"Edward M. Kennedy" <nospam@baconburger.com> wrote in message
news:d3jg85$umq$1@gargoyle.oit.duke.edu...
Expecting USENET to change to accommodate HTML, and also to accommodate
non-English characters in a text based newsgroup, is the sign of a moron.
S/h/it is no closer to right than Karl Marx.

"Gregor" <Gregorio.NC@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Indeed. Arguing that you are right to post something other than text in a
non-binary newsgroup is the second sign of being a jackass.

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:26:15 -0400 in <YCc7e.2648$tW5.200@fe09.lga> Mark Probert <Mark> wrote:
Sorry, the infrastructure for USENET to handle HTML and non-US character
sets is already in place.
NNTP went 8 bit clean a couple years ago.
MIME has been in place for a while.
MIME headers to flag something as HTML or Unicode is here and works.

While either can make for a completely unreadable post, neither should
cause a properly written NNTP client to crash.
(Okay, with the exception of the piece of javascript I slipped
into a USENET post about 10 years ago that caused Ted to turn off
his machine when Netscape started opening windows like mad.
I still consider this to be user error :-).

That said, griping to the poster directly instead of
doing your cross post bliterhing would be more effective.
Kindly take triangle.general out of your list of newsgroups.
I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone here actually gives a damn.

--
Chris Dukes
Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:29:40 -0400, "Mark Probert" <Mark
Probert@lumbercartel.com> wrote:

Look, you fucking idiot.

If your newsreader can't handle **ANYTHING** that it finds in
a Usenet post without 'crashing your system', it is A BROKEN PIECE OF
SHIT.

For you to argue any other issue proves that you're a complete
anal-retentive moron.

Deal with it, asshole.

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Thank you for providing further proof of my correctness.

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:19:54 +0000, Penny Morgan wrote:

I've heard that pine pollen doesn't really cause allergic reactions in typical people.

In sci.med Strom - Boli <turnover@pie.pizza.it> wrote:
: On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:19:54 +0000, Penny Morgan wrote:

: > What you're experiencing is a spring ritual of pine pollen - yellow dust
: > that covers everything and floats through the air. It usually lasts for a
: > couple of weeks and the rain should also help it along by washing it out of
: > the trees. I have also tried Claritin, Zyrtec, and Allegra (with minimal
: > results). I have found that a nasal spray every couple of days helps
: > tremendously. I got a prescription from my doctor (you can also get one
: > from an Urgent Care facility) for Nasonex. There are lots of different
: > brands that probably work just as well. You could try Afrin first (get it
: > in the grocery store). For the swollen membranes I also take Advil to
: > reduce the swelling and sinus headache. Just make sure that the other
: > medicine doesn't contain a pain reliever. Good luck.
: >
: >

: I've heard that pine pollen doesn't really cause allergic reactions in typical people.



It's tree pollen time.

In North America it is not Pine pollen (e.g. coniferous trees -- those
with needles/cones), but rather the -=deciduous tree blossoms=-, as I
understand it.

A close family member has this allergy. So we've been thru the testing and
Allergy education for it.



Cheers,

Emma