[MD] A Suggestion for Horse

[Horse]

craigerb at comcast.net wrote:
> [Horse] 
>   
>> at the cinema watching a wonderful film 
>> that's unlikely to make it to the other side of the pond. 
>>     
> Tell us the name anyway. 
>   
The film was "Sex and Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll" - a biopic of Ian Dury.
Dunno if you know him or whether he made much of an impact in the U.S. - 
but he added a couple of well known phrases to the English language 
though and a lot of good music.
Best line in the film "I'm not here to be remembered, I'm here to be 
alive".
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> [Horse] 
>   
>> I like the archives and can't see why their presence should 
>> be a problem. 
>>     
> It's not the presence of the archives, but its volume that 
> decrease its value. 
>
>   
So what we need really is someone with severe OCD to go through them and 
cut out all the crap. Or a good way of searching and/or cataloguing 
what's in them rather than deleting them. Anyone got any good ideas?
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> [Horse] 
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>> What's your obsession with deleting stuff - it doesn't cost much to keep 
>> the whole lot. 
>>     
> Except for our research time. 
>   
Well I suppose deleting them would cut down on the research time - but 
that seems a bit drastic!
> [Craig, previously] 
> P. S. Is there any difference between "thread" & "subject"? 
>
> [Horse] 
>   
>>    Well, the spelling's different! :) 
>>     
> Which spelling is correct? 
>   
Sorry - I was in a bit of a bit flippant mood. Too much coffee - that's 
my excuse anyway!
The difference in the two is the way in which they're ordered. Thread 
tries to tie up and indent posts in date/time order with respect to the 
thread name, while subject is more of a flattened version of thread.

I've just spent the last half hour or so looking at the format of the 
expanded GZipped monthly archives (I lead such a fun-filled life!) and 
it would be possible to do a better job of ordering and collating the 
different posts. It'd take some doing though but the format it's stored 
in (mbox I think) could provide a means of properly displaying threads, 
subjects etc. properly.
> [ Horse] 
>   
>>  Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out 
>> and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"... Hunter S Thompson 
>>     
> Don't wear yours out too soon--we need you. 
>
>   
Fingers crossed eh? Could be a bit late for that now though!  :)

Horse

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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"... Hunter S Thompson