I am afraid Judy, that you're farther along on the spectrum than I feared. And at this point it's probably irreversible.
Hopefully you have some kind of support network established, even if it is costly. Or maybe it's time to take that ocean cruise on a container ship that you've been talking about. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" steve.sundur@ wrote: > > > > You gotta admit, with the number of times this issue has > > come up, you would have that the author's friend would have > > provided the solution. > > Not sure how you managed to hallucinate the notion > that I was some kind of computer expert, Steve, but > your mental problems have been getting noticeably > worse recently. Each time you're away from FFL for > awhile, one hopes it's because you're finally > getting some treatment. But then when you come back, > you're even crazier than before. It doesn't look > good for you, I'm afraid. > > (As it turns out, Barry didn't know what he was > talking about anyway.) > > > > > But nooooo. Turns out, the author's friend declared "arch enemy" came > > to the rescue on this one. Just sayin' Chalk one up for the Bar. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: > > > > > > > > Thank you, turq and I also want to apologize because coming back > > from the hospital I realized that telling a man he made a mountain out > > of a molehill is like when a man tells an upset woman that she's being > > emotional. Kind of stupid on my part. Anyway, there, I only put one > > space. Let's see what happens. How the heck am I gonna break that habit > > that's so ingrained in my cells?! I'm trainable but this just might be > > above and beyond my current level of neuroplastic development (-: > > > > > > My guess was correct. Most of the time I don't see these > > > symbols when reading your posts directly on the Yahoo > > > Web Viewer, but I almost always see them when I hit Reply, > > > because they're embedded into the text there. I have > > > gotten into the habit of editing them out to improve > > > readability. > > > > > > But there are none above. Compare to the quoted text > > > of your previous post below, where they are still there. > > > So it looks as if my guess about what the cause and its > > > solution might have been was correct. Cool. > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:09 AM > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: help again! > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Xeno, I don't have more than one email address.àThanks > > > > > for helpful reply.àAs for other request, a solution I > > > > > tried last night didn't work.àThis morning I was rushing > > > > > as usual and hoping for a quick answer if one were > > possible.à> > > > > Ok, rushing again as doc wants fasting blood work which I'm > > > > > off to do now.àOn a totally empty stomach!à> > > > > > > > > > PSàI know turq likes mountains but did he really have to > > > > > make this molehill into one?!à> > > > > > > > BTW, above is what your text looks like when we try > > > > to reply to it. The à marks are being inserted by > > > > whatever program you're using to write to FFL. > > > > > > > > And to "be helpful," I think I know how you can stop > > > > it from doing so. The problem is the program's not > > > > yours per se, but you're causing it by typing two > > > > spaces after a period. That's an old convention > > > > from typewriters, something that is never used in > > > > actual publication, or (more relevant) in HTML. > > > > HTML will strip out double spaces and replace them > > > > with single spaces. > > > > > > > > So, in a misguided attempt to keep it from doing > > > > this, your program (probably Yahoo Mail) is, when > > > > you type two spaces in a row, replacing the first > > > > of them with a non-breaking space. This preserves > > > > the double-spacing in HTML, but unfortunately > > > > many browsers convert this non-breaking space to > > > > the à symbol we see all over your posts. > > > > > > > > As a guess, I'll bet that if you stopped typing > > > > double spaces after every period, the problem > > > > would go away. > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013 7:57 AM > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: help again! > > > > > > > > > > Yes. If you send an email from an email client (not web mail), and > > you have more than one email address one of which is not a yahoo address > > and you mistakenly used that address, yahoo will send you that message. > > If you don't use an email client, then it might be an indication someone > > has hacked into your account and tried to send an email with a non yahoo > > identified address in reply-to line. There might be other ways this > > could happen that I have no clue about. > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I just got an email supposedly from yahoo saying to verify my > > account!ïÿý Could this be real? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
