Why can I not make it work right?

Why can I not make it work right?

am 14.04.2008 06:10:31 von Richard

Ok so like what the sam hell is the trick here to get a division to
float where I want it to?
When I display it in FF, "name" and "label" appear on two seperate
lines.with a float:left for "label".

Using the same example dorayme gave, it worked just fine.
I go to add in other css elements and it won't float. No how no way.
So what am I not doing right?



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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 14.04.2008 07:06:00 von dorayme

In article ,
richard wrote:

>
> Ok so like what the sam hell is the trick here to get a division to
> float where I want it to?
> When I display it in FF, "name" and "label" appear on two seperate
> lines.with a float:left for "label".
>
> Using the same example dorayme gave, it worked just fine.
> I go to add in other css elements and it won't float. No how no way.
> So what am I not doing right?

FF behaves differently to some other browsers in regard to floats. You
might find it useful to read at least page 5 of a thing on floats:



and see the remarks at the bottom and follow links to the appendices and
follow further links there to screen shots on this matter.

I know, it is a bit of a bore, but it might get you clear on it a bit?

--
dorayme

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 14.04.2008 11:47:05 von Mike Barnard

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:06:00 +1000, dorayme
wrote:

>In article ,
> richard wrote:
>
>>
>> Ok so like what the sam hell is the trick here to get a division to
>> float where I want it to?
>> When I display it in FF, "name" and "label" appear on two seperate
>> lines.with a float:left for "label".
>>
>> Using the same example dorayme gave, it worked just fine.
>> I go to add in other css elements and it won't float. No how no way.
>> So what am I not doing right?
>
>FF behaves differently to some other browsers in regard to floats. You
>might find it useful to read at least page 5 of a thing on floats:
>
>
>
>and see the remarks at the bottom and follow links to the appendices and
>follow further links there to screen shots on this matter.
>
>I know, it is a bit of a bore, but it might get you clear on it a bit?

Hi again.

Nice informative pages there. Tell me, you are the author, aren't
you? The writing style just drips of Dorayme. It's all warm and
cuddly.

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 14.04.2008 11:51:41 von Mike Barnard

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:47:05 +0100, Mike Barnard
wrote:
>
>Nice informative pages there. Tell me, you are the author, aren't
>you? The writing style just drips of Dorayme. It's all warm and
>cuddly.

Oh, IF you are the author then maybe you'd better look at the example
code on page 1. It doesn't match the descriptons. If you're not then
look anyway and laugh at the author.

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 14.04.2008 12:51:20 von dorayme

In article <67a604tjtejbdahij2ddmkhjhmgsmmg7d7@4ax.com>,
Mike Barnard wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:47:05 +0100, Mike Barnard
> wrote:
> >
> you'd better look at the example
> code on page 1. It doesn't match the descriptons. If you're not then
> look anyway and laugh at the author.

Match*? If I have erred, I will correct. Always hard to proof one's own
stories.

Before you jump in though, please verify that the sort of code in the
captions does *not* give you the result that is being talked about and
meant in the text.

Btw, it is not a tutorial, it is me fantasising about things and you
being unlucky enough to see the process.

----------------------------------
* The difficulties inherent in the concept of matching are many. In
fact, they are the same, more or less, as the difficulties in the notion
of identity. Both qualitative identity and quantitative identity are
tricky beasts. The latter has seemed to be a nonsense to some people: if
two things are the very same thing then there were not two things in the
first place.

And the former is just plain dangerous because two things are always the
same or not the same in various respects.

But, worry not Mike, I have the mirror here anyway and I am splitting my
sides laughing at the author right or wrong without a clue what quite
your good self is referring to.

--
dorayme

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 14.04.2008 14:21:47 von a.nony.mous

richard wrote:

> Ok so like what the sam hell is the trick here to get a division to
> float where I want it to?

>


>
Artist

>
Name

>
Label

>


This looks like tabular data to me.

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Vista

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 14.04.2008 16:48:10 von Richard

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:21:47 GMT, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
wrote:

>richard wrote:
>
>> Ok so like what the sam hell is the trick here to get a division to
>> float where I want it to?
>
>>


>>
Artist

>>
Name

>>
Label

>>

>
>This looks like tabular data to me.

Where is it written that tabular data MUST be displayed in tables?
I feel that divisions have more flexibility and I can control the
cells a bit more. I may want to present other information and using a
table would be to cumbersome. Using divisions eliminates the need of
colspan and rowspan.

On this part of my project, I feel that divisions are more
appropriate.

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 14.04.2008 16:48:15 von lws4art

richard wrote:
> Ok so like what the sam hell is the trick here to get a division to
> float where I want it to?
> When I display it in FF, "name" and "label" appear on two seperate
> lines.with a float:left for "label".
>
> Using the same example dorayme gave, it worked just fine.
> I go to add in other css elements and it won't float. No how no way.
> So what am I not doing right?
>

Ugh! First of all this look like tabular data... Repeat after me,
"It is not CSS *or* TABLES but CSS *or* PRESENTATIONAL MARKUP"

However some issues with your attempt.

>
>
> > "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

This is new right? Dump the "Transitional" your are not transitioning
anything.

>
>
> Menu
>
>
>
>
>
>


>
Artist

>
Name

>
Label

>

>
>

How about:

..bigbox { width:500px; height:200px;
border:solid 2px red;

}

..row1 { background-color:#FBFEBA;
text-align:center;
font-family:arial;
font-size:12pt;
border-bottom:solid 2px blue;
}

..row2a { float:left;background-color:#B1F9FE;
width:45%;
}

..row2b {
background-color:#B1F9FE;

}

I still say a table is what you really want, especially if the amount of
data is variable within the cells.


--
Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 14.04.2008 19:17:31 von TravisNewbury

On Apr 14, 10:48 am, richard wrote:
> >This looks like tabular data to me.
> Where is it written that tabular data MUST be displayed in tables?

Now what would the response have been had it NOT been tabular data and
someone said "where is it written that non tabular date can NOT be in
a table...."

Oh they joys of the web....

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 14.04.2008 19:19:50 von TravisNewbury

On Apr 14, 10:48 am, "Jonathan N. Little" wrote:
> I still say a table is what you really want...

DAMNIT! Where is it written that tabular dat... oh never mind...

Happy monday everyone!

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 14.04.2008 19:23:58 von Andy Dingley

On 14 Apr, 15:48, richard wrote:

> On this part of my project, I feel that divisions are more
> appropriate.

You don't have any data on this page yet, just a single header (row?).

Potentially, this data (when you add it) is about as tabular as it
gets - if you want to work with it as a long list of recordings, each
of which has an identical set of a few properties. Now that's a good
candidate for



OTOH, your intention might be (still thinking about the "data" that
the page contains) that it's more of a list of short encyclopedia-
style entries for each recording, where the property model of each one
is more complex, has entries that are individually longer, and that
varies more in conceptual structure between rows. In that case, a
sequence of nested sequences of
(inside a wrapper
for each
recording) is indeed more appropriate.


Then there's the practical limitation of what's actually
implementable. HTML is a a language for marking up pages, it's not
intended to be the one true data representation language. If one page
view of the data is more or less "table like" than another page
viewing the same data, then you can quite reasonably switch between
or
markup. You should code the HTML to represent a "pure
data" view of a page and let the CSS worry about the presentation, but
this doesn't mean that different conceptual views onto the same
_underlying_ data can't be based on a different data model that's only
relevant to one page's use of it.

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 14.04.2008 19:27:02 von a.nony.mous

richard wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>>richard wrote:
>>> Ok so like what the sam hell is the trick here to get a division to
>>> float where I want it to?
>>
>>>


>>>
Artist

>>>
Name

>>>
Label

>>>

>>
>>This looks like tabular data to me.
>
> Where is it written that tabular data MUST be displayed in tables?

It is written .. (I know, I've read it somewhere) .. that it is best to
use CS for projects like this. CS is Common Sense.

You could also selectively place your tabular data using a gross
overabundance of   and other crap, but why bother?

> I feel that divisions have more flexibility and I can control the
> cells a bit more. I may want to present other information and using a
> table would be to cumbersome. Using divisions eliminates the need of
> colspan and rowspan.

Divs may be flexible - lots of things are - but this does not mean you
would want to drink coffee from a cardboard mug.

Your stub of code looks like maybe one colspan, on the
row.

> On this part of my project, I feel that divisions are more
> appropriate.

Alright then. Slog away.

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Vista

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 14.04.2008 20:46:16 von Neredbojias

On 14 Apr 2008, Travis Newbury wrote:

> On Apr 14, 10:48 am, "Jonathan N. Little" wrote:
>> I still say a table is what you really want...
>
> DAMNIT! Where is it written that tabular dat... oh never mind...
>
> Happy monday everyone!

Happy Monday??? Ugh. Why don't you go scratch your ass...

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 14.04.2008 20:56:22 von TravisNewbury

On Apr 14, 2:46 pm, Neredbojias fliam.php> wrote:
> Happy Monday??? Ugh. Why don't you go scratch your ass...


I did, that's why it's a happy monday...

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 15.04.2008 01:25:45 von Mike Barnard

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:51:20 +1000, dorayme
wrote:

>> you'd better look at the example
>> code on page 1. It doesn't match the descriptons. If you're not then
>> look anyway and laugh at the author.

>Match*? If I have erred, I will correct. Always hard to proof one's own
>stories.
>
>Before you jump in though, please verify that the sort of code in the
>captions does *not* give you the result that is being talked about and
>meant in the text.

OK, what I meant was...




"...Let us put an explicit height on them both, see how they might
then appear and compare:"

Fig 3.



There is no explicit height in the text although it must be in the
source.




" ... whereas the one in (3) has no width at all."
"I know, it seems queer that the div in (3) has a height but no
width..."

Yes it has, 500px.




And I love figure 5. I wonder if a use could be made of it on a page?
:)




>Btw, it is not a tutorial, it is me fantasising about things and you
>being unlucky enough to see the process.

Lookout, she's fantasising in public.

>----------------------------------
>* The difficulties inherent in the concept of matching are many. In
>fact, they are the same, more or less, as the difficulties in the notion
>of identity. Both qualitative identity and quantitative identity are
>tricky beasts. The latter has seemed to be a nonsense to some people: if
>two things are the very same thing then there were not two things in the
>first place.

>And the former is just plain dangerous because two things are always the
>same or not the same in various respects.

Er... yes.

>But, worry not Mike, I have the mirror here anyway and I am splitting my
>sides laughing at the author right or wrong without a clue what quite
>your good self is referring to.

I have a mirror too. When I'm lying in bed it makes the window look
wonky even though it isn't.

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 15.04.2008 04:16:33 von dorayme

In article ,
richard wrote:

> Ok so like what the sam hell is the trick here to get a division to
> float where I want it to?
> When I display it in FF, "name" and "label" appear on two seperate
> lines.with a float:left for "label".
>
> Using the same example dorayme gave, it worked just fine.
> I go to add in other css elements and it won't float. No how no way.
> So what am I not doing right?
>

> .bigbox { width:500px; height:200px;...}
> .row1 {text-align:center;...}
> .row2a {width:20%;}
> .row2b { float:left; width:30%;}

>


>
Artist

>
Name

>
Label

>



In a thread called "Back to basics on divisions" on this ng yesterday or
so, I gave you some code and replied to you about some difficulties you
had then when you found your variations not working. Without knowing, at
that stage, what changes you had made. You changed the thread and the
dummy content (why either?) and here we are back.

The reason for your difficulty in the above is that the first child div,
'row1' is not an inline element, it is a block and plonks itself down as
a box while the browser then asks, "OK, what's on the next line?"
The answer is, a floated div. So that is where it goes - on the next
line - and jammed up to the left as is its nature.

If you put the float where I put it in the code - on the first child
'row2a' - you have a div that is taken out of the flow. Here was my css
(I adapt to your changed text):

div {border: 1px solid; text-align: center;}
..bigbox {width: 40em;}
..row2a {float:left; width:50%;}

The following div (row2b) now thinks "Hey, here I go" as it looks at the
*very same line* the float is on. The float is out of the flow and so
the line has a notice on it, as it were: "the line is still free, so if
you following elements want a place in this flow, just plonk yourself
right here on this line providing you can fit"

Now, in my code, I gave no instructions about width for this second
child. It was simply the default 100% width. Well, there is plenty of
room for the div on the line for its 100% width because the float is out
of the flow, it sits on top of this div!

It is a tricky matter, I agree, to understand some basic things about
flow, floats and block elements. None of it is at all intuitive or
commonsensical. Even the "providing you can fit" hides a multitude of
issues.

[There are some very interesting issues that emerge if you give the
second child in my code a width that is less than 56% which anyone is
welcome to raise with me.]

--
dorayme

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 15.04.2008 04:29:53 von Neredbojias

On 14 Apr 2008, Travis Newbury wrote:

> On Apr 14, 2:46 pm, Neredbojias > fliam.php> wrote:
>> Happy Monday??? Ugh. Why don't you go scratch your ass...
>
>
> I did, that's why it's a happy monday...

Oh. Well what do you scratch on Tuesday?

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 15.04.2008 04:59:52 von dorayme

In article <24p7041e3ta7ul71fuvv207p0sit34asd1@4ax.com>,
Mike Barnard wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:51:20 +1000, dorayme
> wrote:
>
> >> you'd better look at the example
> >> code on page 1. It doesn't match the descriptons. If you're not then
> >> look anyway and laugh at the author.
>
> >Match*? If I have erred, I will correct. Always hard to proof one's own
> >stories.
> >
> >Before you jump in though, please verify that the sort of code in the
> >captions does *not* give you the result that is being talked about and
> >meant in the text.
>
> OK, what I meant was...
>
>
>
>
> "...Let us put an explicit height on them both, see how they might
> then appear and compare:"
>
> Fig 3.


>
> There is no explicit height in the text although it must be in the
> source.
>

Having just said we shall put an explicit height, I assumed my readers
would trust me and I was lazy to repeat in the caption! I did a lot of
quick judging and editing of what was sufficient for the captions to
keep them short but give the general idea along with the main text. But
I am thinking you are right and it would lessen confusion. I will put it
in. It is in now! Thank you. I have been meaning to find time to go
through all the captions... bit boring now it is done!


> " ... whereas the one in (3) has no width at all."
> "I know, it seems queer that the div in (3) has a height but no
> width..."
>
> Yes it has, 500px.

Thanks Mike, really, I appreciate this one even more, it was plain wrong
in the caption, should have read 0 as in the real code. Fixed.


> And I love figure 5. I wonder if a use could be made of it on a page?
> :)
>

Oh I should show you my border art and div art one day...

But keep that proof-reading up old son! In return, I will commission you
to give me a fire-risk assessment for some of my hotter websites.


--------------------------
[If anyone does see obvious mistakes, but prefers not to associate with
me publicly (which is perfectly understandable given my despicable and
cowardly and rude public demeanour) there is always the privacy of
email!

Why, I hate to gossip like this but, only the other day, at our little
tete a tete in his luxurious killfile, JK was saying that if he was not
able to meet me so regularly in it, he would like to email me privately
and would I mind very much. He explained that a named individual with a
persona of great authority cannot be seen to be consorting with the
likes of me in public. We discussed this in terms of the interesting
counterfactuals depicted and our little morning session was longer than
usual on that occasion. My my how sweetly these meetings are going.]

--
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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 15.04.2008 14:13:44 von TravisNewbury

On Apr 14, 10:29 pm, Neredbojias fliam.php> wrote:
> >> Happy Monday??? Ugh. Why don't you go scratch your ass...
> > I did, that's why it's a happy monday...
> Oh. Well what do you scratch on Tuesday?

Nothing. Tuesday is "probe" day...

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 16.04.2008 01:33:50 von Neredbojias

On 15 Apr 2008, Travis Newbury wrote:

> On Apr 14, 10:29 pm, Neredbojias > fliam.php> wrote:
>> >> Happy Monday??? Ugh. Why don't you go scratch your ass...
>> > I did, that's why it's a happy monday...
>> Oh. Well what do you scratch on Tuesday?
>
> Nothing. Tuesday is "probe" day...

Hemorrhoids, huh? One day last week while browsing The Net, I can across a
site with an ad for something that claimed it could not only shrink
hemorrhoids without surgery but induce penile enlargement with the same
process. Apparently the procedure is simple and you only have to sit on it
for 45 minutes a day for the first 3 weeks. If you're interested, I will
search through my rather voluminous history for the address.

--
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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 16.04.2008 12:51:20 von TravisNewbury

On Apr 15, 7:33 pm, Neredbojias fliam.php> wrote:
> > Nothing. Tuesday is "probe" day...
> Hemorrhoids, huh?

Sigh.... one of many ailment... (suckx getting old)

> One day last week while browsing The Net, I can across a
> site with an ad for something that claimed it could not only shrink
> hemorrhoids without surgery but induce penile enlargement with the same
> process.

LINK? LINK????

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 16.04.2008 16:44:02 von Ed Jay

Travis Newbury scribed:

>On Apr 15, 7:33 pm, Neredbojias >fliam.php> wrote:
>> > Nothing. Tuesday is "probe" day...
>> Hemorrhoids, huh?
>
>Sigh.... one of many ailment... (suckx getting old)

Don't fret. As you get older you'll forget about them.
>
>> One day last week while browsing The Net, I can across a
>> site with an ad for something that claimed it could not only shrink
>> hemorrhoids without surgery but induce penile enlargement with the same
>> process.
>
>LINK? LINK????

You first need to understand why shrinking the hemorrhoids increases the
penal size.
--
Ed Jay (remove 'M' to respond by email)

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 16.04.2008 20:55:20 von Neredbojias

On 16 Apr 2008, Travis Newbury wrote:

>> > Nothing. Tuesday is "probe" day...
>> Hemorrhoids, huh?
>
> Sigh.... one of many ailment... (suckx getting old)

Think how Blinky feels. He's an old fish.

>> One day last week while browsing The Net, I can across a
>> site with an ad for something that claimed it could not only shrink
>> hemorrhoids without surgery but induce penile enlargement with the same
>> process.
>
> LINK? LINK????

Shalzbutt, it seems to have disappeared! But don't fret; all is not lost.
If you wish to avoid the expense and tittering of professional help, simply
go out and buy some Preparation H and mycorrhiza. Be careful not to get
the 2 mixed up, though.

--
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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 16.04.2008 21:01:35 von Blinky the Shark

Neredbojias wrote:

> On 16 Apr 2008, Travis Newbury wrote:
>
>>> > Nothing. Tuesday is "probe" day...
>>> Hemorrhoids, huh?
>>
>> Sigh.... one of many ailment... (suckx getting old)
>
> Think how Blinky feels. He's an old fish.

Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 06:27:09 von Neredbojias

On 16 Apr 2008, Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Neredbojias wrote:
>
>> On 16 Apr 2008, Travis Newbury wrote:
>>
>>>> > Nothing. Tuesday is "probe" day...
>>>> Hemorrhoids, huh?
>>>
>>> Sigh.... one of many ailment... (suckx getting old)
>>
>> Think how Blinky feels. He's an old fish.
>
> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER

Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...

--
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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 15:35:31 von lws4art

Neredbojias wrote:
> On 16 Apr 2008, Blinky the Shark wrote:

>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>
> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>

No they just get sea-nile...

--
Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 17:17:03 von Sherm Pendley

Neredbojias writes:

> On 16 Apr 2008, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>> Neredbojias wrote:
>>
>>> On 16 Apr 2008, Travis Newbury wrote:
>>>
>>>>> > Nothing. Tuesday is "probe" day...
>>>>> Hemorrhoids, huh?
>>>>
>>>> Sigh.... one of many ailment... (suckx getting old)
>>>
>>> Think how Blinky feels. He's an old fish.
>>
>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>
> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...

Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.

sherm--

--
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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 17:36:44 von TravisNewbury

On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
> >> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
> > Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.

you guys are really fishing for some laughs here

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 18:09:19 von lws4art

Travis Newbury wrote:
> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>
> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>
And hooked you though...

--
Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 18:13:27 von Ed Jay

Travis Newbury scribed:

>On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
>> >> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>> > Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>
>you guys are really fishing for some laughs here

You took the bait.
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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 21:16:30 von Blinky the Shark

Jonathan N. Little wrote:

> Neredbojias wrote:
>> On 16 Apr 2008, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>
>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>
>>
> No they just get sea-nile...

There's one I hadn't heard before. Five points. :)

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 21:16:49 von Blinky the Shark

Sherman Pendley wrote:

> Neredbojias writes:
>
>> On 16 Apr 2008, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>
>>> Neredbojias wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 16 Apr 2008, Travis Newbury wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> > Nothing. Tuesday is "probe" day...
>>>>>> Hemorrhoids, huh?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sigh.... one of many ailment... (suckx getting old)
>>>>
>>>> Think how Blinky feels. He's an old fish.
>>>
>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>
>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>
> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.

Excellent. Five points. :)

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 21:17:23 von Blinky the Shark

Jonathan N. Little wrote:

> Travis Newbury wrote:
>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>>
>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>>
> And hooked you though...

Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.


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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 21:18:57 von Ed Mullen

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>
>> Travis Newbury wrote:
>>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
>>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>>>
>> And hooked you though...
>
> Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.
>
>

I don't know, I don't think your argument holds water.

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 21:35:32 von a.nony.mous

Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Excellent. Five points. :)

Is that a fin?

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 21:38:03 von lws4art

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Jonathan N. Little wrote:

>> No they just get sea-nile...
>
> There's one I hadn't heard before. Five points. :)
>

'Cuz I'm oar-iginal!

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 21:46:42 von Ed Jay

Blinky the Shark scribed:

>Sherman Pendley wrote:
>
>> Neredbojias writes:
>>
>>> On 16 Apr 2008, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>
>>>> Neredbojias wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 16 Apr 2008, Travis Newbury wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> > Nothing. Tuesday is "probe" day...
>>>>>>> Hemorrhoids, huh?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sigh.... one of many ailment... (suckx getting old)
>>>>>
>>>>> Think how Blinky feels. He's an old fish.
>>>>
>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>>
>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>
>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>
>Excellent. Five points. :)

You should award the winner a fin.
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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 22:36:23 von Neredbojias

On 17 Apr 2008, "Jonathan N. Little" wrote:

> Neredbojias wrote:
>> On 16 Apr 2008, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>
>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>
>
> No they just get sea-nile...



Some old fish die by gill-a-teening but they always end up with a smile on
their mouthes.

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 22:39:18 von Neredbojias

On 17 Apr 2008, Sherman Pendley wrote:

>>>> Think how Blinky feels. He's an old fish.
>>>
>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>
>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>
> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.

Ah, that beats "fin-ish" all to hell. Great one!

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 23:27:34 von Blinky the Shark

Jonathan N. Little wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>
>>> No they just get sea-nile...
>>
>> There's one I hadn't heard before. Five points. :)
>>
>>
> 'Cuz I'm oar-iginal!

Now you're pushing your luck. -1

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 23:28:16 von Blinky the Shark

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>> Excellent. Five points. :)
>
> Is that a fin?

I didn't think of that. Two points.

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 23:28:55 von Blinky the Shark

Ed Jay wrote:

> Blinky the Shark scribed:
>
>>Sherman Pendley wrote:
>>
>>> Neredbojias writes:
>>>
>>>> On 16 Apr 2008, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Neredbojias wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 16 Apr 2008, Travis Newbury wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > Nothing. Tuesday is "probe" day...
>>>>>>>> Hemorrhoids, huh?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sigh.... one of many ailment... (suckx getting old)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Think how Blinky feels. He's an old fish.
>>>>>
>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>>>
>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>>
>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>>
>>Excellent. Five points. :)
>
> You should award the winner a fin.

Beau beat you by about 12 minutes. No points. ;)

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 17.04.2008 23:29:29 von Blinky the Shark

Ed Mullen wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>
>>> Travis Newbury wrote:
>>>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
>>>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>>>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>>>>
>>> And hooked you though...
>>
>> Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.
>>
>>
>>
> I don't know, I don't think your argument holds water.

Average. No points, but no demerits. ;)

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 18.04.2008 01:50:50 von TravisNewbury

On Apr 17, 3:18 pm, Ed Mullen wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
> > Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>
> >> Travis Newbury wrote:
> >>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
> >>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
> >>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
> >>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
> >>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
> >> And hooked you though...
> > Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.
> I don't know, I don't think your argument holds water.


My Cod, when will it end....

Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 18.04.2008 02:30:36 von Ed Jay

Travis Newbury scribed:

>On Apr 17, 3:18 pm, Ed Mullen wrote:
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> > Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>
>> >> Travis Newbury wrote:
>> >>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
>> >>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>> >>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>> >>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>> >>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>> >> And hooked you though...
>> > Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.
>> I don't know, I don't think your argument holds water.
>
>
>My Cod, when will it end....

Holy mackerel, Travis. Don't use Cod's name in vein. You don't want to make
anemones.
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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 18.04.2008 02:37:09 von Ed Mullen

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Ed Mullen wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>>
>>>> Travis Newbury wrote:
>>>>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
>>>>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>>>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>>>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>>>>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>>>>>
>>>> And hooked you though...
>>> Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I don't know, I don't think your argument holds water.
>
> Average. No points, but no demerits. ;)
>

Sorry. I'm obviously not as well schooled in this as the rest of you.

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 18.04.2008 02:41:12 von lws4art

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>>> No they just get sea-nile...
>>> There's one I hadn't heard before. Five points. :)
>>>
>>>
>> 'Cuz I'm oar-iginal!
>
> Now you're pushing your luck. -1
>
Don't want to carp, but I think it wasn't that bad....

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 18.04.2008 02:57:26 von Blinky the Shark

Ed Mullen wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Ed Mullen wrote:
>>
>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Travis Newbury wrote:
>>>>>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>>>>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>>>>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>>>>>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>>>>>>
>>>>> And hooked you though...
>>>> Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I don't know, I don't think your argument holds water.
>>
>> Average. No points, but no demerits. ;)
>>
>>
> Sorry. I'm obviously not as well schooled in this as the rest of you.

Better. Two points.

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 18.04.2008 02:58:06 von Blinky the Shark

Jonathan N. Little wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>
>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>>>> No they just get sea-nile...
>>>> There's one I hadn't heard before. Five points. :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> 'Cuz I'm oar-iginal!
>>
>> Now you're pushing your luck. -1
>>
> Don't want to carp, but I think it wasn't that bad....

One point for persistence.

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 18.04.2008 02:58:57 von Blinky the Shark

Ed Jay wrote:

> Travis Newbury scribed:
>
>>On Apr 17, 3:18 pm, Ed Mullen wrote:
>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>> > Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>>
>>> >> Travis Newbury wrote:
>>> >>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
>>> >>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>> >>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>> >>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>>> >>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>>> >> And hooked you though...
>>> > Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.
>>> I don't know, I don't think your argument holds water.
>>
>>
>>My Cod, when will it end....
>
> Holy mackerel, Travis. Don't use Cod's name in vein. You don't want to
> make anemones.

Five.

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 18.04.2008 03:29:49 von Ed Mullen

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Ed Mullen wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>> Ed Mullen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Travis Newbury wrote:
>>>>>>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>>>>>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>>>>>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>>>>>>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> And hooked you though...
>>>>> Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I don't know, I don't think your argument holds water.
>>> Average. No points, but no demerits. ;)
>>>
>>>
>> Sorry. I'm obviously not as well schooled in this as the rest of you.
>
> Better. Two points.
>

The lure of the payoff is what makes me keep coming back. Each line is
an insight, although I hope no one flies off the handle. Otherwise we'd
be up to our gills in it. Ok, chum? (no offense meant.)

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 18.04.2008 05:48:05 von Blinky the Shark

Ed Mullen wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Ed Mullen wrote:
>>
>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>> Ed Mullen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>>> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Travis Newbury wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>>>>>>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>>>>>>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>>>>>>>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And hooked you though...
>>>>>> Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know, I don't think your argument holds water.
>>>> Average. No points, but no demerits. ;)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sorry. I'm obviously not as well schooled in this as the rest of you.
>>
>> Better. Two points.
>>
>>
> The lure of the payoff is what makes me keep coming back. Each line is an
> insight, although I hope no one flies off the handle. Otherwise we'd be
> up to our gills in it. Ok, chum? (no offense meant.)

Sorry. All the allocated points have been used up.


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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 18.04.2008 06:49:14 von Ed Mullen

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Ed Mullen wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>> Ed Mullen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>> Ed Mullen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>>>> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Travis Newbury wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>>>>>>>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>>>>>>>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>>>>>>>>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And hooked you though...
>>>>>>> Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know, I don't think your argument holds water.
>>>>> Average. No points, but no demerits. ;)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Sorry. I'm obviously not as well schooled in this as the rest of you.
>>> Better. Two points.
>>>
>>>
>> The lure of the payoff is what makes me keep coming back. Each line is an
>> insight, although I hope no one flies off the handle. Otherwise we'd be
>> up to our gills in it. Ok, chum? (no offense meant.)
>
> Sorry. All the allocated points have been used up.
>
>

Ah well. Such is sea life. One fishes for compliments, doesn't get
them, then gets hooked on the experience. I can take the barbs of
criticism as well as the next. And I'm not fishing for compliments. It
is what it is. I won't blubber on. You can harpoon my efforts, I don't
care. I am FINished. I will leave this here, gutted and filleted as I
can be.

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 18.04.2008 09:13:18 von Ed Jay

Blinky the Shark scribed:

>Ed Jay wrote:
>
>> Travis Newbury scribed:
>>
>>>On Apr 17, 3:18 pm, Ed Mullen wrote:
>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>> > Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >> Travis Newbury wrote:
>>>> >>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley wrote:
>>>> >>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>>> >>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>>> >>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>>>> >>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>>>> >> And hooked you though...
>>>> > Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.
>>>> I don't know, I don't think your argument holds water.
>>>
>>>
>>>My Cod, when will it end....
>>
>> Holy mackerel, Travis. Don't use Cod's name in vein. You don't want to
>> make anemones.
>
>Five.

Thanks. It came to me in a Flash. ;-)
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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 18.04.2008 18:52:40 von Blinky the Shark

Ed Jay wrote:

> Blinky the Shark scribed:
>
>>Ed Jay wrote:
>>
>>> Travis Newbury scribed:
>>>
>>>>On Apr 17, 3:18 pm, Ed Mullen wrote:
>>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>> > Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Travis Newbury wrote:
>>>>> >>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley
>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>> >>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>>>> >>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>>>> >>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>>>>> >>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>>>>> >> And hooked you though...
>>>>> > Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.
>>>>> I don't know, I don't think your argument holds water.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>My Cod, when will it end....
>>>
>>> Holy mackerel, Travis. Don't use Cod's name in vein. You don't want to
>>> make anemones.
>>
>>Five.
>
> Thanks. It came to me in a Flash. ;-)

Do I smell your bush burning?

;)

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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 18.04.2008 19:45:15 von Ed Jay

Blinky the Shark scribed:

>Ed Jay wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark scribed:
>>
>>>Ed Jay wrote:
>>>
>>>> Travis Newbury scribed:
>>>>
>>>>>On Apr 17, 3:18 pm, Ed Mullen wrote:
>>>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>>> > Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >> Travis Newbury wrote:
>>>>>> >>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley
>>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>>>>> >>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>>>>> >>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>>>>>> >>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>>>>>> >> And hooked you though...
>>>>>> > Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.
>>>>>> I don't know, I don't think your argument holds water.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>My Cod, when will it end....
>>>>
>>>> Holy mackerel, Travis. Don't use Cod's name in vein. You don't want to
>>>> make anemones.
>>>
>>>Five.
>>
>> Thanks. It came to me in a Flash. ;-)
>
>Do I smell your bush burning?
>
Excuse me, but we don't mention bush in my household. We're too bitter. :-)
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Re: Why can I not make it work right?

am 18.04.2008 22:16:53 von Blinky the Shark

Ed Jay wrote:

> Blinky the Shark scribed:
>
>>Ed Jay wrote:
>>
>>> Blinky the Shark scribed:
>>>
>>>>Ed Jay wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Travis Newbury scribed:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Apr 17, 3:18 pm, Ed Mullen wrote:
>>>>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>>>> > Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >> Travis Newbury wrote:
>>>>>>> >>> On Apr 17, 11:17 am, Sherman Pendley
>>>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>>>> Old fish never die. They just&@#@*^%%*NO CARRIER
>>>>>>> >>>>> Ooo, I know. They just fin-ish...
>>>>>>> >>>> Old fish never die, they just go to pisces.
>>>>>>> >>> you guys are really fishing for some laughs here
>>>>>>> >> And hooked you though...
>>>>>>> > Some of thes replies are starting to be below C level.
>>>>>>> I don't know, I don't think your argument holds water.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>My Cod, when will it end....
>>>>>
>>>>> Holy mackerel, Travis. Don't use Cod's name in vein. You don't want
>>>>> to make anemones.
>>>>
>>>>Five.
>>>
>>> Thanks. It came to me in a Flash. ;-)
>>
>>Do I smell your bush burning?
>>
> Excuse me, but we don't mention bush in my household. We're too bitter.
> :-)

I don't do politics. My setup was about something else. :)

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