MP173 Dont the girls in the swimsuit ads know the beach is closed? Ed
Dont the girls in the swimsuit ads know the beach is closed?
Ed
Man, some of those swimsuits! I wondered how the girls didn't burst out of them!
BaltACD Overmod By the way: who out there following this thread has a good graphics-design program they know how to use well? I'm developing the parody Trains Magazine ad for "13 greatest Kalmbach IT failures that shaped the history of enthusiast publications" -- the flubs, failures and foulups that determined the course of American Snowmobiler." Probably best if it's a link that can click through to a 'presentation' page, and perhaps something that can be ordered as a free sample? If Kalmbach IT is reading this thread: get the lead out on ridding us of the bouncing ads, and I might reconsider... We were told three months ago that a new forum experience was imminent - well that was 1/4 of a year ago. The things that weren't working then, still aren't working today.
Overmod By the way: who out there following this thread has a good graphics-design program they know how to use well? I'm developing the parody Trains Magazine ad for "13 greatest Kalmbach IT failures that shaped the history of enthusiast publications" -- the flubs, failures and foulups that determined the course of American Snowmobiler." Probably best if it's a link that can click through to a 'presentation' page, and perhaps something that can be ordered as a free sample? If Kalmbach IT is reading this thread: get the lead out on ridding us of the bouncing ads, and I might reconsider...
I'm developing the parody Trains Magazine ad for "13 greatest Kalmbach IT failures that shaped the history of enthusiast publications" -- the flubs, failures and foulups that determined the course of American Snowmobiler."
Probably best if it's a link that can click through to a 'presentation' page, and perhaps something that can be ordered as a free sample?
If Kalmbach IT is reading this thread: get the lead out on ridding us of the bouncing ads, and I might reconsider...
We were told three months ago that a new forum experience was imminent - well that was 1/4 of a year ago. The things that weren't working then, still aren't working today.
Just like a real railroad.
I was told when I hired on that we would be getting a new employee computer system within a year. A decade later I am still getting paid by the same old 1980s program.
I think it was developed before the mouse was invented, you can navigate it using only the keyboard.
Press F7 and F8 to scroll, F6 to save a pay ticket, F5 to submit, and F3 to back out...... ...all the other F keys have at least one function, which may vary depending on what part of the program you are in.
Tab and Shift+Tab come in handy too.
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OvermodBy the way: who out there following this thread has a good graphics-design program they know how to use well? I'm developing the parody Trains Magazine ad for "13 greatest Kalmbach IT failures that shaped the history of enthusiast publications" -- the flubs, failures and foulups that determined the course of American Snowmobiler." Probably best if it's a link that can click through to a 'presentation' page, and perhaps something that can be ordered as a free sample? If Kalmbach IT is reading this thread: get the lead out on ridding us of the bouncing ads, and I might reconsider...
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Oh, that's cold!
Hilarious, but COLD!
By the way: who out there following this thread has a good graphics-design program they know how to use well?
I'm developing the parody Trains Magazine ad for "13 greatest Kalmbach IT failures that shaped the history of enthusiast publications -- the flubs, foul-ups and faux pas that determined the course of American Snowmobiler."
Paul_D_North_JrSomeday my wife's going to see them, and then I'll have some 'splainin' to do . . .
Simple: tell her you're supporting the 'free' forum resource by not blocking ads outright; Kalmbach will not let you individually block or censor ads by category; she knows she can trust you; [be passive-aggressive if she then persists, sauce for the goose is now sauce for the gander as well in this lovely new PC age.]
If you need plausible denial: tell her you've joined the boycott of undesirable ad content, and show her this thread for backup ... well, perhaps just tell her you're boycotting the swimwear.
Could be Louis Armstrong 'splainin'. As in...
"Jazz? Man, if you got to 'splain it to 'em, forget it!"
Paul_D_North_Jr Running Chrome on Windows 10, the ads only cover about the bottom 10% of the screen, so not a big bother. I still get the women's fashions, swimsuits, and lingerie ads in a little box on the right side. Someday my wife's going to see them, and then I'll have some 'splainin' to do . . . - PDN.
Running Chrome on Windows 10, the ads only cover about the bottom 10% of the screen, so not a big bother.
I still get the women's fashions, swimsuits, and lingerie ads in a little box on the right side. Someday my wife's going to see them, and then I'll have some 'splainin' to do . . .
- PDN.
Would that be Desi-splaining or Mansplaining?
BaltACD After loading a ad blocker, you will also get pop ups from some of the sites you visit that obscure their content and instruct you to turn off the ad blocker, and provide you the means to do it. F em!
After loading a ad blocker, you will also get pop ups from some of the sites you visit that obscure their content and instruct you to turn off the ad blocker, and provide you the means to do it.
F em!
You bet Balt, I tried the websites of the local papers in the Fort Myers FL area where my parents live, just to get an idea of "what's goin' on" and sure enough the "turn off the ad blocker" message came up. No damn way!
And you're welcome 54', but the guy you really need to thank is ShortCircuit, he's the one who brought AdBlocker to my attention. Bless him!
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Thanks so much, Wayne- I just now did it and no more ads! I owe you one, that's for sure.
54light15 I'm getting these pop-ups too- when I try to click on the X on the upper right, the ad will move up and down like it's fighting me. If I don't click right on the x, the ad page opens up. Toyota, Scotiabank, other banking ads. I thought it was just me. Can someone point out to me how to load Adbusters? I would sure appreciate it. I would boycott Scotiabank, but that's my bank. For a while after every time I went to the bank, they would email me a survey form asking about the service. I told a teller to make it stop and it did. But these pop-ups are driving me nuts!
I'm getting these pop-ups too- when I try to click on the X on the upper right, the ad will move up and down like it's fighting me. If I don't click right on the x, the ad page opens up. Toyota, Scotiabank, other banking ads. I thought it was just me. Can someone point out to me how to load Adbusters? I would sure appreciate it. I would boycott Scotiabank, but that's my bank. For a while after every time I went to the bank, they would email me a survey form asking about the service. I told a teller to make it stop and it did. But these pop-ups are driving me nuts!
That's exactly what happened to me! Chasing the "x's" all over the damn screen!
Loading AdBlocker is easy, just Google AdBlocker, I selected AdBlocker Ultimate Chrome (if you're using Chrome) the free one, and follow the directions. Just takes a few seconds.
I'm sure there's other applications depending on your situation.
OvermodThe fun is that there is also an ad up at the head of the page that loads and pushes the content down. To where the clever little expanding window blossoms to cover the available text window on this device as soon as you go to start typing ... surprise, surprise, resulting in a clickthrough, doubtless irrevocable modifications to everyone's tracked list of my "ad preferences" ... heaven knows what else.
This exact behavior with bottom popups just started happening to me (Firefox on Linux). Surprisingly the window has just text and a link so it is hard to determine the sponsor to boycott. At any rate I had to turn Ublock back on for this site and others, will see if it works ....
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I started noticing them a couple of days ago too. Both on my home PC and travelling lap-top, both use Edge. I have a pop-up blocker, but the only pop-ups it seems to block are the ones I need to see on the UP employee's website. And for that I can't disable it like I could before for those pop-ups.
I've also been getting pop-ups from Kalmbach when I switch magazine forums to subscribe. Even to the ones I already subscribe to. I checked out the adblocker for Edge, but it says I need to update my version of Edge. I may try it out on my lap-top first.
Jeff
You know, the thought hit me just now.
I didn't mind the ads as long as they kept their place and didn't interfere with anything else, but as soon as they did it pushed me over the edge to the point I killed 'em all.
I suppose the people responsible for the same never heard the story of "The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs," or the tale of "The Fisherman's Wife" who didn't have the sense to quit while she was ahead, and asked for so much she lost it all.
A lot of wisdom in those old stories. There must be, or they wouldn't have lived for so long.
They're trying to get me to take on credit.. credit card offers.. loans.. etc.. and now an ad for something to do with the airport in Toronto. Splicing it all together I'mguessin the universe wants me to take a vacation on credit..
CShaveRRJust the occasional ad on the Newswire asking me to subscribe to Trains at this fantastic rate...annoying when it disrupts the news I'm reading, because (a) I'm a lifetime subscriber, and (b) you have to be a subscriber to access that site.
It may be that they are aiming at people like me. I subscribe to Model Railroader, so they probably are trying to get MR readers to subscribe to Trains, also. MR readers have access to all the Kalmbach forums.
York1 John
Our tech guy installed Ghostery a few years back. Every once in a while it blocks something that sounds interesting, but I've not had this problem with non-related ads. Just the occasional ad on the Newswire asking me to subscribe to Trains at this fantastic rate...annoying when it disrupts the news I'm reading, because (a) I'm a lifetime subscriber, and (b) you have to be a subscriber to access that site.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Flintlock76 I took your advice ShortCircuit and installed AdBlocker, why not? It says it's free. It worked. No more ads, thank goodness, although I'm gonna miss those swimsuit ads. Thanks!
I took your advice ShortCircuit and installed AdBlocker, why not? It says it's free.
It worked. No more ads, thank goodness, although I'm gonna miss those swimsuit ads.
Thanks!
For those who are able, I do recommend installing a "hosts" file. Instructions are available on the net.
The best thing is that it's passive - essentially a filter. This eliminates the possibility that you might actually be installing malware when you install software that's supposed to block malware. Some blocker programs are better than others.
I do run a program that looks for cookies, etc on a scan that I run once a week on my desktop computer. Before I put on a hosts file, I was getting well over 1,000 hits each week. This morning I had 140. I could probably reduce that to near zero if I chose to dig into what the scan program file finds and modify the hosts file.
And I now see virtually no advertising. I do get the occasional pop up requesting that I disable my ad blocker. I just say "sure" and then ignore it.
I'm getting them, too. I just click on the "x"--and they fly away, until I to go to a new thread.
Johnny
I've been getting these annoying new ads in Chrome when using my Android phone.
But I see nothing on the PC, on which I use Firefox. And also have Ghostery installed.
Flintlock76Anyone else having this issue?
I'm running Linux, and see no ads. I'm using the Chromium browser and using "Ublock" to keep the scripts in check. You can look at the following screenshot , which depicts my blocker listing the items it has blocked. I believe that mkt932.com and powerad.ai are the worst offenders. Those with a red tab on the far left side of the list are the ones I'm blocking
https://i.imgur.com/lCh8pfj.jpg
They are not appearing on the Classic Trains forum - as of yet!
I raised the question about these new ads yesterday on the Model Railroader forum........ by mid morning today the thread was gone..........
Sheldon
ShortCircuit AdBlocker Ultimate enabled for this sites seems to stop the adds for me.
AdBlocker Ultimate enabled for this sites seems to stop the adds for me.
That may be why I'm not seeing them on the Vista machine - I don't have AdBlocker, but I do have a hosts file which blocks most "popular" ad sites.
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