I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all that's going on in the world, that people wouldn't do this:

<font color="#000000">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo</font> <font color="#000000"></font>
<font color="#000000">but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.</font>

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On 15 Feb 2025 at 22:02:58 GMT, "Spike" <aero.spike@mail.com> wrote:

Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all that's going
on in the world, that people wouldn't do this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo

but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.

Try <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo>

That's the item I referenced. Why was your newsreader adding all that markup?

--
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Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all that's going on in the world, that people wouldn't do this:

<font color="#000000">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo</font> <font color="#000000"></font>
<font color="#000000">but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.</font>

Try <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo>

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Spike

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On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 22:07:15 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:

On 15 Feb 2025 at 22:02:58 GMT, "Spike" <aero.spike@mail.com> wrote:

Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all
that's going on in the world, that people wouldn't do this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo

but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.

Try <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo>

That's the item I referenced. Why was your newsreader adding all that
markup?

It was in the raw message you posted.



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wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message.
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On Sat, 2/15/2025 5:07 PM, Tim Streater wrote:

On 15 Feb 2025 at 22:02:58 GMT, "Spike" <aero.spike@mail.com> wrote:

Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all that's going
on in the world, that people wouldn't do this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo

but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.

Try <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo>

That's the item I referenced. Why was your newsreader adding all that markup?

When you need to check what you've sent later, Howard has a copy ( http://al.howardknight.net/ )
The MID you enter, has to have the less-than and greater-than characters on the ends.

http://al.howardknight.net/?STYPE=msgid&MSGI=%3Cm1ce01Fos23U1%40mid.individual.net%3E

It looks like an excess of exuberance at the Clipboard. Some Clipboard magic.

Paul

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On 15 Feb 2025 at 23:39:22 GMT, "Bob Eager" <news0009@eager.cx> wrote:

On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 22:07:15 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:

On 15 Feb 2025 at 22:02:58 GMT, "Spike" <aero.spike@mail.com> wrote:

Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all
that's going on in the world, that people wouldn't do this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo

but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.

Try <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo>

That's the item I referenced. Why was your newsreader adding all that
markup?

It was in the raw message you posted.

I shall enquire about that.

--
HAL 9000: Dave. Put down those Windows disks. Dave. DAVE!

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On 16 Feb 2025 at 06:25:48 GMT, "Paul" <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Sat, 2/15/2025 5:07 PM, Tim Streater wrote:

On 15 Feb 2025 at 22:02:58 GMT, "Spike" <aero.spike@mail.com> wrote:

Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all that's going
on in the world, that people wouldn't do this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo

but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.

Try <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo>

That's the item I referenced. Why was your newsreader adding all that markup?

When you need to check what you've sent later, Howard has a copy ( http://al.howardknight.net/ )
The MID you enter, has to have the less-than and greater-than characters on the ends.

http://al.howardknight.net/?STYPE=msgid&MSGI=%3Cm1ce01Fos23U1%40mid.individual.net%3E

It looks like an excess of exuberance at the Clipboard. Some Clipboard magic.

Humph. All I did was copy the address from the Safari address bar. And concerning wrapping a URL in <>, I was under the impression that (a) most people don't, and that (b) it's only seriously advised when a URL is long enough that it's likely to wrap (which this one wasn't).

OK - looks like this needs scoping out on the Usenapp forum.

Anyway, this is a side-issue.

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Tim Streater wrote:

That's the item I referenced. Why was your newsreader adding all that markup?

It was yours that added the html trimmings ...

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Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

On 16 Feb 2025 at 06:25:48 GMT, "Paul" <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Sat, 2/15/2025 5:07 PM, Tim Streater wrote:

On 15 Feb 2025 at 22:02:58 GMT, "Spike" <aero.spike@mail.com> wrote:

Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all that's going
on in the world, that people wouldn't do this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo

but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.

Try <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo>

That's the item I referenced. Why was your newsreader adding all that markup?

When you need to check what you've sent later, Howard has a copy (
http://al.howardknight.net/ )
The MID you enter, has to have the less-than and greater-than characters on >> the ends.


http://al.howardknight.net/?STYPE=msgid&MSGI=%3Cm1ce01Fos23U1%40mid.individual.net%3E

It looks like an excess of exuberance at the Clipboard. Some Clipboard magic.

Humph. All I did was copy the address from the Safari address bar. And concerning wrapping a URL in <>, I was under the impression that (a) most people don't, and that (b) it's only seriously advised when a URL is long enough that it's likely to wrap (which this one wasn't).

With right and left angle brackets in place, a url that’s one character longer than the one you posted would have wrapped on my screen. Not
everyone uses a wide screen.

OK - looks like this needs scoping out on the Usenapp forum.

Anyway, this is a side-issue.

You raised it, we’re just helping to get it sorted.


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Spike

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Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> Wrote in message:r

I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all that's goingon in the world, that people wouldn't do this:<font color="#000000">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo</font><font color="#000000"></font><font color="#000000">

but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.</font>-- "... you must remember that if you're trying to propagate a creed of poverty, gentleness and tolerance, you need a very rich, powerful, authoritarian organisation to do it." - Vice-Pope Eric

I dunno. I have a grudging admiration for folk who always look for
the good in other people, no matter how much they're demonised by
other countries.

Foolish, probably. Laudable, definitely.

Tim

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On 16 Feb 2025 at 19:08:41 GMT, "tim+" <timdownieuk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> Wrote in message:

I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all that's going
on in the world, that people wouldn't do this:

<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo>

but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.

I dunno. I have a grudging admiration for folk who always look for
the good in other people, no matter how much they're demonised by
other countries.

Well, you're going to find good in the general populace, mostly. But when it's known that a given government has form for kidnapping foreign tourists for political reasons, you might imagine that avoiding the country that the goverment controls could be a wise policy.

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Tim

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On 15/02/2025 23:39, Bob Eager wrote:

On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 22:07:15 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:

On 15 Feb 2025 at 22:02:58 GMT, "Spike" <aero.spike@mail.com> wrote:

Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all
that's going on in the world, that people wouldn't do this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo

but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.

Try <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo>

That's the item I referenced. Why was your newsreader adding all that
markup?

It was in the raw message you posted.

I get it too with T'bird 115

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On 16 Feb 2025 19:20:04 GMT, Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

On 16 Feb 2025 at 19:08:41 GMT, "tim+" <timdownieuk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> Wrote in message:

I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all

that's going

on in the world, that people wouldn't do this:

<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo>

but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.

I dunno. I have a grudging admiration for folk who always look for
the good in other people, no matter how much they're demonised by
other countries.

Well, you're going to find good in the general populace, mostly. But

when it's

known that a given government has form for kidnapping foreign tourists

for

political reasons, you might imagine that avoiding the country that the >goverment controls could be a wise policy.

There is nothing worse than by force over running a country and
claiming it.
This is called genocide, but your lot are no different.

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Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all that's going on in the world, that people wouldn't do this:

<font color="#000000">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo</font> <font color="#000000"></font>
<font color="#000000">but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.</font>

I see that they have been charged with spying which as far as Iran goes
that was an inevitability. It just goes to show an education and
qualifications do not guarantee common sense. Getting them released is
going to cost and use up a lot of diplomatic time, there should be some
sort of pay back for putting yourself in harms way.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c743jle3vkno

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On 18 Feb 2025 at 13:10:52 GMT, "Tricky Dicky" <tricky.dicky@sky.com> wrote:

Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all that's going
on in the world, that people wouldn't do this:

<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo>

but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.</font>

I see that they have been charged with spying which as far as Iran goes
that was an inevitability. It just goes to show an education and qualifications do not guarantee common sense. Getting them released is
going to cost and use up a lot of diplomatic time, there should be some
sort of pay back for putting yourself in harms way.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c743jle3vkno

I rest my case.

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In message <vp20ss$1n7kt$1@dont-email.me>, Tricky Dicky
<tricky.dicky@sky.com> writes

Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

I dunno - it's beyond comprehension. You might imagine, with all that's going
on in the world, that people wouldn't do this:

<font color="#000000">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo</font>
<font color="#000000"></font>
<font color="#000000">but it seems that naivety knows no bounds.</font>

I see that they have been charged with spying which as far as Iran goes
that was an inevitability. It just goes to show an education and >qualifications do not guarantee common sense. Getting them released is
going to cost and use up a lot of diplomatic time, there should be some
sort of pay back for putting yourself in harms way.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c743jle3vkno

"they probably "thought they were going to be going on an adventure"."


Of course they might actually be real spies who got careless .

Brian
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