Now, this would be the perfect time for a swear word.

Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'


Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job

A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.

Current Stompy Feet: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura

Stompy Emerita: ita, DXMachina


Liese S. - Dec 03, 2007 4:56:11 pm PST #2081 of 6786
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Looks like it had smart quotes instead of straight quotes, and the board was not liking that much. Try it now.


SailAweigh - Dec 03, 2007 5:02:27 pm PST #2082 of 6786
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

What's the difference, Liese? I don't want to have that happen on me again.


DXMachina - Dec 03, 2007 5:20:42 pm PST #2083 of 6786
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Smart quotes are what happens when a program like Word converts pairs of normal keyboard quotation marks to the 66 99 style quotation marks.


SailAweigh - Dec 03, 2007 5:25:17 pm PST #2084 of 6786
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Well, so much for composing long posts in Word. Or at least, leave the quotes out until I put it in the posting box. Thanks!


DXMachina - Dec 03, 2007 5:33:01 pm PST #2085 of 6786
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

You can turn off smart quotes in Word. It's an option somewhere.


SailAweigh - Dec 03, 2007 5:39:42 pm PST #2086 of 6786
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Found it and turned off. Thanks, DX. I had no idea there was a difference.


Ginger - Dec 03, 2007 5:39:50 pm PST #2087 of 6786
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I've turned off smart quotes in Word because they make HTML unhappy. It's under Format | Autoformat | Options.


Laura - Dec 04, 2007 2:44:40 am PST #2088 of 6786
Our wings are not tired.

Ah, I knew they had to be replaced, but didn't know how to turn them off. Cool, and thanks.


Lee - Dec 08, 2007 8:13:13 pm PST #2089 of 6786
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Can we open up the Good Riddance thread?


DXMachina - Dec 09, 2007 2:23:49 am PST #2090 of 6786
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Done!

"Goodbye and Good Riddance 2007: Heaven's Just a Funky Moose" Dec 9, 2007 4:22:13 am PST