Can we pls keep on topic within a thread?
I'm up for reading about JP's EDL experiment and Suspension recalls but dont want that intertwined with newsgroup etiquette.
Meanwhile trying to find out what's wrong with top-posting...
Personally I remove all reply references by default so that only my message shows. I use Mozilla Thunderbird and set newsgroup to View Threads With Unread Only. That way I guess 90+% of server space is not duplication (if its stored that way...?), i can refer to the original thread and can flick through the replies without searching top or bottom or inbetween for the new bits.
That i find convenient, not sure if that's what some people are referring to as lazy.
If missing out the reply references is difficult for the way others read my posts I'll add them back in.