Abbreviations

[lipoppop]

I'm embarrased to ask but could somebody explain some of the abbreviations used on the threads.

I know DH, DW from there use in context but others have me guessing.

Also, how do you get multiple icons into your posts?

[sail7seas]

DW = Dear Wife

DH = Dear Husband

DS = Dear Son
You didn't indicate which abbreviations have you puzzled. If you list them, I am sure someone will decipher for you. :)

LOL = laughing out loud
ROFLMAO = rolling on the floor laughing my a** off
Pax = Passenger



For icons............go to the top of the page....See User CP
Click that and select personalizations available

[Krazy Kruizers]

:)

A some more:

SOF - Signature of Excellence

TA - travel agent

IMHO - in my humble opinion

;)

[RevNeal]

TA - travel agent

Given the most recent misconstruing of terminology, I'll go ahead and throw this one out there (which is like throwing caution into a hurricane)! I thought TA meant something different. :D ;)

[jhannah]

:eek: Reverend Neal!!!!!

;)

[Orcrone]

Given the most recent misconstruing of terminology, I'll go ahead and throw this one out there (which is like throwing caution into a hurricane)! I thought TA meant something different. :D ;)And what did you think it meant?:D ;)

[RevNeal]

And what did you think it meant?

Now ... now ... after the controversy over the meaning of the term: "bung hole," I don't think I'm going to touch that one with a 10 meter pole. :)

[jhannah]

"Pole" has its connotations, too, Greg! My! You're really livin' on the edge today! :D

[RevNeal]

I know ... I'm having WAY too much fun, aren't I??? :D
Looking at my count-down clock is doing that to me. I'm quickly closing in on the 2-cruise-durations mark leading up to my cruise, and I've got a LOT to do between now and departure. The means the next 6 Sundays, and the week days in-between, are going to go QUICKLY.

[jhannah]

I hear that! We're just 5 weeks from leaving for Lisbon to board the Prinsendam. Getting more anxious as the days pass. My DW and I are both at the point that we really need a complete break. We're making a weekend trip up to Utah tomorrow ... but the cruise is going to be totally therapeutic for us.

[RevNeal]

Getting more anxious as the days pass. My DW and I are both at the point that we really need a complete break. We're making a weekend trip up to Utah tomorrow ... but the cruise is going to be totally therapeutic for us.

It's been a long stretch since my last cruise ... I'm coming up on a Full year come September 7. As a result, I'm starting to go stir-crazy. I've taken a few days off, here and there -- for fishing trips with my Dad and such -- but I've not taken any Sundays off since my last cruise. Preaching week after week after week can begin to get dry after a while, and I am beginning to tell it in my sermon preparation and preaching.

When I was updating my website Monday I counted up the number of sermons I've preached and uploaded since I last cruised. Including a few Sunday evening messages, Christmas Eve and Easter Sunrise messages, I've preached 52 times since I last had a major vacation. 44 of those are Sunday morning sermons. That's, essentially, a full year of preaching since I last took any major time off.

I'm due.
I can taste it.
And it's coming. :)

[Terri Lee]

I have been trying to get a generic avatar.I have done everything I was told to do but it isn't coming up on my posts.Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Terri:confused:

[jhannah]

Teri, I see a starfish. Is that not it?

[ekerr19]

Teri, I see a starfish. Is that not it?

I don't see Teri's Avatar - just a red X .... what am I doing wrong? :confused:

[Orcrone]

I don't see Teri's Avatar - just a red X .... what am I doing wrong? :confused:Same here.

[Terri Lee]

jhannah.....

Yes,it's a 'starfish'.......still can't see it. But how can you see it when I can't?

Terri:confused:

[jhannah]

I have special powers! Be afraid. Be very afraid! ;)

[Orcrone]

I went to "Edit Avatar" under the User control panel. I could view about 1/3 of the avatars, with the rest (including the starfish) showing up as a red X. Don't know what setting is causing that.

[wild_rose]

Jim, I think you're 'on', there's a green circle beside your name.
Can you tell me what the orange-y little sqare in the upper left corner beside 'today's date' means.
I get a message 'unread' when I touch on it. And what about the red triangle
containing a black bar in the right corner? It says 'Report Bad Post'!
Today I seem to be computer illiterate; I need help!
Thanks in advance.

Helena

[Orcrone]

Jim, I think you're 'on', there's a green circle beside your name.
Can you tell me what the orange-y little sqare in the upper left corner beside 'today's date' means.
I get a message 'unread' when I touch on it. And what about the red triangle
containing a black bar in the right corner? It says 'Report Bad Post'!
Today I seem to be computer illiterate; I need help!
Thanks in advance.

HelenaWild Rose,

The little square in the upper left corner indicates unread, or old message, depending upon whether the message is new since the last time you read the thread.

The red triangle you can use to report a post to the hosts if you think it should be removed because it violates the CC message board rules.

[elmorejj]

Terri, I see your lovely starfish, maybe its visable on different systems..I`m on aol......jean :cool:

[Krazy Kruizers]

:) Terri Lee

I can see your starfish as well when I click onto your name and profile.

I am an earthlink person.

:)

[Orcrone]

Terri, I see your lovely starfish, maybe its visable on different systems..I`m on aol......jean :cool:Jean, I don't see yours either. I've been wondering all this time why so many people leave their avatar's in, when they can't be seen. I guess some can see them just fine.

[RevNeal]

I'm sorry to say that I can't see elmorejj or Terri Lee's avatars. There are others I can't see, but those are the two I've noticed on this thread.

[dakrewser]

I'm sorry to say that I can't see elmorejj or Terri Lee's avatars. There are others I can't see, but those are the two I've noticed on this thread.
Here's my theory, FWIW

The avatar graphics are stored in your browser's cache (all graphics you view are, until a "timeout", usually a week or so, or some other maintenance removes it.) When the board software was changed, some avatars "went missing". Those who can see the avatars in question had them in their computers browser cache from before the change over. Those of us who joined after the software switch, or who have had our cache cleaned, can't see them.

As I said, FWIW. :)

-dave
Network World (http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/kearns.html)

[ekerr19]

I'm sorry to say that I can't see elmorejj or Terri Lee's avatars. There are others I can't see, but those are the two I've noticed on this thread.

I can't see them either. I also cannot seen doones...

[divinggirl]

Here's my theory, FWIW

The avatar graphics are stored in your browser's cache (all graphics you view are, until a "timeout", usually a week or so, or some other maintenance removes it.) When the board software was changed, some avatars "went missing". Those who can see the avatars in question had them in their computers browser cache from before the change over. Those of us who joined after the software switch, or who have had our cache cleaned, can't see them.

As I said, FWIW. :)

-dave
Network World (http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/kearns.html)
When was the changeover, because I can see it just fine and I joined pretty recently...

Nikki

[dakrewser]

When was the changeover, because I can see it just fine and I joined pretty recently...

Nikki
Well, that shoots my theory! :)

The entire look & feel changed, you would have noticed...

[divinggirl]

Well, that shoots my theory! :)

The entire look & feel changed, you would have noticed...
Sorry :rolleyes:

Nikki

[ekerr19]

ok-

I'm going to throw this out there... anyone who "can" see them who is using IE 6?

I wonder if it's an Internet Explorer 6.0 problem... :confused: That is what I use.

[trubey]

I can see them just fine.

[jhannah]

I also have Explorer 6. Keep trying! We'll hit on something, somehow, some day! Where are all our HTML gurus????

[ekerr19]

I can see them just fine.

Oh rats...! There goes my theory.

[ASM]

I see them too.

[Terri Lee]

Hi everyone......had to leave to do other things...........
When I scrolled down tonight I found my avitar 'shining' at me.I don't know what happened because I didn't do anything after I last questioned about it.:confused:
I wonder if it will still be there when I actually post this.......???

Terri;)

Well,blow me down,me hearties,if the danged thing hasn't walked the plank and gone to join the other fish in the sea!:rolleyes:

[Terri Lee]

Just noticed that everyone's avitars across the entire board have disappeared for some reason,including Revneal and S7S.Must be some kind of gremlin in the works,Walt????

Terri:confused:

[jhannah]

You must be hexed. I still see the avatars.

[grandma bev]

After all this discussion, gotta try to create one.
Testing.

Hooooooooo Raaaaaaaaaay! This is in honor of all the big band and jazz cruises we've been on. ;-)

[RevNeal]

I think the problems are related to the avatar-display subroutines on the boards ... there's a coding problem, somewhere, that causes certain avatars to not work at all. Others seem to work for some people, and still others seem to work sometimes but not others. Localady's didn't work for a while, but it is working now.

[Terri Lee]

I think it is something to do with when one logs in.Before I logged in just now,everyone's avitars including mine were visible.Now that I have logged in,they have all disappeared!! Amazing!Just what is going on,Walt???? Can you fix it?


Terri:confused:

[Krazy Kruizers]

:)

Terri Lee - I don't have an avitar - but I am still able to see yours.

:)

[Terri Lee]

Exactly the same as yesterday.......before I logged on just now,I scrolled down and saw everyone's avitars,including mine.Then I logged in and bingo! all gone again! This is truly amazing.I think I will email Walt and see what is going on as it is really ticking me off!!:mad:

Terri:mad:

[gizmo]

Hi terri lee,

By any chance have you turned them off? Go to your settings and check them. Go to top of the screen and click on UserCP, then Edit Options. Scroll down and you will see a section called Thread Display Options. Click on the boxs in Visable Thread Elements and this will make them visable. :)

[Krazy Kruizers]

:)

Another abbreviation - got from Host Walt:

PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair

Loved the cartoon that went with it.

:)

[Terri Lee]

Just received an email from Walt who set me straight about what to do.I have since done as he suggested and I am hoping it will work.


gizmo......Walt's instructions were the same as yours,so I am keeping my fingers crossed! Many thanks to both gizmo and Walt.:D

Terri;)

Just checked....it works!!Put the flags out with masses of streamers!! LOL!!:D

[Cruising Jake]

Thanks. I could not see avatars, so I followed gizmo's instructions and in the process found out how to correct the time stamp.

[ekerr19]

My boxes are all checked, but I still can't see some of them...