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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread starting a new thread #8284 10/16/2000 5:35 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass maverick> Is it possible to automatically start a 'New Thread'... I agree that we could do a lot better in this regard. I recall feeling a certain level of... disapproval when I answered one aside by starting a new thread -- folks seemed put off by the lack of contextual discontinuity. <grin> Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: starting a new thread #8285 10/17/2000 3:00 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Presumably, if a new thread started automatically, there would be links between them, so it wouldn't be too bad. Personally, I enjoy the lengthy parentheses that seem to occur - even when they stop being parenthesis and become a totally different subject. It is so exactly like conversation - especially after a few glasses of Chilean Shiraz. Does it really matter if we stray off topic? and rehash old topics? Rehashed topics don't always cover the same ground, and will quite often lead on to fresh fields, etc., etc.. ( Look at that!! five punctuation marks for six letters that aren't initials!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: starting a new thread #8286 10/17/2000 3:15 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >...and will quite often lead on to fresh fields, etc., etc.. ( Look at that!! five punctuation marks for six letters that aren't initials!) had you chosen to end your sentence with an ellipsis, you could have had eight(8)!! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: starting a new thread #8287 10/18/2000 7:24 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland >..don't always cover the same ground, and will quite often lead on to fresh fields< There we are, back to agriculture (See the thread To "Make Hay" of May 12th, 2000). The possibility of adding links between threads would be a good idea, I think. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: starting a new thread #8288 10/18/2000 10:18 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky (See the thread To "Make Hay" of May 12th, 2000 Hey! I remember that like it was yesterhay! Can't believe it was half a year ago. Links between threads would be cool. Then we could all jump around like grasshoppers (in a field of hay). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: starting a new thread #8289 10/18/2000 12:46 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 jump around like grasshoppers or groove like skiers between moghuls, fish between traffic islands... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: starting a new thread #8290 10/20/2000 8:38 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England or groove like skiers between moghuls, fish between traffic islands... Arf! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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