USMB Coffee Shop IV

[R.D.]

This is how the new format has me feeling.

 

[Ava]

I hear that. lol. So much to learn. So little time to do so. Mom used to tell me something I never forget, when I am whining. "You'll get used to it, Sweetface." And she was right. I usually did. But when I didn't, I took off for greener pastures.

 

[Ava]

I turned them off except for when someone quotes me or tags me.

I have those turned off, too. The only thing I left turned ON was the ability to start a conversation with me. That also comes straight to my inbox in my email program. I've never subscribed to, or followed, threads, either. I am just bare-bones here or accessible. lol.

I don't read the quotes in the Quote for the Day, OP, and am used to just going to the first page of the OP and posting from there by hitting the Quick Reply option, but don't see that. It is much faster that way. I am sure there is a way. I just don't have the time today, to look for it...

I also am missing the Preview Post ( before submitting ) as once in a while, I like to use that.

You still have the preview....you just have to hit "more options" - then there will be a preview box to click on.

Mertex. What a gal.

 

[Againsheila]

On this day in history, who remembers using one of these?

After the invention of the telephone, there was a time when a line had to be provided, usually by the customer, to every phone you wanted to call from your phone to theirs. That is until three Swedish inventors living in Lindsborg KS (just south of where we used to live in Kansas) invented a switching system that would allow a phone to connect to up to 100 others. And that capability led to their desire to figure out... a way that the caller could connect to other phones instead of having to wait for an operator to be on duty or use a cumbersome and often faulty push button system. And by the mid 1890's they had developed the first dial telephone.

On August 20, 1896, they applied for a patent on their first working dial telephone that could connect to a 100 other phones and the rest, as they say, is history.

It's hard to imagine that every dial telephone now in use is an antique.

I have one on my desk right now. Not quite that old fashioned, but it is a dial phone.

 

[Againsheila]

I miss my kitty. She would crawl up under the blanket and I'd walk in and there'd be a lump in my freshly made bed. That was usually "tease the cat" time.

 

[Ava]

Seems to be working. All is good with the world....

And now, using the multi-quote function using 007 and AquaAthena as guinea pigs...and using the procedure I sent AquaAthena....

I won't even bother using the reply button but just insert them into the quick reply text box....

I dunno....this pic made me laugh. Have a good day folks.

Seems to be working. All is good with the world....

 

[Ava]

Darkwind is awesome.

 

[Ringel05]

I miss my kitty. She would crawl up under the blanket and I'd walk in and there'd be a lump in my freshly made bed. That was usually "tease the cat" time.

Jasper the oldest "helps" us make the bed....... Then it's play time.

 

[Againsheila]

It took me forever to figure out how to post pictures in the last system. I'm guessing I'll figure it out here in a little longer than forever.

 

[Darkwind]

Seems to be working. All is good with the world....

And now, using the multi-quote function using 007 and AquaAthena as guinea pigs...and using the procedure I sent AquaAthena....

I won't even bother using the reply button but just insert them into the quick reply text box....

I dunno....this pic made me laugh. Have a good day folks.

Seems to be working. All is good with the world....

I love it when a plan comes together.

 

[Foxfyre]

It took me forever to figure out how to post pictures in the last system. I'm guessing I'll figure it out here in a little longer than forever.

It works just like the old system did. The 'image' button is just to the right of the smiley in the tool bar. Click on it, paste the URL of your photo into it, and click on insert and voila!! It works every time. It is easier than with VBulletin actually because it doesn't already have the beginning of the URL already there that we usually have to delete out.

I would like to have Darkwind's instruction on drag and drop though? Perhaps he would post it here for us all to see? Early this morning the 'write your reply' box at the bottom of the page was just gone, but it is there now. Gremlins.

 

[Darkwind]

It took me forever to figure out how to post pictures in the last system. I'm guessing I'll figure it out here in a little longer than forever.

You can just drag and drop the image into the quick reply box and if there is no link block on the image, it will appear when you post.

 

[Big Black Dog]

Woke up to rain this morning. Good thing because we could use some rain. There's something about rain that makes coffee taste a little bit better. Don't know what it is but it surely does exist. Another thing that makes coffee taste better is listening to chipmunks sing in four part harmony.

 

[Foxfyre]

And good morning everybody. Again I didn't look forward to logging in--dreading the unfamiliar, frustrating, and I HATE not understanding everything I need to do and all that--but now that I'm here, it's okay. I am so happy at least most of our great Coffee Shop friends are sticking it out through the changeover. I don't want to lose a single one of you.

Which brings me to @Statistikhengst.. The Coffee drinker photos I thought were a fun addition--especially when they were of famous people--but of course there are only so many of those. Of course there wasn't as much to comment on when you were finally down to ordinary people drinking coffee. So I understand discontinuing the series, but I am concerned that you're leaving the Coffee Shop? If that is because somebody was sending you nasty PMs because of what you post here, I think that is not cool on that somebody's part at all. I have enjoyed getting to know you here. I have enjoyed your comments about life in Germany, culinary comments, your adventures with your daughter, et al. So I hope you don't allow one or two nasty people make a decision like that for you. That is not in the spirit of the Coffee Shop. And I would hope all of us are the kind of people who don't bring mean spiritedness into the Coffee Shop no matter what issues you might have any of us 'out there'.

 

[Foxfyre]

It took me forever to figure out how to post pictures in the last system. I'm guessing I'll figure it out here in a little longer than forever.

You can just drag and drop the image into the quick reply box and if there is no link block on the image, it will appear when you post.

Hey it works!!!! Very cool. Don't know how much application there will be for it, but good to know we can do that!!!!

 

[Darkwind]

It took me forever to figure out how to post pictures in the last system. I'm guessing I'll figure it out here in a little longer than forever.

You can just drag and drop the image into the quick reply box and if there is no link block on the image, it will appear when you post.

Hey it works!!!! Very cool. Don't know how much application there will be for it, but good to know we can do that!!!!

Just be sure you grab the right image if you just by happenstance, have a porn site open.


I'm just sayin`....

 

[Foxfyre]

And you know what? You can do it right off your computer too!!! I just dragged and dropped this right out of my personal photo files. This is great!!!
You don't have to put your photos in Photobucket or some such and then use the URL to move them here.

 

[Foxfyre]

It took me forever to figure out how to post pictures in the last system. I'm guessing I'll figure it out here in a little longer than forever.

You can just drag and drop the image into the quick reply box and if there is no link block on the image, it will appear when you post.

Hey it works!!!! Very cool. Don't know how much application there will be for it, but good to know we can do that!!!!

Just be sure you grab the right image if you just by happenstance, have a porn site open.


I'm just sayin`....

Very good point though I visit porn sites pretty infrequently.

 

[Ringel05]

When posting videos/media there is a dedicated icon for that as opposed to linking it as a URL like the old format did for sites and vids.

 

[Darkwind]

View attachment 31307 And you know what? You can do it right off your computer too!!! I just dragged and dropped this right out of my personal photo files. This is great!!!
You don't have to put your photos in Photobucket or some such and then use the URL to move them here.

Never thought to try and drag and drop from the hard drive.....Good catch!