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Posted by Convicted One on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 11:48 AM

Flintlock76
Never mind them, it's Richie Blackmore's birthday today! "Who's he?" you ask? 

Seems an outrage that anyone would ever have to ask.  Blackmore has always been a fav of mine. 

I saw Sabbath live playing your linked tune as part of their encore back in '84....and it might have actually been better their way.  Mostly a bass thing.

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Posted by Convicted One on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 11:39 AM

Lithonia Operator
When I try the log-in that's intended to get your magazine-subscriber benefits, it says my credentials are wrong, even though I'm using the combo that gets me into here.

Interesting that despite my new "hurdle",  once  logged in I can access news wire with no additional log-in necessary.  My familiarity with Stephens' article about the CP-KCS merger and the angst over the voting trust aspect being proof that I ain't a foolin. 

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 10:30 AM

Sara T

the man from Alto Ona:

I get you so many Magazines to burry you - how's that?

Good nite

Sleep tite

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLS0Med0s6E

Great - isn't it !?

 

Emerson, Lake and Palmer?  Never mind them, it's Richie Blackmore's birthday today!

"Who's he?" you ask?  The guy who invented the most famous 12 note intro in rock history, and here it is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikGyZh0VbPQ  

My word, was that really 49 years ago? Where did the years go?

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 10:22 AM

SD60MAC9500
 

Cleared my cookies and was able to sign in again. 

 
 

Interesting, I did a cookie clear this morning and it took me two tries to sign in.

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Posted by SD60MAC9500 on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 8:58 AM
 

Cleared my cookies and was able to sign in again. 

 
Rahhhhhhhhh!!!!
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Posted by Convicted One on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 8:16 AM

Well, it's so good to see that your boat-rocking finally got some results. Smile, Wink & Grin

Of course ....what WAS working fine for me,.... is now broken. But I expected that.

Not the end of the world, mind you. But I suspected that  once we got the monkeys turning knobs, what had been working fine for me, was sure to change.

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Posted by MMLDelete on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 7:48 AM

Convicted One

 

 
Lithonia Operator
'm not sure I'm willing to go that far.

 

Well, I'm guessing that you are all fixed now?  Suddenly I have to log in each time I visit.Super Angry

 

I'm not having to log into this forum, even on my phone now. But I am still unable to access News Wire after 8 stories in a month. When I try the log-in that's intended to get your magazine-subscriber benefits, it says my credentials are wrong, even though I'm using the combo that gets me into here.

I wrote the customer service dept., have not gotten any answer.

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Posted by Convicted One on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 7:04 AM

Lithonia Operator
'm not sure I'm willing to go that far.

Well, I'm guessing that you are all fixed now?  Suddenly I have to log in each time I visit.Super Angry

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Posted by Sara T on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 3:42 AM

the man from Alto Ona:

I get you so many Magazines to burry you - how's that?

Good nite

Sleep tite

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLS0Med0s6E

Great - isn't it !?

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Posted by Sara T on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 3:34 AM

BaltACID

.. and the picture shows why. Big Smile

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Posted by samfp1943 on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 9:02 AM

IT seems we are all eing sucked into "The  I.T. Internet Game of who has the better IDEA ?"  {or will we keep; it 'free' or monitize it) ?   For the time since the Intrnet was invented by 'Al Gore'  Smile, Wink & Grin in the early 1990's Mischief 

 The 'Geeks' have been in a race to find the 'pot of gold' for the Internet.   Rainbow.Bang Head

                         The rest of usSigh just have to wait til the 'bill' arrives.Whistling

 

 


 

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Posted by Convicted One on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 8:14 AM

ChuckHawkins
Perhaps there is a time limit associated with Kalmbach cookies?

Well, you know what happens when you try and save a file to a directory already containing a file by the exact same name...  Cookies are files.

But, if you just built a new feature into your website that is dependent upon an "enhanced" verson of a legacy cookie....guess what happens?   "cookie(2)" doesn't  get the call

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Posted by ChuckHawkins on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 8:03 AM
I too had a problem signing in this AM. Forced to delete all old cookies from Firefox and then was able to sign back in. Perhaps there is a time limit associated with Kalmbach cookies?
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Posted by Convicted One on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 7:39 AM

The internet is a funny place. Sometimes I suspect the "gatekeepers" break things intentionally, knowing that we will  abandon common sense and start clicking on things we normally would know better than to do, in a scorched earth attempt to "fix" whatever has stopped working for us.

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Posted by Convicted One on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 7:33 AM

Lithonia Operator
Are you getting the "you have x stories left" countdown?

Do you suppose you have run afoul of their "paywall"?  And by that,... I'm curious if you may  have deleted some cookie that proves you paid, and   having exhausted your free allotment,.. are now getting the "bums rush"?

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Posted by MMLDelete on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 5:17 AM

Convicted One

 

 
Lithonia Operator
Are you guys using the same email/password combo for both Trains.com and for this forum?

 

Newswire, Blogs, Rochelle webcam, and this forum....all on a single log in.

I guess that "living right" has finally paid-off?  Mischief

 

Yeah, must be the living right. I'm not sure I'm willing to go that far.

Are you getting the "you have x stories left" countdown? Or is the part you CAN see unrestricted?

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Posted by Convicted One on Monday, April 12, 2021 11:39 PM

Lithonia Operator
Are you guys using the same email/password combo for both Trains.com and for this forum?

Newswire, Blogs, Rochelle webcam, and this forum....all on a single log in.

I guess that "living right" has finally paid-off?  Mischief

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Posted by MMLDelete on Monday, April 12, 2021 11:05 PM

Are you guys using the same email/password combo for both Trains.com and for this forum?

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Posted by seppburgh2 on Monday, April 12, 2021 10:34 PM
I had the same issue for several weeks on the old Trains site. Deleted cookies, clean up history, change browser no luck. Took emailing the help desk to get set-up and running again. So far under the new website no issues.
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Posted by MidlandMike on Monday, April 12, 2021 10:29 PM

Lithonia Operator
As for the Trains site, it would appear that all I'm worthy of now is News Wire and the Rochelle webcam. Correct? And on the Classic Trains site, it would appear that all I'm worthy of now is Photo of the Day and ... the Rochelle webcam. Correct?

I can also look at the Trains Blogs.

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Posted by Convicted One on Monday, April 12, 2021 10:07 PM

Lithonia Operator
Despite these paltry offerings, when I try to sign in to access them (using my forum email and password), I am getting that same message about my credentials not being in order that Hytec is getting. What's the deal with this? 

Been logged on to the forum for the past few  hours,  being curious after reading your post, I decided to explore the Rochell web cam.   Clicked on the link, and it came up immediately, no additional log in necessary.

Wonder if your alternately accessing the site with both you computer and handheld is tripping up some anti-haxor barrier? (similar to how google now scolds you for logging onto g-mail with an "unfamiliar device")

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Posted by MMLDelete on Monday, April 12, 2021 9:12 PM

Woe here also.

Shouldn't the email address and password that I use to log onto this forum be the same as I use to access the "exclusive" online content available to print magazine subscribers?

As for the Trains site, it would appear that all I'm worthy of now is News Wire and the Rochelle webcam. Correct? And on the Classic Trains site, it would appear that all I'm worthy of now is Photo of the Day and ... the Rochelle webcam. Sad Correct?

Despite these paltry offerings, when I try to sign in to access them (using my forum email and password), I am getting that same message about my credentials not being in order that Hytec is getting.

What's the deal with this? 

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Posted by BaltACD on Monday, April 12, 2021 8:27 PM

As long as I am signed in to the Forums - I REFUSE to jump through any Kalmbach hoops, ring any bells or flip any switches.

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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Posted by Juniata Man on Monday, April 12, 2021 7:35 PM

I've had to delete history and cookies multiple times in the past two to three weeks to restore my ability to read Newswire. Suffice to say it is becoming a huge PITA and will be a consideration when I receive renewal notices for the various Kalmbach magazines to which I subscribe.

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Posted by SD70Dude on Monday, April 12, 2021 7:27 PM

Try clearing your browser history and settings.  That worked for another member just the other day. 

I have no trouble logging in, but I have not been able to log out of the forums (cs.trains server) for some time. 

You seem to be caught up in the latest episode of the long-running Kalmbach IT comedy of errors.

Greetings from Alberta

-an Articulate Malcontent

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Sign In To Trains, Trains News Wire, & Model Railroader Blocked.
Posted by Hytec on Monday, April 12, 2021 7:13 PM

I have been a member of the Trains, Trains News Wire, and Model Railroader websites since their inception. Now, as of a few weeks ago, I am blocked from signing in. The response is:

"Sorry, but it looks like your credentials are incorrect. Please check your user name and password and try again."

I'm using the same "credentials" (user name and password) that I've always used. But I get the same response regardless how many times I retype them.

I sent a post to Customer Service, but have not received a respose.

Does anyone know what's going on?  Can anyone help?

Thanks, Hank

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