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To: Windflier
Crappy excerpting is the bane of this website. Here’s a real excerpt:

Yes, it is. Part of it is due to the auto excerpt. It only grabs the first couple of lines. It's also due to poster not taking the time or posting excerpts that will get their thread hits. I don't know what they think that gets them.

24 posted on 05/24/2017 3:22:05 AM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: raybbr
Part of it is due to the auto excerpt. It only grabs the first couple of lines. It's also due to poster not taking the time

I had to stop for a minute to try and remember what 'auto excerpt' is. I've never used it when posting articles. I just copy and paste from the source.

I also try to post the most relevant text from the article, which isn't always in the first paragraph.

28 posted on 05/24/2017 8:09:25 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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