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I completely agree, Syzygy --- and am amazed I can actually still post my opinion on this somewhat crazy forum!

So that's how it works! "Reply to this post"! Now I u'stand what people have been saying for hours on other postings! Talk about learning by doing.........(although a pupil of mine once made a habit of pronouncing that la

-st word DOING like the sound represented in comics!) And for some reason, just like before, words have a habit of splitting themselves up over 2 postings: suppose I'm just hitting the wrong key occasionally, and that's not the fault of the system. But then I'm sure it never used to happen until recently!

Yoohoo, Syzzie. Re 28a: I assume you got "make movie with reversal in the middle"; I took the latter part to be "before big hits, fail", with the comma insertion making the difference- thus F before LAMS.
I hadn't heard of the TV show either, and I'm one of those awful Americans you Canadians look south on.

Thanks, Aristo. I should have checked the dictionary. Was trying to work with SLAMS.

GK. Does your message break after you submit, or while you're typing it?

The "Update Information" button has weird phrasing".
Had me wondering what that meant, the first time.
"Submit" might be better. Too bad it doesn't stack the reply with the original post.
Also, referencing a post by number is pointless because it shifts.

Will have to browse some of the threads & add my two cents.

@ Syzygy: my message (sometimes, not always, thank God) breaks while I'm typing --- so am I probably touching s'thing I shouldn't? I know you'll have the answer: best technical advisor around.....................

Thanks, GK, but sorry, no idea why your msgs would break.
I've tested several keys: both of Enter, Alt, Ctrl, & all the other move keys: Tab, End, Home, etc. No problems.
Possibly the browser, but that's unlikely. I use Firefox & Chrome. I think you mentioned you use IE (Internet Explorer), one I definitely avoid - major dog.

Perhaps your keyboard ? If it's several years old, could be a key switch or the control chip having an occasional fault.
If it's getting grubby, get a new one. They're so cheap now it's not worth cleaning. $10 - $15 here.
However, if you have a laptop, get a can of compressed air & give a blast around the keys.
Turn it off first.

Ash & Co. have been fixing problems nicely.

1) post numbering doesn't change.
2) HTML code tags for bold & italic
(my earlier post shows them correctly)

Never had a problem with Post & Answer boxes being different shades of grey.
That could be a browser problem, or the result of reading smut. (-;

Ta Syzygy,
1st time i've ever done this, i enjoyed it.
i agree with your comment about 'update information', 'Submit' would make more sense, but on the whole i think they made a v good job of the refit.