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    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to JOE MACKEY on Thu Jan 7 09:25:00 2021
    Hello JOE!

    ** On Thursday 07.01.21 - 08:37, JOE MACKEY wrote to MIKE POWELL:

    I pointed this out to him and joked I was going to have to cite him.
    (I was still working in parking at the time). He joked back I had no authority on a city street. I replied I know have fiends in the city (police department). He said he knew people w

    You got cut off, again. What reader/editor are you using? Can't
    you use something else? I think there was a little chat about
    your options (or not) ..and that the problem seemed to be related
    to the max number of chars in a paragraph. In the above case,
    removing the quotes, the problem starts as soon as your paragraph
    exceeds 255 chars. That would drive me nuts as a writer!

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Fri Jan 8 06:20:04 2021
    Aug wrote --

    authority on a city street. I replied I know have fiends in the city (police department). He said he knew people w

    You got cut off, again.

    It was pretty much: he knew people who had authority over the city.
    We had a laugh and rode on to where we parted ways.

    What reader/editor are you using?

    The writer with Doc's Place.

    Can't you use something else?

    I tired several years ago to access Doc's with Thunderbird but for some
    long forgotten reason I couldn't.

    I think there was a little chat about your options (or not)

    That was with Nancy.
    It was agreed that I would keep my paragraphs short.
    I sometimes go over that limit. :)

    the problem starts as soon as your paragraph exceeds 255 chars. That would drive me nuts as a writer!

    Almost like using Twitter, Which I have never used nor care to be in
    that cesspool.
    Joe
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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to JOE MACKEY on Fri Jan 8 07:29:00 2021
    Hello JOE!

    ** On Friday 08.01.21 - 06:20, JOE MACKEY wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:

    What reader/editor are you using?

    The writer with Doc's Place.

    Can't you use something else?

    I tired several years ago to access Doc's with Thunderbird but for some long forgotten reason I couldn't.

    How 'bout another "place"?

    The editor at Palantir or Danger Bay are very nice. The bbses
    also have very nice area-listing management (scrollable in both
    directions - so that you don't have to start all over again when
    the area you want scrolled off the screen.)

    Then of course, if you are using QWK, that might be another
    story.


    the problem starts as soon as your paragraph exceeds 255
    chars. That would drive me nuts as a writer!

    Almost like using Twitter, Which I have never used nor
    care to be in that cesspool.

    Hehehh.. your 255 char limit *is* like that! Hahahahah!

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    ../|ug

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