ROTF! Thank you for keeping him away from my birthday party, Karen! And if the title says Ball & Chain, I will know where to send Rupi.;-)

I *really*like....the tatoo on his upper right arm.... Nice ball....(s) too;-) (LOL, Karen...I bet the folks at the scanning place must think there is a side of you they don't know.)

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Here's a way of doing colors, t o: (font color=red)word(s) of your choice(/font) and change the parentheses to pointy brackets. By the way, do you prefer we call you t o or Odessa or perhaps you'd just prefer being called Darcy's Honey ;-)?

Heide, thank you so much for the colors. I always used Anne's codes from Pemberley and if i didn't have them around didn't know any better. This is fantastic! Can I also specify dark and light colors, and hues like turquoise or salmon?

You made my day :-)

thanks for that color code! And you can call me Darcy's Honey well, maybe Odessa is better :D

I don't know if light ordark colors work the same way and I've never tried exotic colors. Let's see if this works...

Interesting. I tried light blue and got black and dark blue and got dark red. ;-) "Exotic" worked though. I used teal. How about turquoise?

Hey, this is very good!

I used gold for very and bronze for good. Silver would probably be too pale?

Hehehe!

COOL!! Gi, I'm having fun with this. We're like two kids in a candy shop.

Eating M&M's, I guess, or do you remember Smarties?

Please see my appeal in the porch and austen conferences for help with Jane Austen University. Like William Shattner says, this cold be be big, REALLY BIG.

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For anyone who doesn't have these yet: sites to help you use online color:    COLOR CHART with color codes:  http://www.austen.com/tutorial/colorchart.gif    OR:  http://www.sbu.ac.uk/guides/authoring/colors.html    Several TEXT COLOR GUIDES at:  http://felix.scvnet.com/~weber/    ColorServe Java:    (enables you to experiment with many color applications:)  http://www-students.biola.edu/~brian/csapplet.html And a couple of good HTML Guides (Ann's moved at the beginning of this year):    Ann's Basic HTML Tutorial:   http://www.austen.com/tutorial/index.html    NCSA's HTML Primer (choose the printable version):   http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html

It's been awhile since I had access to Netscape...better practice. Here goes...

Thanks, KJ. Will check those urls out.

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Testing...posting a pic with Ex. 5....I've done it previously with Netscape, but not with Ex....

Hey success...guys Yapp took Ex.5 We also can post on Drool with Ex. 5 as well as Netscape. NOT Ex. 4. [Techie evie]

OK, Tech Evie, tell me how you did it. Since the right click drop-down menu is still the same as it was with IE4 (there's no 'copy image location' choice) did you copy to Notepad and then to yapp? I tried that last year and only got the cute little box with the red x. Since then I only use Netscape for pics. I've always used IE at drool and have never had a problem posting text.

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I just realized that I have a very serious problem: To whit:    Sept. 10 --THE DAY --falls on a Sunday. I have no access online on a Sunday as the local Library is closed and the college computer labs closed for summer break. -- So I have no means of joining the celebration of the Firthst Anniversary of his 39th Birthday.    As I see it, I must: a) post earlier b) post after the fact, or c) post through someone else who can be online on Sunday.    Experiment:    I've been hemming and hawing --    to try to overcome my dilemma.

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Can't do background colors (only font colors) or post html files.

Karen, I see those magic mushrooms are helping you read my mind. ;-)

Happy Birthday, COLIN!

Happy Birthday, COLIN! Also have a look at http://www.colinfirth.com/index.html

Happy Birthday Colin! You're

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Does anyone know why I have to log in whenever I change topic?

No, what urls do you use? And how do you change topics? Also, what browser do you use (Netscape or Explorer)?

At the moment www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/drool/all/ since/-0 then last 50, but if I click on a name I have to log in again,it also happens when I reload last 50 I've never had this problem before,I just log in once & can flit about to my hearts content:-) (Netscape or Explorer)? go on ask me another-D Thanks for your time Karen,I'm always asking you for help

I've never seen nor used a since/-0 setting. Also "read" doesn't usually go with with "all" (usually, it is "browse" with "all"). "read" goes with a specific topic number. Try the "new" setting. http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/drool/all/new (Netscape or Explorer)? go on ask me another-D Tough one, eh? Is there an "e" in the upper left-hand corner of your screen or something that looks like a navigational wheel? What does it say, way up at the top? Conference Center - Netscape or Conference Center - Internet Explorer?

Karen thanks for the new setting ,that works better. As for the other I'm still in the dark,there's no"e" or navigational wheel & nothing about conference centre ,I'm beginning to wonder whether I'm here at all-D. I'm not using a PC,would this explain any of it?

What are you using? Telepathy?

LOL maybe I should try it ,it might be a lot easier Its a Dreamcast & my server is Sega.

Haven't a clue as to what that is. Sorry

Aah! So you're hooked into Drool with a Gameboy? ;-D Someone in your house must be into games.

yes I'm into adult games but I don't think you mean that. So it must be my son

Karen when I go to all or activity today why doesn't 134 show up?

Activity today? Don't use that setting...but if nothing shows up there, you may have hit the "Forget" button on the top of that topic. Go there manually: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/drool/134/new see if there's a button called "Remember" that will wipe out the forget setting and should return it to your menu.

Thank you, that worked, til the next time-)

okay its the next time-P Its happening again,I have to log in everytime I go to a new topic and even when I refresh on last 50.

I really have no answers for you, Judy. Can't understand what is going on.

Since you're not using a standard browser, Judy, I was wondering if you see the url (website address, whatever you want to call it) on your screen when you're in a topic. If you do, have you tried just changing the topic number to the next topic number you want to visit? For instance, you're in "61" now so you could change the number to read "112" for Darcy and hit Enter. Sorry, if that's already been suggested or has already been your standard practice.

Thanks Karen & Heide the problem seems to have sorted itself out again. No the url doesn't show up when I'm in a topic I either have to jump or go back to last 50 & click on the next response.Thats what you get for using such a poxy system but at least it gets me here now & again-)

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Well blow me. Cracked it first time. Thanks for the tutoring Evelyn. I've given myself a gold medal!!!!

Well done Aishling 10 out of 10, so it really works. Maybe I will give it a go!! (BTW Aishling did you get my email, are you receivng them now?)

Congratulations Aishling!! Somehow when I saw your name listed as having posted here, I immediately thought: Evelyn was giving personal lessons. :-D

Same here,......Evelyn the personal tutor in Henfield!! Will travel:-)))

Bravo! Well done! Author Author!! (*lots of whistling going on*) ;-D

Well done Ann. Isn't it easy for us dibs when you have a patient tutor.

For some reason (through my Library online connection) I am getting no headings to any of the posts (blank on screen) but when printed, the headings are in the teeniest print I've ever seen, (Need a magnifying glass) Your machine or mine?

Your machine's settings. Check Preferences/fonts and possibly other things. Betcha some kids have been messing around.

I'm down in the lab now, and this machine works fine... My only puzzlement is that there isn't a heck of a lot those machines will let you do to them (ex; right-clicking anything is out, no disks, no downloads, etc.), so it will take some research to figure out what might have been done within the limitations to cause it. Thanks for the prompt attention. KJ

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I'm down in the lab now, and this machine works fine Just Allison trying out her pasting! The ctrl buttons work, Karen. Thanks! I should have thought of that myself so thank you again for taking the trouble to help this cyberdunce.

http://www.animfactory.com/animations/music/misc/maracas_notes_flyout_md_wht.gif I have a question. Has anyone been able to see the images I posted at Odds & Ends today? Someone very kindly told me that I was posting the HTML incorrectly, so I thought I would practice here.

Nope, I just made a link to the image.

Can you see my dancers?

How about this armadillo sniffing rocks?

Make that grass...:-)

One last try:

Yep, can see them all. Congrats!!

My PC and I thank you, Karen.... :-)

**Applause** Lisa. However, 376 is an aardvark (a type of anteater, true), but not an armadillo Which CF will, we hope, personify soon. Ooo I like an excuse to exercise my zoology!! ;-D KJ

I see them too, Lisa.

Where is my Armadillo?

I wonder why he didn't show up the first time. Hmm Try again... **Applause** Lisa. However, 376 is an aardvark (a type of anteater, true), but not an armadillo Which CF will, we hope, personify soon. Which CF will, we hope, personify soon.

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Hmmmm again. Oh well, I give up. That is the 86th unexplained glitch today and I am oversaturated. ENOUGH!!

Thanks, KJ. I thought that armadillo looked kinda funny. :-) Perhaps I will email the clip art people so they can correctly rename it. I have actually seen real armadillos before -- sadly, they were all dead on the side of the road.

KJ, right click on your first attempt at the armadillo. You will see the problem. A appended to the url.

*hee hee* the problem child didn't show up in my message because of the brackets. Instead it "broke" the line as the html told it to do.

Thanks, OtherKaren . I saw that too, upon clicking. You gotta use "Ampersand, Hash mark, 60, semicolon" if you want the "open tag" and "Ampersand, Hash mark, 62, semicolon" for the "close tag" marks in this conference. I was tired I guess..(or lazy) ... And Lisa, taking a second and closer look, I'm not sure what that thing is. Real aardvarks (Orycteropus afer) aren't as furry as the drawing in the previous post(s) implies, and that animated creature sure is built like one, but it is shown with plates in its skin, so although it isn't our nine-banded one, it could be one of the exotic So. America brands, but like none I ever saw. The Giant Armadillo, Priodontes maximus for example is stouter and "plate-ier". I suspect our animator crossed the two to produce an "Aardadillo". **Heehee** KJ

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