--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@> > wrote: > > > > I have not lost any posts yet due to Yahoo, but I do not post that often. I > > usually lose a post by inadvertently closing down my web browser, having > > interrupted to do something else. If I have a long post, I usually work in > > a text editor, and then copy and paste when I am done. If I want to put a > > picture in the post, then I have to work in an HTML editor, and pre-load > > the pictures to the forum first so I can get their web address there, put > > those addresses in the post and then copy and paste the HTML into the > > forum's rich-text editor. The rich text editor seems quirky. > > You know that if you're using Yahoo's Rich Text Editor on > the Web site, you can do a standard copy-and-paste of a > graphic that lives elsewhere on the Web into the post, > right? And you don't have to write the text in an HTML > editor and then paste it in if you're using the Rich Text > Editor. You can compose it in a text editor like Notepad > and paste it in, or you can input the text directly into > the post window. You only really need to use a separate > HTML editor if you want to do fancy stuff without using > the Rich Text Editor's tools.
I did not know that. Live and Learn. > > (Don't know what the situation is if you get the posts via > email instead of reading and responding via the Web > interface.) > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > Folks, SAVE A COPY OF YOUR POSTS to Notepad or > > > something before you send them, at least the > > > ones that aren't easily redone...Yahoo is eating > > > posts like it's starving. > > > > > > Not only did Curtis's "snarky" post disappear, > > > my response to this one did too, as did my first > > > send of the one Curtis is responding to here. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Jesus Judy. Please accept my apology for all the snarky > > > > bullshit in my previous post. > > > > > > It never showed up. But the post of mine I gather you > > > were responding to was pretty snarky as well, so you'd > > > be justified in reposting the snarky one if you chose. > > > > > > That was one of the nicest > > > > posts I have ever read and I take it to heart. Thanks. > > > > > > You're welcome. Just wish there were more conversations > > > here like the one you and Robin are having. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > (Yahoo appears to have eaten my first send of this > > > > > post.) > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > I believe that it is a rare bird who would enjoy wading > > > > > > through this personal conversation with Robin. > > > > > > > > > > I guess I'm one of those birds, because I've been > > > > > loving it. For me it's like watching one of the old > > > > > cliff-hanger movie serials. When I finish reading > > > > > one of the posts, I'm thinking, Wow, how is > > > > > Curtis/Robin going to deal with *this*? I'm > > > > > practically on the edge of my seat waiting to find > > > > > out. > > > > > > > > > > And then when the response gets posted, I'm cheering > > > > > how it dealt with the previous post and wondering how > > > > > the other guy is possibly going to produce a good > > > > > comeback. The two of them keep out-thinking each other, > > > > > as well as illuminating their own POVs. It's really > > > > > a superbly executed and fascinating dialectic, the > > > > > best we've seen here in a long while, because both > > > > > of them have the intestinal fortitude to actually > > > > > *engage* with each other. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
