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Lately, I've been seeing them quite often.

I'm not against them. If some care to write windy posts, no problem, but when I see them I just pass them by.

(Brevity might make a reader of me...)

Am I the only one...?

I don't read the multi-paragraphs.

It has to really be something of interest, else I just pass on by.

Same. I tend to read more of them on here than I do on other sites though.

Zee:

So I guess you prefer to read a post which is one ginormous paragraph?

Not me - I'm a fan of some white space every few lines. I generally read most
everything on here.

The bee in my bonnet is when someone starts a thread with an ambiguous one-word
"Subject" like "Oops" so you have no idea what the heck's in there.

When a thread is started, the OP should use all or most of the "Subject" line so that
the rest of us will know if we are interested or not.

I'm just sayin....

SIA

For me it depends on the subject matter. I tend to read the first 10 or 12 lines. If it's a rant or a bashing of some kind I'll pass it up.

If it's something that interests me(like Andy's post of the war veteran in Hawaii and his letter to the President) I'll read it very carefully.

We on the Mod crew have to read them all. No matter how well written or how boring.

Nope! I won't read anything over 20-25 lines.

longtooth wrote:We on the Mod crew have to read them all. No matter how well written or how boring.

You, the members of the Mod Squad, have my sympathy. I think that most of my posts are short and well written. I hope they are not boring.

In general, I do not read long posts. I will not read posts that do not have proper sentence and paragraph structure. I do not read posts that ramble and contain irrelavent information.

If a person can not spend the time to organize their thoughts into a concise coherent message, I can not spend my time to read their post.

White space makes reading soooo much easier .
Here's a perfect example as written by koolaid :


Re: What would be the best way to carry for a slim guy?

Postby koolaid » Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:26 pm

I am 6'1 and about 180lbs and am in the same situation as you...trying
to figure out a decent way to carry while I'm waiting for my application
to go through.

I got my MTAC in the mail the other day and was not having much luck.
Eventually after a lot of fiddling, I found out a few simple things that
helped immensely.

If you have broad shoulders, you can probably get away with 3:00
carry. If not, you need to move your gun back to around 4:30 or it is
going to look like you have a huge growth on your hip. Stand up straight
and look at how your shirt drapes. You want the grip of your gun to be
in the area of your shirt that isn't touching your body.

I also had an issue because I have long legs and tend to wear my pants
down a little bit from my natural waist. This pushed the butt of the gun
out instead of pulling it in towards my body. Hitch your pants up if you
don't already so that the grip is angling inwards.

The last thing that helped is configuring the MTAC to have a fairly
extreme foward cant. This will help with getting a grip on the gun when
it is further back on your belt, and will also keep the grip in a more
vertical position which will hide better on a slim frame.

I'm a complete noob, so grain of salt to my advice, but it seemed to
help a lot for me. (MTAC + Sig P239)

WildBill wrote:

I will not read posts that do not have proper sentence and paragraph structure.

I'd add proper spelling to the quote above.

Keep 'em short and sweet. Check spelling and grammar.

Oldgringo wrote:

WildBill wrote:

I will not read posts that do not have proper sentence and paragraph structure.

I'd add proper spelling to the quote above.

I am sure that Old Gringo is very familar with the book "How to Red and Spel Gud."

longtooth wrote:We on the Mod crew have to read them all. No matter how well written or how boring.

Some of us are more conscientious about that than others.

You go, LT!

SIA is right on the money with:

"The bee in my bonnet is when someone starts a thread with an ambiguous one-word "Subject" like "Oops" so you have no idea what the heck's in there"