with bodies between 01/07/2005 and 31/07/2005) [...] After removing some duplicates and remaining Re:'s, a total of c. 235 _title_s, with c. 50 possibly more or less Medieval or SHM related ones. And that are only the subject lines. So? Solitaire got the point.  Others have not yet, I see.

 Others have not yet, I see. 50 Terror Groups Believed To Be In SHM Have They Ties To United States?

Header-statistics for: Subject: (Re:/was: skipped) (_base_d on msgs with bodies between 01/07/2005 and 31/07/2005) [...] After removing some duplicates and remaining Re:'s, a total of c. 235 _title_s, with c. 50 possibly more or less Medieval or SHM related ones. And that are only the subject lines. The moral of the story is NOT to respond to cross-posted threads.  Seriously. If one must, then either remove all other groups leaving only SHM, or leave all other groups (or as many as you wish) and remove SHM. That way off-topic posts are those created and continued only by locals.  History has shown that the number of such threads will never be zero, but it is often less than 50% of the total. Of course there is an individual here who takes material posted only to SHM and then crossposts it widely.  If one needs to engage in such a thread then refer to the paragraph above on removing groups from the headers.    

Header-statistics for: Subject: (Re:/was: skipped) (_base_d on msgs with bodies between 01/07/2005 and 31/07/2005) [...] After removing some duplicates and remaining Re:'s, a total of c. 235 _title_s, with c. 50 possibly more or less Medieval or SHM related ones. And that are only the subject lines. So? Thats's Why They Hate Them? Reasons for Insomnia? Solitaire got the point. Solitair is not alone. Good if you got the point too he is no longer solitaire. Cooperating with the inevitable is wise. Carping about it is weak.