What's Penofin?

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[jbacke]

Do your own google search on this subject so it doesn't have to be repeated in a news group for the millionth time. There are countless web sites where you can spend hours reading about this.

Good grief

Jeff ____________________________________________ You won't notice the splinters in the ladder of success, unless you are sliding down.

[Michael Daly]

If you like doing things upside down, why not type backwards as well?

Most of us have learned to read English from left to right and top to bottom and consider top-to-bottom to be a logical sequence in time.

If there's so much text to skip, the problem isn't bottom posting, it's that the person posting is including too much text from the previous reply. I don't use a 24x80 screen anymore, so a reasonable message usually fits without scrolling.

Mike

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[todd]

So why do you quote the previous thread at all? You don't seem to be very consistent.

todd

[Michael Daly]

Not everyone obsessively follows every thread. Being able to follow a thread at any point is a useful feature. Since it's been done like this for years before top-posting became common, I don't see why it can't continue.

Mike

[Chris]

Apparently the answer is YES unless you want to suffer the consequences. I am thinking of adding it as my .SIG line.

-Chris

[John Thomas]

"Michael Daly" wrote in news:wXFbb.64605$ [e-mail]:

The real problem with top posting is that usenet is not concurrent.( or time synchronous, however you want to say it ...)

You may well see an answer before the question (that, in and of itself, is why top posting is evil). If you've top posted, it's excruciating to try and recreate the proper sequence of q first, then a.

OTOH, for email, top posting (or rather in that case, top replying) is fine .. all I really care about is the answer. I *already* know the question.

Now, back to Penofin. I've got no clue how to classify the stuff. I have had really good success with it though. SWMBO, before she was SWMBO, bought an unfinished bedroom set, and finished it with Penofin. Still looks great >25 years on.

A couple of years ago, I refinished a work bench top with the stuff. Great stuff, really like it.

Regards, JT

[Swingman]

I ran a BBS in the late 70's and throughout the 80's, and figured out tcp/ip about '91. Top posting was around then as it is now ... the whole can of worms is just something else to take sides on and bitch about. The way things are going in this culture, someone will probably get killed over the asinine issue one of these days. How f*cking stupid can we become?

[todd]

I know it's much more fun to argue the point, and if the OP took my advice on calling the company, I didn't see it here. In any case, I just called the company. While they didn't provide a list of ingredients, they did confirm that the product does not contain varnish.

todd

[todd]

Well, you tell me, genius...if someone at Penofin doesn't know, who does? Do you think someone here has done a chemical analysis of the product and can give us the breakdown? Yeah, i was trying to shut the OP up by suggesting that rather than elicit a bunch of opinions, he contact the manufacturer. I know, they probably don't know what's in it either.

By the way, the only thing worse than a top-poster is replying in-line.

todd

[RKP51X]

Did anybody ever find out what's in penofin? Ooop, sorry.

Roger Poplin dba [e-mail]

[Jamie Jackson]

Hah, I'll bet we called at the same time... I wonder if she's scratching her head.... I called about 15 minutes ago, and was about to report back to the wreck. As you posted, they said there's no varnish in Penofin.

Thanks, Jamie

[CW]

Plonk (on top of course, the way it should be).

[todd]

If you don't have anything useful to add, you could just say so.

todd

[LJancila]

I have used the stuff and its definately an oil finish. soaks right into the wood and it takes a few days to dry.

Leo

[Renata]

Short version - IDAGS (I did a....) Credit goes to Larry (C-Less) I believe.

Renata

[Martin Frankel]

I've been an active Usenet reader and poster since the 1980s and top posting absolutely has its place. I do it from time to time. Please calm down.

Martin

[Tom Watson]

People who worry about top and bottom posting should go out and find themselves a woman. Even if they are a woman.

(tom-who just committed his first top post)

Regards, Tom Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania

[jbacke]

everyone else should. Top posters are lazy.

I have a woman already, and don't need your lame advice.

Jeff ____________________________________________ You won't notice the splinters in the ladder of success, unless you are sliding down.