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40 Replies 304 Views 0 Likes 10 Participants Last post by lborgia88 15 Jun 2009 18:59

lborgia88 Gatchamaniac posted 13 Jan 2009 13:00 (edited 13 Jan 2009 13:01)

She ran like a deer, fleet and graceful. The paths were too narrow to run abreast in this wooded section of the park so, as ever, hed fallen in behind Jun, not quite admitting to himself that being able to watch her while she ran was another motive at play. The team met a few mornings a week at an ISO fitness facility in the city. Not really the team, though, as Jinpei was usually at school and Joe was& gone. (a piece of one of my fics at ff.net -seeing if I can copy and paste from there without getting all the little gibberish that you get here if you copy and paste from MS word) ETA: nope, I see things that shouldn't be there. Doesn't work.

Transmute Jun Queen of the Bird Missiles posted 13 Jan 2009 13:13

I don't know why this doesn't work. I thought it might be some of the formatting Word uses, so I even tried copying into a text editor and replacing all of those characters. But when I copied from the text editor, this site wouldn't accept the post at all. Basically, you can't copy and paste from anywhere else to post here. Sigh.

gatchgirl Babbling Loonie posted 13 Jan 2009 15:38

Wish you could, it'd be a lot easier.

shamrokchick Forum Legend posted 13 Jan 2009 19:22

Originally posted by Transmute Jun I don't know why this doesn't work. I thought it might be some of the formatting Word uses, so I even tried copying into a text editor and replacing all of those characters. But when I copied from the text editor, this site wouldn't accept the post at all. Basically, you can't copy and paste from anywhere else to post here. Sigh.

Did you try copying from Notepad to here?

tatsunokofan Gatch Guru posted 13 Jan 2009 19:34

Hi all!

Did you try copying from Notepad to here?

I have, and it doesn't do any good. The main problem characters I run across are the apostrophe and the quotation marks. It doesn't like the way they're presented in Works or Word, and translated them into gibberish. I've tried copying text from there into Notepad, but that doesn't change them into usable characters for this list (Or the Yahoo! Groups BotP list either, for that matter). James

shamrokchick Forum Legend posted 13 Jan 2009 19:45

Hmmm... that's interesting... I haven't come across this problem yet, but then again I haven't tried pasting any text from other sites...

Transmute Jun Queen of the Bird Missiles posted 13 Jan 2009 21:06

Originally posted by tatsunokofan I've tried copying text from there into Notepad, but that doesn't change them into usable characters for this list (Or the Yahoo! Groups BotP list either, for that matter).

I've gone one step further and used Notepad and Textedit to find and replace those same characters with the Notepad/Textedit versions. But when I copy THAT version into the posting box here, the post refuses to go through. I've tried ti many times.

Condorfan Master Boardie posted 14 Jan 2009 06:18 (edited 14 Jan 2009 06:19)

Originally posted by lborgia88 She ran like a deer, fleet and graceful. The paths were too narrow to run abreast in this wooded section of the park so, as ever, hed fallen in behind Jun, not quite admitting to himself that being able to watch her while she ran was another motive at play. The team met a few mornings a week at an ISO fitness facility in the city. Not really the team, though, as Jinpei was usually at school and Joe was& gone. (a piece of one of my fics at ff.net -seeing if I can copy and paste from there without getting all the little gibberish that you get here if you copy and paste from MS word) ETA: nope, I see things that shouldn't be there. Doesn't work.

Which fic was that from LB? I want to read more! P.S. Shamrokchick your avatar is so cute!

shamrokchick Forum Legend posted 14 Jan 2009 07:59 (edited 14 Jan 2009 09:22)

Hi, Im Shamrokchick! "Hi, I'm Shamrokchick!"

shamrokchick Forum Legend posted 14 Jan 2009 08:08

^^^ Sorry... trying to simulate the problem...

shamrokchick Forum Legend posted 14 Jan 2009 08:21

Originally posted by Condorfan P.S. Shamrokchick your avatar is so cute!

Thanks! It's my sad attempt at making one for V-day... Heart

Heart

shamrokchick Forum Legend posted 14 Jan 2009 09:27

Originally posted by shamrokchick Hi, Im Shamrokchick! "Hi, I'm Shamrokchick!"

Ha! I got around it! Evillaugh

Evillaugh

I'm using MS Word 2007, but if you save as a plain text (.txt) a box pops up. Go to the list and select US-ASCII encoding and check the box "Allow Character Substitution" It should let you paste with all your quotes and apostrophes Grin

Grin

lborgia88 Gatchamaniac posted 14 Jan 2009 09:43 (edited 14 Jan 2009 09:44)

Originally posted by Condorfan Which fic was that from LB? I want to read more!

It's the opening line of "Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown." It's here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4571340/1/Uneasy_Lies_the_Head_that_Wears_the_Crown

Cep Board Pirate posted 14 Jan 2009 09:55

The problem is to do with Character sets. The site uses iso-8859-15 but I am going to change this to UTF-8 which should cure the problem.......should Smurf

Smurf

Transmute Jun Queen of the Bird Missiles posted 14 Jan 2009 10:05

Originally posted by shamrokchick
Originally posted by Condorfan P.S. Shamrokchick your avatar is so cute!
Thanks! It's my sad attempt at making one for V-day...

It's not sad! It's swoony! Luvu2

Luvu2

Transmute Jun Queen of the Bird Missiles posted 14 Jan 2009 10:06

Originally posted by Cep The problem is to do with Character sets. The site uses iso-8859-15 but I am going to change this to UTF-8 which should cure the problem.......should

That would be great, Cep! When is that likely to happen?

lborgia88 Gatchamaniac posted 14 Jan 2009 11:13

Sounds like Shamrokchick might have a solution too. I lost my MS Office 2007 when the drives on my computer died, and I'm back to the older version. But the the BF is telling me that the freeware, Open Office, should be able to do it too... Hmmm.

shamrokchick Forum Legend posted 14 Jan 2009 12:51

Originally posted by Transmute Jun
Originally posted by shamrokchick
Originally posted by Condorfan P.S. Shamrokchick your avatar is so cute!
Thanks! It's my sad attempt at making one for V-day...
It's not sad! It's swoony!

Thanks!

Smile

Springie Her Royal Fluffiness...Swan of Swans... posted 14 Jan 2009 14:58

I think it's beautiful too, Shamrock! Huggles

Huggles

gatchgirl Babbling Loonie posted 14 Jan 2009 15:44

Shamrock, it's a wonderful avatar for V-Day.

shamrokchick Forum Legend posted 14 Jan 2009 20:42

Awww... thanks Springie and gatchgirl!

gatchgirl Babbling Loonie posted 5 Jun 2009 06:02

testing my abilities here... will have to experiment more soon

gatchgirl Babbling Loonie posted 5 Jun 2009 06:04

never P.O. off the purple freak.... this is the damage he did at my place....

Condorfan Master Boardie posted 5 Jun 2009 18:54

Originally posted by gatchgirl testing my abilities here... will have to experiment more soon

Awwww.....the puppy is so cute!

Springie Her Royal Fluffiness...Swan of Swans... posted 5 Jun 2009 20:13

ITA...adorable pup! And that is quite a demolition there!!

lborgia88 Gatchamaniac posted 5 Jun 2009 22:29

That is a very cute dog, Gatchgirl, but the house... Spooked

Spooked

When did that happen? OMG

gatchgirl Babbling Loonie posted 6 Jun 2009 09:04

We had that building torn down the first week in May. It was a second building that my B/H owns and it had been slowly falling apart. The wood inside the building (like the support beams) were probably trees in the revolutionary war days. Cause the building was built in the late 1800's, and from what I was told, the support beams for houses and such had possibly been standing for a 100 years or more themselves.

gatchgirl Babbling Loonie posted 6 Jun 2009 09:05

The puppy is quite a handfull... thank goodness he lives at my inlaws (they may as well be) house. Still I love going over and training+loving on him.

clouddancer Gatchamaniac posted 6 Jun 2009 12:11

GG, that is one adorable puppy. And I love the comment you made at the bottom of the demolition. I hope Galactor did not injure one of our Boys. Although I am sure you would have been able to aide him nicely to assist in his recovery. Biglaugh2

Biglaugh2

Hinotori Babbling Loonie posted 6 Jun 2009 14:01

OMG, GG! The puppy is soooo cute! Thanks for posting a pic of him! Dog

Dog

And wow to the demolition... Bet the Condor would have loved to help you with it -target practice for the bird missiles! Bomb

Bomb

gatchgirl Babbling Loonie posted 6 Jun 2009 16:32

CD, why do you think I have been absent for so long... or at least for a long time inbetween. Laugh2

Laugh2

Hino, I think I saw the Condor here briefly.... then I woke up. Disgust

Disgust

hog nobbit!

lborgia88 Gatchamaniac posted 6 Jun 2009 20:17

Originally posted by gatchgirl We had that building torn down the first week in May. It was a second building that my B/H owns and it had been slowly falling apart. The wood inside the building (like the support beams) were probably trees in the revolutionary war days. Cause the building was built in the late 1800's, and from what I was told, the support beams for houses and such had possibly been standing for a 100 years or more themselves.

Ohhh, I was afraid that a tornado or something had done that. That couldn't have been the easiest demolition -they really built frames to last, back in those days.

gatchgirl Babbling Loonie posted 7 Jun 2009 06:14

There are times on the video that you can hear my gasp, or OH NO's while a wall they were trying to knock down was swaying the wrong way. During one part even the son of the main guy gasped, cause a section fell out towards the backhoe.

gatchgirl Babbling Loonie posted 13 Jun 2009 09:25 (edited 13 Jun 2009 09:26)

my B/H's mom wanted to give her pup a new haircut... I had to actually do the job, cause at first he didn't like it. Now he thinks it's cool, as you can tell by his smiling face. Here's mowhawk Boomer.

clouddancer Gatchamaniac posted 13 Jun 2009 12:26

LOL Too cute GG. I can't do such a thing with my dog since she is a short haired breed.

Hinotori Babbling Loonie posted 14 Jun 2009 14:45

All you have to do is dye the tuft in the middle, then it would be perfect! ROFL 2

ROFL 2

Springie Her Royal Fluffiness...Swan of Swans... posted 14 Jun 2009 15:15

Awwwww...cuteness!

gatchgirl Babbling Loonie posted 15 Jun 2009 06:42

Originally posted by Hinotori All you have to do is dye the tuft in the middle, then it would be perfect!

We have laughed about that Hino, but figured the dye might hurt him... or worse he'd try to find a way to drink it.

clouddancer Gatchamaniac posted 15 Jun 2009 14:00

I suspect you would find the dye would do no damage to your puppy. They have probably already been tested on dogs, cats and rabbits already. Besides you could probably use a brush in dye or one of those dyes in a can (do you have those available in the states?) I see them all the time at halloween. Lasts for a couple of days and then it can be washed out or fades with washing.

gatchgirl Babbling Loonie posted 15 Jun 2009 18:12

CD, your idea could wind up happening.... his owners bought him a hard plastic kids pool, cause he loves water to death.... always try to drink and get wet anytime the hose is being used.

lborgia88 Gatchamaniac posted 15 Jun 2009 18:59

Originally posted by gatchgirl CD, your idea could wind up happening.... his owners bought him a hard plastic kids pool, cause he loves water to death.... always try to drink and get wet anytime the hose is being used.

Aww, it sounds like he's a happy dog, then. So many dogs love the water, yet all cats despise it... (says one whose BF keeps saying he's going to bath her cat soon because he sleeps in the yard all day and gets very grubby!)

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