Doesn't often sparkle here these days, does it?

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:12 pm

Odie;1318996 wrote: There is one I just noticed on the number pad, there is another one I tried in between that and the main board.

neither took me home.

Try hitting the NUM LOCK key then the HOME key on the number pad. Don't know if it'll work, but it's worth a try.

Mustang · Post by **Mustang** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:15 pm

Odie;1318996 wrote: There is one I just noticed on the number pad, there is another one I tried in between that and the main board.

neither took me home.

You have to disengage (turn off) the NUM LOCK before your HOME key will work, Odie.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:15 pm

Peg;1318998 wrote: Try hitting the NUM LOCK key then the HOME key on the number pad. Don't know if it'll work, but it's worth a try.

No, no luck, its okay, I'll just use the top button at the bottom, thank you for trying.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:24 pm

Snowfire;1318923 wrote: Right at the very bottom. Right hand side. Clicking the word "top" takes you immediately to the top of the page, faster than you can blink

WOW!!

And WOW!! to you too, Betty Boop!

"Surely on every keyboard there is also a 'home' key that takes you to the top

Or just be like me, go to your setting and change the thread layout on your account, my threads all appear backwards, I scroll up to read recent posts which leaves me at the top every time. "

Two things I learned today.

Post by **spot** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:28 pm

Mustang;1318999 wrote: You have to disengage (turn off) the NUM LOCK before your HOME key will work, Odie.

You might mention to her that the ForumGarden window has to have focus before the key will have the desired effect. Some people you can't make assumptions about.

theia · Post by **theia** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:55 pm

Pammie?

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:57 pm

This is the way the world ends

Not with a bang but a whimper.

The Hollow Men, T S Eliot

theia · Post by **theia** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:59 pm

AussiePam;1319012 wrote: This is the way the world ends

Not with a bang but a whimper.

The Hollow Men, T S Eliot

Pammie :-4

Mustang · Post by **Mustang** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:31 pm

spot;1319004 wrote: You might mention to her that the ForumGarden window has to have focus before the key will have the desired effect. Some people you can't make assumptions about.

and you can't mention this to her, because? :-2

Post by **spot** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:34 pm

Mustang;1319016 wrote: and you can't mention this to her, because? :-2

When Andy showed up I decided I couldn't be arsed so I put him on ignore. While I was there I decided to clean the crud off my screen by adding Odie and Oscar to the list. I'm sufficiently experienced with the ignore system to know not to open any posts once I've done it.

Mustang · Post by **Mustang** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:40 pm

spot;1319018 wrote: When Andy showed up I decided I couldn't be arsed so I put him on ignore. While I was there I decided to clean the crud off my screen by adding Odie and Oscar to the list. I'm sufficiently experienced with the ignore system to know not to open any posts once I've done it.

Ok, I see now. Good enough.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:12 pm

Mustang;1319016 wrote: and you can't mention this to her, because? :-2

he's having another one of his no sparkle days with me!:yh_rotfl

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:44 pm

NSD's can be very painful :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:07 pm

G#Gill;1319033 wrote: NSD's can be very painful :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

apparently!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:13 pm

theia;1319013 wrote: Pammie :-4

Yes, it's a pity, Theia, but no big surprise really. Take care!

PizzaMan · Post by **PizzaMan** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:40 pm

What doesn't sparkle?

Post by **Peter Lake** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:46 pm

spot;1319018 wrote: When Andy showed up I decided I couldn't be arsed so I put him on ignore. While I was there I decided to clean the crud off my screen by adding Odie and Oscar to the list. I'm sufficiently experienced with the ignore system to know not to open any posts once I've done it.
I find it amusing that some here who have penned such opinions on Oscar seem unable to forget her even months after her departure when other ex members are forgotten in a trice. As i challenged you recently, why don't you pop over to 24forum and post to her direct or even better as you seem to have to refer to her every once in a while, why don't i send the venue details for a bnp meeting she'll be at thursday near to where you live and you can express your remarks to her face to face? If you come out alive, i'll buy you an ice cream. That's sounds fair to me but you won't will you Spot because like Flopstock you'll post backhanded comments purely because you know she won't be able to come onto forum garden and tear your face off. Cowardly pathetic behaviour that may impress the newer members but those with half a brain have had you on ignore long before you even found the function key. While odie is still trying to work out if you've complimented her or insulted her, may you soon be bescumbered.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:44 pm

Peter Lake;1319048 wrote: I find it amusing that some here who have penned such opinions on Oscar seem unable to forget her even months after her departure when other ex members are forgotten in a trice. As i challenged you recently, why don't you pop over to 24forum and post to her direct or even better as you seem to have to refer to her every once in a while, why don't i send the venue details for a bnp meeting she'll be at thursday near to where you live and you can express your remarks to her face to face? If you come out alive, i'll buy you an ice cream. That's sounds fair to me but you won't will you Spot because like Flopstock you'll post backhanded comments purely because you know she won't be able to come onto forum garden and tear your face off. Cowardly pathetic behaviour that may impress the newer members but those with half a brain have had you on ignore long before you even found the function key. While odie is still trying to work out if you've complimented her or insulted her, may you soon be bescumbered.Accountable;1318578 wrote: Pete, shut up.+1..

Post by **spot** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 12:28 am

AussiePam;1319044 wrote: Yes, it's a pity, Theia, but no big surprise really. Take care!

Hey, are you Aussies getting a full lunar eclipse in a couple of hours? It's the only place on the planet that gets it, you'd better go out and look.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 4:22 am

Oh, and a solar eclipse out in the South Pacific in a few weeks.

What an excuse to take a cruise!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_ecli ... y_11,_2010

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 4:51 am

Go Chonsi, that sounds fabulous.

From Spot's tone, it would seem he thinks Australian Forum Gardeners are either too stupid or too uninformed to be aware of the lunar eclipse, and that if they are aware of it, they'd need his jollying along to make the effort to go and view it. He is mistaken.

Post by **spot** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 4:58 am

AussiePam;1319115 wrote: From Spot's tone, it would seem he thinks Australian Forum Gardeners are either too stupid or too uninformed to be aware of the lunar eclipse, and that if they are aware of it, they'd need his jollying along to make the effort to go and view it. He is mistaken.

That's a slightly unkind interpretation, I'd only just found out about the eclipse five minutes before and to the best of my knowledge nobody on FG had mentioned it. Neither stupid nor uninformed came into my post even by implication, it was purely chatty and invited dialogue. I regret having attracted your ire but I certainly wasn't demeaning.

I can well imagine that your total lunar eclipse figured prominently in Australian news broadcasts. It was a minor out-of-the-way article in the UK though.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:05 am

spot;1319121 wrote: That's a slightly unkind interpretation, I'd only just found out about the eclipse five minutes before and to the best of my knowledge nobody on FG had mentioned it. Neither stupid nor uninformed came into my post even by implication, it was purely chatty and invited dialogue. I regret having attracted your ire but I certainly wasn't demeaning.

I can well imagine that your total lunar eclipse figured prominently in Australian news broadcasts. It was a minor out-of-the-way article in the UK though.

Noted.

Post by **spot** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:08 am

AussiePam;1319125 wrote: Noted.

Nothing about gosh I exploded unreasonably?

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:01 am

And so, our quest for the elusive sparkle continues...............

“Most people have come to prefer certain of life’s experiences and deny and reject others, unaware of the value of the hidden things that may come wrapped in plain and even ugly paper. In avoiding all pain and seeking comfort at all costs, we may be left without intimacy or compassion; in rejecting change and risk we often cheat ourselves of the quest; in denying our suffering we may never know our strength or our greatness.”

Rachel Naomi Remen quote (American, clinical professor of family and community)

Post by **Peter Lake** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:17 am

Ahso!;1319070 wrote: +1..
Now run along little boy and continue whining on thread splitting while i report your post for the troll that you are.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:24 am

Peter Lake;1319185 wrote: Now run along little boy and continue whining on thread splitting while i report your post for the troll that you are.
:wah: Really? You reported that as trolling? Did you report mine as well? Please say you did, for it would do my heart good.

Peter, I like your gentle nature. I didn't interact much with Oscar because, though we shared many of the same views, I usually missed her sarcasm as a joke until it was too late to appreciate. So after awhile I quit reading her posts to avoid the frustration.

What I don't get is why you hang around, especially if it's been for months as I infer. Are you defending her in hopes that you'll win? Is it important that her ban be lifted? Really? Would she return if it were, and would it be to frolic or fight?

Sure, I complained before I left, but then I left when I didn't get satisfaction. If I find the environment hasn't changed, I'll leave again. I really don't understand why someone would return again and again only to fight for the sake of winning the fight, though I've seen it happen several times and usually by people nowhere nearly as nice as you are.

If she's more welcome at 24, be satisfied with that. I'm sure you'd both be welcome at the forum I found when I left here, as well.

I don't apologize for telling you to shut up. You made the same points repeatedly and it has become tiresome. I do, however, want you to know I have no animosity for you or Oscar, for what that's worth to you.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:37 am

chonsigirl;1319106 wrote: Oh, and a solar eclipse out in the South Pacific in a few weeks.

What an excuse to take a cruise!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_ecli ... y_11,_2010

You go girl, Chonsi! Can I come too?

Post by **Peter Lake** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:46 am

[QUOTE=Accountable;131920What I don't get is why you hang around, especially if it's been for months as I infer. Are you defending her in hopes that you'll win? Is it important that her ban be lifted? Really? Would she return if it were, and would it be to frolic or fight?

.

Then let me explain my position here to you but please understand i seek and want no sympathy.

I'm much older than Oscar who has a full and varied life but i'm retired. Four years ago i was lucky to survive advanced cancer when i was given less than a year. Thanks to our wonderful health service i had extreme surgery and my life was saved. I now have a terminal lung condition and although i have medication, my days fishing are finished as i'm unable to walk far let alone get down the banks. If i was in full health, i'd be on the river every day but now i'm mostly at home due to the problems of my illness. I have many long hours to fill at home while Oscar is out staring at horses so i pop in here from time to time as i do 24forum and my fishing forums. During Oscars time here we both made many good friends who she's still in touch with via e mail or facebook but i like to think they're also my friends and i like to come here to post with them. I really took stock of my life four years ago and now this time around given i may have a year if i'm lucky, i prioritise people in my life and rapidly discard those who are likely to cause me any stress and live each day as if it's my last. I've also learned to never judge people from behind a screen or look for motives for their input. From the comments made on this thread, there's the few that make the assumption that Oscar can't wait to get back here and there lies the danger of assuming you know someone online.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:01 am

Then I recommend that you rapidly discard this thread as likely to cause you stress and enjoy your friends here. I also wish you had a dock extending from your back door into a well-stocked lake, but that's for dreams.

Post by **Peter Lake** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:04 am

Accountable;1319209 wrote: Then I recommend that you rapidly discard this thread as likely to cause you stress and enjoy your friends here. I also wish you had a dock extending from your back door into a well-stocked lake, but that's for dreams. One benifit of medication is that stress has to be extreme in order to get to you but that dock? ah, in my dreams certainly.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:11 am

along-for-the-ride;1319180 wrote: And so, our quest for the elusive sparkle continues...............

“Most people have come to prefer certain of life’s experiences and deny and reject others, unaware of the value of the hidden things that may come wrapped in plain and even ugly paper. In avoiding all pain and seeking comfort at all costs, we may be left without intimacy or compassion; in rejecting change and risk we often cheat ourselves of the quest; in denying our suffering we may never know our strength or our greatness.

Rachel Naomi Remen quote (American, clinical professor of family and community)

Ive been struggling to effectively verbalize that sentiment for 7 years.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 11:25 am

Peter Lake;1319207 wrote: Then let me explain my position here to you but please understand i seek and want no sympathy.

I'm much older than Oscar who has a full and varied life but i'm retired. Four years ago i was lucky to survive advanced cancer when i was given less than a year. Thanks to our wonderful health service i had extreme surgery and my life was saved. I now have a terminal lung condition and although i have medication, my days fishing are finished as i'm unable to walk far let alone get down the banks. If i was in full health, i'd be on the river every day but now i'm mostly at home due to the problems of my illness. I have many long hours to fill at home while Oscar is out staring at horses so i pop in here from time to time as i do 24forum and my fishing forums. During Oscars time here we both made many good friends who she's still in touch with via e mail or facebook but i like to think they're also my friends and i like to come here to post with them. I really took stock of my life four years ago and now this time around given i may have a year if i'm lucky, i prioritise people in my life and rapidly discard those who are likely to cause me any stress and live each day as if it's my last. I've also learned to never judge people from behind a screen or look for motives for their input. From the comments made on this thread, there's the few that make the assumption that Oscar can't wait to get back here and there lies the danger of assuming you know someone online.

What a wonderful post! How courageous you are. I have the highest of regard for you.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 12:06 pm

Thinking of you Peter:-4

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:29 pm

I tell you what, who the heck needs to sparkle up Forum Garden? All you need to do is send that amazing Aussie Pam on walkabout from thread to thread. That would get the buggers sparkled :-6

:yh_giggle:yh_coffee:yh_hugs:yh_wink

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:33 pm

G#Gill;1319294 wrote: I tell you what, who the heck needs to sparkle up Forum Garden? All you need to do is send that amazing Aussie Pam on walkabout from thread to thread. That would get the buggers sparkled :-6

:yh_giggle:yh_coffee:yh_hugs:yh_wink

I second that emotion.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:57 am

tis sparkling in the garden now, look at all the wonderful gifts members have given each other.

That says so much about how we care for each other.:-6

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Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:24 am

Odie;1324766 wrote: tis sparkling in the garden now, look at all the wonderful gifts members have given each other.

That says so much about how we care for each other.:-6

It's not entirely what the OP had in mind, regardless of how good the new paint job looks. Bill and subsequent posters were talking about members rather than gifts

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:47 am

Snowfire;1324768 wrote: It's not entirely what the OP had in mind, regardless of how good the new paint job looks. Bill and subsequent posters were talking about members rather than gifts

The gifts are just a bit of fun:) and i think you are right there not what the op had in mind,, or indeed some other members as well

:)

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:04 am

kazalala;1324775 wrote: The gifts are just a bit of fun:) and i think you are right there not what the op had in mind,, or indeed some other members as well

:)

The gifts are a good Idea from TS and a bit of fun until some members use them as some kind of badge of honour. 'Look how popular I am because I have so many gifts... Oh please !!!!

For the record... I do not want any gifts and I have no Intention of sending any but Thank You any-way for the bed and pint of beer I was sent. :wah:

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:10 am

Lately, there has been a bit of sparkle. Old friends are returning here. oscar, Rapunzel, Woppy, for example. :-6:)

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:13 am

along-for-the-ride;1324779 wrote: Lately, there has been a bit of sparkle. Old friends are returning here. oscar, Rapunzel, Woppy, for example. :-6:) Thank You..

Yes, nothing to do with sending virtual gifts how ever much fun they are... members make a forum sparkle

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:19 pm

Snowfire;1324768 wrote: It's not entirely what the OP had in mind, regardless of how good the new paint job looks. Bill and subsequent posters were talking about members rather than gifts

aren't we grouchy!:sneaky:

You should read back, tons of crap was brought up here.

the gifts are just a special thing some do.

some members I'd rather not talk about:yh_wink

but you go ahead.........

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:25 pm

Odie;1324811 wrote: aren't we grouchy!:sneaky:

You should read back, tons of crap was brought up here.

the gifts are just a special thing some do.

...
How are they 'Special'... They are not real.

I sent Ducks son an England Squad world cup shirt that he was thrilled with and wore to school... That is special'.... Ducks sent me some Earrings... That is Special... I sent Nomad a Bee... Not special... It was a virtual Bee.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:35 pm

oscar;1324813 wrote: How are they 'Special'... They are not real.

I sent Ducks son an England Squad world cup shirt that he was thrilled with and wore to school... That is special'.... Ducks sent me some Earrings... That is Special... I sent Nomad a Bee... Not special... It was a virtual Bee.

Ooooh I'm gutted, I got sent a heart, you mean that's not real or special?? :-1

I stand here (well sit really) a broken hearted Betty.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:36 pm

along-for-the-ride;1324779 wrote: Lately, there has been a bit of sparkle. Old friends are returning here. oscar, Rapunzel, Woppy, for example. :-6:)

I welcomed woppy back today as he's been gone a long time.:sneaky:

and Rap is back......yipppppppppeeeeeeeeeee!

I think its time we celebrated!:guitarist

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Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:43 pm

Betty Boop;1324815 wrote: Ooooh I'm gutted, I got sent a heart, you mean that's not real or special?? :-1

I stand here (well sit really) a broken hearted Betty.

A heart is really special & its real!:-6

have some fudge, it will make you feel better.:-4

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Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:46 pm

Betty Boop;1324815 wrote: Ooooh I'm gutted, I got sent a heart, you mean that's not real or special?? :-1

I stand here (well sit really) a broken hearted Betty. Depends who It is from. :sneaky:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:13 pm

oscar;1324813 wrote: How are they 'Special'... They are not real.

I sent Ducks son an England Squad world cup shirt that he was thrilled with and wore to school... That is special'.... Ducks sent me some Earrings... That is Special... I sent Nomad a Bee... Not special... It was a virtual Bee.

Oscar !

I dont know what youre talking about.

I dont get the bee thing or the banana thing or the farm and egg thing. Floopy sent me a penis for Gods sake.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:15 pm

Nomad;1324821 wrote: Oscar !

I dont know what youre talking about.

I dont get the bee thing or the banana thing or the farm and egg thing. Floopy sent me a penis for Gods sake.
I tried getting you a Penis but the 24hour Penis Shop had sold out. All they had left In stock was Bee's.