Re: Thanks for coming to my defense
Daniel <dxmm <at> albury.nospam.net.au>
2008-06-01 23:31:44 GMT
squaredancer wrote:
> On 01.06.2008 11:05, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Daniel to
> generate the following:? :
>> squaredancer wrote:
>>
>>> On 31.05.2008 15:46, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Dennis to
>>> generate the following:? :
>>>
>>>> Dennis wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Daniel wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> squaredancer wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 30.05.2008 11:26, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Daniel
>>>>>>> to generate the following:? :
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dennis wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Daniel wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 30/05/08 02:56, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 30/05/08 02:07, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As a matter of fact, I was also born with forceps
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you were born with forceps? I'd like to have seen that. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It was in 1951, at about 3am, and even the father wasn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> allowed in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the hospital room for childbirth at that time. As legend
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has it, he
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> waited in the corridor, lighting one cigarette on the stub
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> previous one, until the midwife (or maybe a nurse) came
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and told him:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "It's a boy!".
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tony.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's a boy, but he's got forceps!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> OK, maybe I expressed myself badly (English is not my mother
>>>>>>>>>>>> language): the doctor decided that he had to _use_ forceps
>>>>>>>>>>>> in order to make me get born. I wasn't born wearing them in
>>>>>>>>>>>> the fashion of a pair of horns. Now really, how come you
>>>>>>>>>>>> didn't understand this?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I knew exactly what you were saying. I guess you couldn't
>>>>>>>>>>> tell I was yanking your chain . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe _you_'re the one in the set who is mentally retarded?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> . . . and you call me mentally retarded
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ....and, to get this back on track, does everyone see the _
>>>>>>>>>> before and after the "use" and the "you" in Tony's last reply??
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Not any longer. The userChrome.css fix for it (in another
>>>>>>>>> thread) worked for me *after* I got the chrome directory setup
>>>>>>>>> with the spelling that TB (and also in SM) is expecting to see.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Leading and trailing *, _, and / are gone for me.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dennis
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Note to self:* Get around to updating your userChrome.css file
>>>>>>>> soon, will you??
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> personal note to Daniel:
>>>>>>> LESS drinkin, fewer wimmin, less lookin at the box
>>>>>>> MORE attention to detail :-P
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> reg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note to self(again): Bugger!! Even after installing the userChrome
>>>>>> stuff, I still see the * either side of *after* above!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note to self two: looks like the : may effect the * in *Note to
>>>>>> self:* above, where the * are still there but the bold effect is
>>>>>> absent.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>>
>>>>> I got rid of the userChrome.css that I had created and kept just
>>>>> the userContent.css file. Everything is still working. All that is
>>>>> in my userContent.css file is:
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Remove the *,/,_ characters for bold, italic, and underline from
>>>>> text messages/posts */
>>>>>
>>>>> .moz-txt-star > .moz-txt-tag { display: none; }
>>>>> .moz-txt-slash > .moz-txt-tag { display: none; }
>>>>> .moz-txt-underscore > .moz-txt-tag { display: none; }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That file is:
>>>>> Thunderbird:
>>>>> /home/(user)/.thunderbird/(generated_string).default/chrome/userContent.css
>>>>>
>>>>> Seamonkey:
>>>>> /home/(user)/.mozilla/seamonkey/(generated_string).default/chrome/userContent.css
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A capitalized 'Chrome' directory did *not* work for me.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Hmmm, maybe it works to well! There should be a / before and after
>>>> *home* in the two file paths above.
>>>> Dennis
>>>>
>>> *LMAO* Dennis... you'all sure have created summat there.... "home" is
>>> in italics, the rest not!
>>>
>>> reg
>>>
>>
>> All better ..... and what a marvelous piece of detective work by me!!
>>
>> When I copied in the code to limit the width of the Bookmarks drop
>> down, the close bracket should have been a } but had become a ),
>> causing all the three lines of the _, / and * code to be ignored. Once
>> I pick up the real error, all was well.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>
>
> OK - detective detected... slap him in irons and cut off his ISP...
>
> good on ya, Daniel! glad to see things working "as normal"
>
> reg
With my failing eyesight, it was a good bit of detective work, though!!
Daniel
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