Miki Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Ian,You appear to know an awful lot about computers, so why do we have tosuffer such terrible posts with quotes that seem more like stuffshredded from MI5.Please don't take that as a knock, more a note to ask why youpersistently post with some error happening to what you are trying toquote or is it just me using Mozilla that sees the quote part of yourposts as a jumble ?As for your other question, don't patronise me, I read what you saidand answered the part I wanted to. Please don't think of telling mewhat to post or what to question and further more, please don'tcomplain either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotty0 Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 TrescoYeah just. But really need to be up early so will be off in a sec. Not sure why you are apologising though. Thought it was Ron that got the info wrong. It doesn't matter though. Would just like to read and share posts and possibly even help others in France.Dotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Ian I'm sorry but I can't make any sense of your quote either. Perhaps you could just spell it out, the thread or post you refer to? if you do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotty0 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 RonNone taken.Dotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Anyone else noticed just how the Tiresome Thread has become by far, the most tiresome of all so far in 2006 [;)]Ironic really eh ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 [quote user="Miki"]Ian,You appear to know an awful lot about computers, so why do we have tosuffer such terrible posts with quotes that seem more like stuffshredded from MI5.Please don't take that as a knock, more a note to ask why youpersistently post with some error happening to what you are trying toquote or is it just me using Mozilla that sees the quote part of yourposts as a jumble ?As for your other question, don't patronise me, I read what you saidand answered the part I wanted to. Please don't think of telling mewhat to post or what to question and further more, please don'tcomplain either.[/quote]This forum software does not like the version of Internet Explorer I am using. It is a quote but it’s the best I can do until the forum is fixed. Not a lot more I can do about it. Seems to happen to a few others as well. I guess this forum is a bit less Microsoft centric than the previous stuff as I use a Microsoft browser. I use the quote thing as I cannot do any text formatting, no italics, no bold, no font stuff, nothing at all.Sorry Miki but I was not telling you what you can and cannot post. I was saying that I (note the I in there) felt it discourteous when people disrupt a serious ongoing debate with insult trading and the like. Nothing in there to say what you can and cannot post as its nothing to do with me. Similarly, what would I complain about ? Lost me.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Oh - don't worry - you missed an even more tiresome one while you were away !Think I might go and find the Bretagne Scotch after all ............Night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 It happens every time.Self referential threads are the worst, but after more than 2 years I still havn't learnt. I thought 'I'll light the blue touch paper and retire' bit was a bit of rhetorical flourish, not a statement of real intention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Can you not simply drag the parts you want on to the reply part ? It isstill doing it and it is quite inelegible without much sifting throughthe codes to pick out sentences !I agree it can be discourteous when a serious debate is being carriedout but, it all depends on a few more factors than who was or wasn'tfirst to sling insults. Some people for example, appear simply come onto wind up and then complain when given treatment back (not you in thisinstance by the way). Others take a haughty position and that can getpeoples backs up and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 [quote user="Russethouse"]Oh - don't worry - you missed an even more tiresome one while you were away !Think I might go and find the Bretagne Scotch after all ............Night[/quote]Blige me, even worse.........think I'll make some strong coffee, get the 103 out and reminisce about me hols then [;)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 [quote user="Miki"]Nice now to read Mistral and getting the facts about her school and how it works for her[/quote]Yes, can we kill this thread with a bit of fluffy-bunniness?Three cheers for Mistral, who remains calm, informative, and intelligible in all situations.There, I've done it.Back to navel-gazing now. Hands up who can see their navel without using their hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Have you heard of a mirror SB ?[:)] [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 [quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Miki"]Nice now to read Mistral and getting the facts about her school and how it works for her[/quote]Yes, can we kill this thread with a bit of fluffy-bunniness?Three cheers for Mistral, who remains calm, informative, and intelligible in all situations.There, I've done it.Back to navel-gazing now. Hands up who can see their navel without using their hands. [/quote]Hands down............ but the Mrs (gawd bless her) navel gazes (mine)for me and tells me wot I is thinking. She thinks we is all....................better not say [;)]To end I love you all, the site is gorgeous and I am off soon to meetthirty members for a lovely €5 lunch (oh yes, vino inclus)...........Ohand I have just done the 3rd hip hip hoorah for Mistral. Now Iam skipping out of the room to the tune of the Archers and thinking ofBilly Connolly dancing naked in the snow (only cause the way he diddone it, is the way I like to skip along)Thread still OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 It's so enthralling, I can't keep away from it.I did get some good batter recipes on here yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tj Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Now this really is tiresome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Then, I think I'll delete that and send myself a PM.Have you got any more of that Brittany stuff, Gay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I think Gay's having problems of her own! I think you should both go and stand in the virtual naughty corner. In fact, I may come and join you [B][B] [B] I've got the drinks in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Ian Have you ever heard the one about the mother on watching her son on parade in the army said " Oh look my son is the only one in step!!"Yours are the only posts that show quotes as gobbledygook. So perhaps it would be better for Forum readers if you just cut and paste quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 "Yours are the only posts that show quotes as gobbledygook. So perhaps it would be better for Forum readers if you just cut and paste quotes."That's what I do, Ron.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 The problem almost certainly relates to the “FreeTextBox” (FTB) HTML editor used by this forum software. It is not actually developed by the forum software people but they use it. The FTB code has been fixed to support IE7 but it needs somebody to download and install the fixed version (I mentioned it to Archant some time ago but nothing has happened as yet).I now need to use IE7 for further compatibility testing (i.e. as my default browser). Also, I actually find it quite a lot better than Firefox. Certainly faster and more user friendly. The only omission seems to be the capability to shift the tab order when tabbed browsing. Otherwise a lot of the features are much better.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owens88 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 [quote user="Hoddy"]"Yours are the only posts that show quotes as gobbledygook. So perhaps it would be better for Forum readers if you just cut and paste quotes." That's what I do, Ron. Hoddy[/quote]That happened using the quote button (top right hand corner). Whereas this happened by copying from your post without opening it, then pasting here."Yours are the only posts that show quotes as gobbledygook. So perhaps it would be better for Forum readers if you just cut and paste quotes." That's what I do, Ron. Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owens88 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Whereas this happens if I hit reply to your post and I then copy the grey text from above the text entry box.Hoddy wrote the following post at 22/03/2006 11:15:"Yours are the only posts that show quotes as gobbledygook. So perhaps it would be better for Forum readers if you just cut and paste quotes." That's what I do, Ron. Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I'm sorry. Am I missing something ?If I hit the quote button I get the same sort of gobbledygook that Deimos does - if I cut and paste I don't.I'm not sure what point you're making.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I think he's trying to be helpful and show the various ways that Ians quotes could be made legible to forum users, like yours are hoddy.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 [quote user="Miki"][To end I love you all, the site is gorgeous and I am off soon to meet thirty members for a lovely €5 lunch [/quote]Don't worry about me, I've already eaten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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