Recently I have noticed that my screen name is not all fitting in the sidebar. It seems to me that this used to not be the case. What's up with this?
Still in training.
I am only answering to see if mine is also truncated. Although my initial answer upon seeing the subject line was 'because its too long.'
EDIT: I do think the column to the left is a wee bit narrower than it used to be. But I can't prove it one way or the other.
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
I am going to go out on a limb. Because there are no spaces in you screen name the Kalmbach IT software just truncates it with the maximum of displayed characters. If your screen name were 'Lithonia Operator' with a space between the two words, I suspect your screen name would be displayed on two lines.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Balt, I had that same thought. But it's too late now ...
Don't worry buddy, we know it's you!
Flintlock76 Don't worry buddy, we know it's you!
Are you reading me 5x5 [Firelock76]???? Heh! Heh!
Oh yeah Sam, I hear you "Lima-Charlie," that was a result of a confluence of wacky events that came about all at once!
I suppose I could go back to being "Firelock" but as long as everyone knows it's me anyway what's the point? Not worth the trouble.
At least everyone knows what a flintlock is, I did get questioned on "Firelock" every so often, a question I didn't mind answering.
But in case everyone else is wondering what a firelock is, check this out...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuYGCji-_5A
Wayne
Flintlock76At least everyone knows what a flintlock is, I did get questioned on "Firelock" every so often, a question I didn't mind answering.
Actually, I'd like to hear how Lady Firestorm got her moniker and what her Ladyship thinks about it.
"Lady Firestorm" is something that popped into my mind when I wanted to reference the missus on a particular Forum subject, probably Norfolk-Southern cancelling the steam program in 1994. "Firestorm" was her reaction when she found out NS was taking away Mighty 611, what she called "MY engine!" Her fury knew no bounds over her Art-Deco delight being removed from service!
And "Firestorm" went along with "Firelock" quite well.
And she LIKES "Lady Firestorm!" Prefers it to a "Lady Flintlock" title, it's more picturesque.
Anyway, I do like to add a "cast of characters" to my posts from time to time, like Lady F's N-gauger brother "Big B," my best friend "Shotgun Charlie," and a recent addition, Lady F's niece "Stephanie The Mad Violinist."
[quote user="Flintlock76]
And she LIKES "Lady Firestorm!" Prefers it to a "Lady Flintlock" title, it's more picturesque...[/quote]
But what could be more picturesque than
"Flintstorm
Lady Flintstorm
From a modern-steam-age fan-i-lee...
From the
Town of Richmond
Rich in classic railroad hys-ter-eeeee
Let's ride
611 down the main
Til more
Crossovers give beneath the strain..."
(and so on)
Very clever Mod-man, very clever indeed!
However, "Firestorm" it shall remain!
I have to confess though, as a kid I was never really a big "Flinstones" fan. If I watched it at all it was usually because there was nothing else on.
Pretty good Overmod. We sure do have some fun sometimes and the humour is quite remarkable.
I second Wayne's thoughts .. very clever indeed.
Vince, you should have seen Overmods new verses to an old Soupy Sales song, "The Subway Goes Rolling Along," a fun thread we had going a few years back.
I laughed so hard I shot half a can of Coca-Cola through my nose and rolled on the Kitchen floor in agony for twenty minutes or so!
It was never any fun to belch Coca-Cola through my nose when I was much younger. It felt like pulling a pipecleaner through the nostrils.
CSSHEGEWISCH It was never any fun to belch Coca-Cola through my nose when I was much younger. It felt like pulling a pipecleaner through the nostrils.
Johnny
Flintlock76Vince, you should have seen Overmod's new verses to an old Soupy Sales song, "The Subway Goes Rolling Along," a fun thread we had going a few years back.
I had nearly forgotten. This was a different forum back then.
Yes it's true you'll find poo on the uptown Number Two, as the subway goes rolling along; And the pee I often see is a factor, yessirree, as the subway goes rolling along For it's sure a drain, on the #7 train -- gee, the smell is getting kinda strong... (Yes! Yes!! Yes!!) Oh it's more than a ride, smells like a circus on the side, as the subway goes rolling along... If in Harlem for a ride, do not turd over the side, as the subway goes rolling along For we saw someone who tried, and he slipped and then he died, as the subway went rolling along It's a 6 train, gents, not a public convene-i-ence -- hold in your bowels nice and strong You;ll be pe-rish-in' if you cannot hold it in, while the subway goes rolling along... Oh dear God, now we stop, as the voltage starts to drop, and the subway stops rolling along, And we shout awful names, as we start to smell the flames, as the subway stops rolling along, Oh its Ay, Yi,Yee -- oh we'd better start to flee -- drop to your knees and pray along For that light's not the Lord, it's a speeding Number 4, as the subway stops rolling along. Now I see, goodness me, that we all may cease to be, as the subway goes folding along, Yes we all start to frown as our car is shoved uptown, and the subway goes folding along, We were so carefree, we had new CBTC, what could possibly go worng [echo: worng, worng, worng, with a Yuliy Borisovich accent] For we lose all hope, when we start to tel-es-cope, as the subway goes folding along...
And the pee I often see is a factor, yessirree, as the subway goes rolling along
For it's sure a drain, on the #7 train -- gee, the smell is getting kinda strong... (Yes! Yes!! Yes!!)
Oh it's more than a ride, smells like a circus on the side, as the subway goes rolling along...
If in Harlem for a ride, do not turd over the side, as the subway goes rolling along
For we saw someone who tried, and he slipped and then he died, as the subway went rolling along
It's a 6 train, gents, not a public convene-i-ence -- hold in your bowels nice and strong
You;ll be pe-rish-in' if you cannot hold it in, while the subway goes rolling along...
Oh dear God, now we stop, as the voltage starts to drop, and the subway stops rolling along,
And we shout awful names, as we start to smell the flames, as the subway stops rolling along,
Oh its Ay, Yi,Yee -- oh we'd better start to flee -- drop to your knees and pray along
For that light's not the Lord, it's a speeding Number 4, as the subway stops rolling along.
Now I see, goodness me, that we all may cease to be, as the subway goes folding along,
Yes we all start to frown as our car is shoved uptown, and the subway goes folding along,
We were so carefree, we had new CBTC, what could possibly go worng [echo: worng, worng, worng, with a Yuliy Borisovich accent]
For we lose all hope, when we start to tel-es-cope, as the subway goes folding along...
I kept hoping then that someone else was going to join in and continue the song. I quote it here in the hopes that some of you will.
(Dave Klepper didn't like this at all; he even made the accusation I was insulting my parents' generation by making fun of the system they had built. I freely confess to making fun of Mayor Dinky and the stuff he did to the city at the time; doesn't mean I don't still love the place.)
See below. Either my computer's not awake yet or Kalbach's system is going wacky again.
Mod-man, I played it safe this time, I put my coffee cup down before I read those verses!
You know, I thought about adding some verses of my own at the time, but how do you improve on perfection?
I do remember Dave Klepper getting annoyed, but he did come 'round after you explained what we were all about, especially your reference to the traditions of the classic New York Yiddish theater, where the more you insult something is just an indication of how much you love it. Pure satire of course.
David's a fine example of a gentleman of the "old school," something we should all aspire to.
We did have fun with that thread, didn't we?
Flintlock76You know, I thought about adding some verses of my own at the time, but how do you improve on perfection?
It is very simple -- you do it, get it out there, and let the 'hive mind' work on doing any fine-tuning after the fact.
The great central problem of Hegel and Marx is the mistaken idea that there is 'one true perfection' in any complex system. Even Aristotle knew better.
If you don't let a thousand clovers bloom, your chance of finding four-leaved ones is dramatically lower...
Just in case anyone's wondering what Overmod and myself are talking about, here's the link, if someone can get it to work. I'm not having any luck.
http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/742/t/214014.aspx
Sorry Balt, tried your suggestion, still doesn't work. I give up. Thanks anyway!
Flintlock76Just in case anyone's wondering what Overmod and myself are talking about, here's the link, if someone can get it to work. I'm not having any luck. http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/742/t/214014.aspx
Removing the period after the c
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