From quigonginger at yahoo.com  Fri Aug 11 19:15:38 2006
From: quigonginger at yahoo.com (quigonginger)
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:15:38 -0000
Subject: I got clothes!
Message-ID: <ebil0q+f0fc@eGroups.com>

Ginger struts into the office wearing a sock on each hand and foot 
and a giant stocking on her head.  The rest of her is clothed in the 
standard jeans-and-t-shirt she generally favours.

I got clothes!  Class is over.  I am free!  I gave my power point 
presentation on the use of the apostrophe (we were free to pick the 
topic, so I went with one near and dear to my heart).  With thanks to 
HPfGU's resident copy editor, Carol, I was able to educate my 
classmates on the proper use of the apostrophe in my 
presentation "Stop Apostrophe Abuse".  I put my filking skills to 
good use by starting out with a boring lecture, and having an 
emoticon (voiced by my friend Robert) tell me it was boring and that 
I should spice it up.  I then hit play on a midi of Gloria 
Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and sang it with my new words detailing how 
apostrophes should and should not be used.  It was a hit.  I got an A 
for both the presentation and the class.

So, now I'm back 
>From outerspace,
I'm so pumped to finally get back
To this cataloging place,
But I just haven't had the time
To keep up while I was gone,
It's been so long,
Could someone help me to belong?
Could one of you
Tip me a clue?
Could someone give me a small 
Hint about what task I next should do?
I've got cigarettes and caffiene-
Both should help me to revive-
So I'll survive-
Yeah, I'll survive.
Hey, hey!

Ginger seats herself eagerly at her desk to await her next assignment.






From kakearney at gmail.com  Sat Aug 19 18:06:31 2006
From: kakearney at gmail.com (corinthum)
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:06:31 -0000
Subject: Quick visit to the catalogue office
Message-ID: <ec7jv7+c3f4@eGroups.com>

Kelly walks into a seemingly deserted catalogue office.  

"Um, hello, anyone here?  I just got back, and was wondering what the
status was around here.  I probably won't be able to make any
contributions for another two or three weeks, since I'm moving at the
beginning of September and then starting school, and have a billion
things to take care of regarding that, but I thought I'd check in
anyway.  Anyone?"

"Oh, and Carolyn, you're definitely not alone with the Yahoo!Mort
problems.  I tried to get in yesterday, and the homepage was really
slow, the format was all over the place, and it seemed to screw up my
access to several other webpages for about an hour after I tried to
get in here."

-Kelly







From carolynwhite2 at aol.com  Sun Aug 20 09:33:30 2006
From: carolynwhite2 at aol.com (carolynwhite2)
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:33:30 -0000
Subject: Quick visit to the catalogue office/Ginger's got clothes!
In-Reply-To: <ec7jv7+c3f4@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <ec9a9a+tatn@eGroups.com>

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "corinthum" <kakearney at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Kelly walks into a seemingly deserted catalogue office.  
> 
> "Um, hello, anyone here?  I just got back, and was wondering what 
the
> status was around here.  I probably won't be able to make any
> contributions for another two or three weeks, since I'm moving at 
the
> beginning of September and then starting school, and have a billion
> things to take care of regarding that, but I thought I'd check in
> anyway.  Anyone?"
> 
> "Oh, and Carolyn, you're definitely not alone with the Yahoo!Mort
> problems.  I tried to get in yesterday, and the homepage was really
> slow, the format was all over the place, and it seemed to screw up 
my
> access to several other webpages for about an hour after I tried to
> get in here."
> 
> -Kelly
>

Hey, I got in too! I have been trying patiently for a week or so 
now, but could only access TOC. Mind you, I'm doing this probably 
illegally from my office laptop, so maybe that makes a difference. 
I'll try again later from my home PC.

Ho hum, so what shall we all do? Ginger, I think it might be Snape-
duty for everyone. Last I looked, Debbie was patiently allocating 
posts to all those categories, prior to a major sort of the 
individual sections. I might well set up something similar for 
Voldemort, or we will never get there.

Slightly worrying isn't it that one can vaguely ignore HP for a long 
time, then suddenly need to come back. I tell myself it is the 
wonderful people and not the books..

xxC







From quigonginger at yahoo.com  Mon Aug 21 08:13:46 2006
From: quigonginger at yahoo.com (quigonginger)
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:13:46 -0000
Subject: Snape duty
In-Reply-To: <ec9a9a+tatn@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <ecbpvq+d20d@eGroups.com>

Carolyn wrote:
> Ho hum, so what shall we all do? Ginger, I think it might be Snape-
> duty for everyone. Last I looked, Debbie was patiently allocating 
> posts to all those categories, prior to a major sort of the 
> individual sections. I might well set up something similar for 
> Voldemort, or we will never get there.

Ginger:
OKeyday!  Snape it is.  Um, maybe this is addressed to Debbie since 
she has taken on all the posts thus far, but let's get me on the same 
page:  We are just doing the main Snape category for now, right?  Do 
we just review and decide to either reject or keep them, or are we 
also seeing if they need putting into other categories?  If it does 
belong in another category, are we putting it there and knocking it 
out of the main category?  Or are we keeping it in both?  Or does it 
depend on the post (as in "whichever fits best")?

C:
> Slightly worrying isn't it that one can vaguely ignore HP for a long 
> time, then suddenly need to come back. I tell myself it is the 
> wonderful people and not the books..

G:
I'd sit in the Potterverse full-time if I could, but I must admit, the 
conversations in the archives now hold my interest over what is on the 
main list.  I like this, and other smaller groups, and my personal 
corrospondance best.  And filking, of course.  Not that I'm done with 
main by any means, just that when I get busy, that's the first thing 
to go.  Then I have 400+ posts to catch up on when I get my life back.

BTW, I noticed that one of the other HP sites is counting down to 13 
July of next year as a release date.  Is that set in stone?

Ginger, all set to dig in on Snape







From elfundeb at comcast.net  Mon Aug 21 12:59:16 2006
From: elfundeb at comcast.net (Debbie)
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:59:16 -0000
Subject: Snape duty
In-Reply-To: <ecbpvq+d20d@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <eccan4+f99q@eGroups.com>

Ginger:
> OKeyday!  Snape it is.  

Debbie:
Cheer!  Cheer!  The cavalry is here!  At the rate I've been managing, 
I figured it would take until 2008 to do Snape by myself.

Ginger:
Um, maybe this is addressed to Debbie since 
> she has taken on all the posts thus far, but let's get me on the 
same 
> page:  We are just doing the main Snape category for now, right?  
Do 
> we just review and decide to either reject or keep them, or are we 
> also seeing if they need putting into other categories?  If it does 
> belong in another category, are we putting it there and knocking it 
> out of the main category?  Or are we keeping it in both?  Or does 
it 
> depend on the post (as in "whichever fits best")?

Debbie:
I've primarily been moving posts out of the main category into one 
subcategory (or, in some cases, two), and deleting only those posts 
that aren't really Snape, are obvious repetition, or are just plain 
wrong.  The only things I've been leaving in the main Snape category 
are things for which there is no relevant subcategory (Snape's 
appearance, for example) or if I'm undecided where it really belongs 
(a lot of these posts concern Snape's relationship with the Malfoys).

There's a database allocating the posts which shows how far I've 
gotten.  All you have to do is sign up for a 100-post block and jump 
right in.

Debbie
just returned from a vacation/holiday and ready to get back to work








From quigonginger at yahoo.com  Mon Aug 21 20:19:30 2006
From: quigonginger at yahoo.com (quigonginger)
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:19:30 -0000
Subject: Snape duty
In-Reply-To: <eccan4+f99q@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <ecd4gi+l9l3@eGroups.com>

> Debbie:
> Cheer!  Cheer!  The cavalry is here!  At the rate I've been 
managing, 
> I figured it would take until 2008 to do Snape by myself.

Ginger:  That's what we need- coding horses.  All in favour?  What, no 
aye's?  Do all you horses vote neigh on everything?

> Debbie:
> I've primarily been moving posts out of the main category into one 
> subcategory (or, in some cases, two), and deleting only those posts 
> that aren't really Snape, are obvious repetition, or are just plain 
> wrong.  The only things I've been leaving in the main Snape category 
> are things for which there is no relevant subcategory (Snape's 
> appearance, for example) or if I'm undecided where it really belongs 
> (a lot of these posts concern Snape's relationship with the Malfoys).

Ginger:  
I'm signed up and ready to start.  I took posts 20790-22971.  May the 
horse be with you.







From kakearney at gmail.com  Tue Aug 22 01:29:12 2006
From: kakearney at gmail.com (corinthum)
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:29:12 -0000
Subject: Snape duty
In-Reply-To: <eccan4+f99q@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <ecdml8+6vm1@eGroups.com>

 
Debbie:

> Cheer!  Cheer!  The cavalry is here!  At the rate I've been managing, 
> I figured it would take until 2008 to do Snape by myself.

Oh, I'm sure I'll chip in by 2007.  :-)

I'm finding that trying to get a cross-country move organized in less
than two weeks is a little stressful.  I'll probably try to get back
into coding in about a month, once I've settled into student life
again.  Out of curiosity, did anyone finish the spells categories that
I was working on before I left?

-Kelly







From quigonginger at yahoo.com  Tue Aug 22 11:44:10 2006
From: quigonginger at yahoo.com (quigonginger)
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:44:10 -0000
Subject: Snape duty
In-Reply-To: <ecdml8+6vm1@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <eceqma+o07@eGroups.com>

Kelly asked:
Out of curiosity, did anyone finish the spells categories that
> I was working on before I left?

Ginger:  
Yup!  I started working on it, got weighed down by a very hectic 
summer course and the Mighty Penguin finished it off in record time.

Cheers, Ginger






From ewetoo at gmail.com  Tue Aug 22 14:28:22 2006
From: ewetoo at gmail.com (ewe2)
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:28:22 +1000
Subject: [HPFGU-Catalogue] Re: Snape duty
In-Reply-To: <eceqma+o07@eGroups.com>
References: <ecdml8+6vm1@eGroups.com> <eceqma+o07@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <91d14f320608220728xa962494kd7d6fcb1f1df89f2@mail.gmail.com>

On 8/22/06, quigonginger <quigonginger at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Kelly asked:
> Out of curiosity, did anyone finish the spells categories that
> > I was working on before I left?
>
> Ginger:
> Yup!  I started working on it, got weighed down by a very hectic
> summer course and the Mighty Penguin finished it off in record time.
>

The Mighty PenguinTM is feeling not so mighty with flu and an on-again
off-again gprs connection. I think i started work on another cat but
haven't finished it yet, too vague and achey to check just now. I'll
hit the netcafe tomorrow and maybe even pick up that new Fforde.

-- 
Emacs vs. Vi flamewars are a pointless waste of time. Vi is the best



From ewetoo at gmail.com  Wed Aug 23 06:38:56 2006
From: ewetoo at gmail.com (ewe2)
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:38:56 +1000
Subject: Snaping question
Message-ID: <91d14f320608222338rb8cf2d2u7a018daa7e420428@mail.gmail.com>

I've signed up for a Snape block and my first post is mostly "ooh isnt
Snape WONDERFUL". Permission to terminate said drivel with prejudice?

Oh, one small oddity, my block is apparently 3200 posts being between
22973 and 26265. I may be a while...

-- 
Emacs vs. Vi flamewars are a pointless waste of time. Vi is the best



From elfundeb at comcast.net  Thu Aug 24 01:38:15 2006
From: elfundeb at comcast.net (Debbie)
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:38:15 -0000
Subject: Snaping question
In-Reply-To: <91d14f320608222338rb8cf2d2u7a018daa7e420428@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ecivu7+pg4b@eGroups.com>

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, ewe2 <ewetoo at ...> wrote:
>
> I've signed up for a Snape block and my first post is mostly "ooh 
isnt
> Snape WONDERFUL". Permission to terminate said drivel with prejudice?

Permission granted, Sir!
 
> Oh, one small oddity, my block is apparently 3200 posts being between
> 22973 and 26265. I may be a while...

Nah.  There should only be 100 Snape posts in that range.  At least, I 
don't think there are more . . . 

BTW, I made a couple of interpretive decisions on the scope of some of 
the categories.  Teaching style, for example, has been made into a 
repository for all posts relating to Snape's capacity as a teacher, 
e.g., his relationship with students other than Harry, does he like 
teaching Potions, did he want the DADA job, etc.  

Also, I have used "Who is Snape working for?" for all posts discussing 
Snape's capacity as a spy (most of which are Double Agent posts that 
don't address who he's really wor, but instead go to questions like 
how Snape could fool Quirrelmort in PS/SS, whether he was in the 
graveyard during or after the rebirthing, etc.)

Anyway, thought I'd mention this now that I have company.

Debbie
who didn't mean to imply in her last post that any of us are horses; 
however, the cavalry could cover ground more quickly than the infantry 
(at least until they invented Jeeps)






From quigonginger at yahoo.com  Thu Aug 24 11:57:43 2006
From: quigonginger at yahoo.com (quigonginger)
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:57:43 -0000
Subject: Snaping question
In-Reply-To: <ecivu7+pg4b@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <eck47n+apbj@eGroups.com>

The ailing penguin wrote:
> > I've signed up for a Snape block and my first post is mostly "ooh 
> isnt
> > Snape WONDERFUL". Permission to terminate said drivel with 
prejudice?

Debbie replied: 
> Permission granted, Sir!
>  
Ginger cautions:
You may delete any "Snape is WONDERFUL" post that doesn't have the 
name Ginger signed to it.

(snip Debbie's input)
Ginger:
Thank you, thank you, a million thank you's!  I was wondering those 
very things.

> Debbie
> who didn't mean to imply in her last post that any of us are 
horses; 
> however, the cavalry could cover ground more quickly than the 
infantry 
> (at least until they invented Jeeps)

Ginger, who assures Debbie that it wasn't inferred that we *were* 
horses, only that we had to *bring* them, and is relieved that we 
only have to bring infants or jeeps.








From ewetoo at gmail.com  Wed Aug 23 06:16:54 2006
From: ewetoo at gmail.com (ewe2)
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:16:54 +1000
Subject: report on spells and stuff.
Message-ID: <91d14f320608222316s15ac8d87y13337114e5ba7956@mail.gmail.com>

This was the spells potions incantations and animagi sections Kelly
couldn't finish. Apparently I never reported the work and haven't yet
put a Yes in the database, so let's do this properly:

According to correspondence Ginger left me with 3.8.4.4-3.8.4.6 but i
seem to have put my name down for the whole section of 3.8.4-3.8.4.16
and 3.8.5! Please confirm :) To be on the safe side I (re?)did 3.8.5
Animagus, and quickly overviewed some of the later Spell categories
which took all of 5 minutes since most only have 5-odd posts at this
stage.

I've lost my notes on half of the work I did here so Im going to busk
this one, although I do recall that sections 3.8.4-3.8.6 had little to
remove at all. I put this down to the specificity of discussions
involving spells and the fascinating theories thrown up by <insert
favourite polyjuice conundrum>.

3.8.4.4 164 posts
3.8.4.5 5 posts
3.8.4.6 14 posts

Priori Incantatum was the only biggie here, and a good deal concerned
the confusion caused by the Scholastic "difference", indeed the last
post to date (53179) is still dealing with it. The whole question of
wands becomes quite vexed as a result.

The Animagus posts are "lean back with a good wine and yummy cheese"
affairs, imaginations really ran riot here. First prize goes to
Catlady who mused upon the sexual possiblities of Animagi
transformation (10253 mrowww!), with a Mention in Despatches to
Tabouli who pointed out the Clothing Cop-Out of such transformations
(24979). Then there's the theory of Wizard Space to explain the
relative intelligence of transformed Wizards (36617).  If that wasn't
enough, tex23236 invoked zero-point energy(!) in 37293.

animagus 3.8.5 - 181 posts (no change)

I suppose I'll be Snaping now?

-- 
Emacs vs. Vi flamewars are a pointless waste of time. Vi is the best



From ewetoo at gmail.com  Thu Aug 24 14:11:34 2006
From: ewetoo at gmail.com (ewe2)
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:11:34 +1000
Subject: [HPFGU-Catalogue] Re: Snaping question
In-Reply-To: <eck47n+apbj@eGroups.com>
References: <ecivu7+pg4b@eGroups.com> <eck47n+apbj@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <91d14f320608240711w6cfe9439r5fee218d0aaf0f99@mail.gmail.com>

On 8/24/06, quigonginger <quigonginger at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The ailing penguin wrote:
> > > I've signed up for a Snape block and my first post is mostly "ooh
> > isnt
> > > Snape WONDERFUL". Permission to terminate said drivel with
> prejudice?
>
> Debbie replied:
> > Permission granted, Sir!
> >
> Ginger cautions:
> You may delete any "Snape is WONDERFUL" post that doesn't have the
> name Ginger signed to it.

debilitated seabird on a stick sans wafers replies:

A WONDERFUL is permitted with accompanying logical folderol and/or
tasteful showtune. Otherwise it's dead meat m'dear :D Whole paragraphs
are right out.


> Ginger, who assures Debbie that it wasn't inferred that we *were*
> horses, only that we had to *bring* them, and is relieved that we
> only have to bring infants or jeeps.

ewe2, who feverishly eeks
but I haven't got an infant! Or a jeep?! I've got a stuffed penguin
and a laptop though...

-- 
Emacs vs. Vi flamewars are a pointless waste of time. Vi is the best



From quigonginger at yahoo.com  Fri Aug 25 07:34:09 2006
From: quigonginger at yahoo.com (quigonginger)
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:34:09 -0000
Subject: report on spells and stuff.
In-Reply-To: <91d14f320608222316s15ac8d87y13337114e5ba7956@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ecm95h+jbij@eGroups.com>

The ailing, but still adorable penguin wrote:
> According to correspondence Ginger left me with 3.8.4.4-3.8.4.6 but i
> seem to have put my name down for the whole section of 3.8.4-3.8.4.16
> and 3.8.5! Please confirm :) To be on the safe side I (re?)did 3.8.5
> Animagus, and quickly overviewed some of the later Spell categories
> which took all of 5 minutes since most only have 5-odd posts at this
> stage.

Ginger:  
Yup, that's what was left- 3.8.4-3.8.6.  I did do the animagi section, 
and, as I recall, I chopped it pretty well.

So it's done now.  On to Snaping!

Ginger, off to finish her first Snape assignment, and race the penguin 
to the next.






From quigonginger at yahoo.com  Fri Aug 25 08:48:23 2006
From: quigonginger at yahoo.com (quigonginger)
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:48:23 -0000
Subject: Oh, Debbie........
Message-ID: <ecmdgn+3nsh@eGroups.com>

Snape question for you-

What are we putting in the subcat "Young Snape and MWPP"?  I have a 
bunch of posts about the Sirius/Snape relationship that are more about 
them now (now meaning GoF) than about them as younguns, but there 
really isn't a place for their adult relationship.  Do we put it in 
the Young... category, or do we just leave it to the general Snape 
heading?

I have 17 posts awaiting your decision.

Not to pressure you, Ginger







From elfundeb at comcast.net  Fri Aug 25 12:12:29 2006
From: elfundeb at comcast.net (Debbie)
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:12:29 -0000
Subject: Oh, Debbie........
In-Reply-To: <ecmdgn+3nsh@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <ecmpfd+ungn@eGroups.com>

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger" 
<quigonginger at ...> wrote:
>
> Snape question for you-
> 
> What are we putting in the subcat "Young Snape and MWPP"?  I have a 
> bunch of posts about the Sirius/Snape relationship that are more 
about 
> them now (now meaning GoF) than about them as younguns, but there 
> really isn't a place for their adult relationship.  Do we put it in 
> the Young... category, or do we just leave it to the general Snape 
> heading?

On the theory that the Snape-Sirius relationship today is a legacy of 
Snape's relationship with MWPP, I included all posts concerning Snape's 
relationship with any of the Marauders in "Young Snape and MWPP".

> I have 17 posts awaiting your decision.
> 
> Not to pressure you, Ginger

Seventeen already?  Gah, no matter how well we cut it down, our Snape 
categories are going to be enormous.

Debbie







From quigonginger at yahoo.com  Fri Aug 25 14:36:40 2006
From: quigonginger at yahoo.com (quigonginger)
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:36:40 -0000
Subject: Oh, Debbie........
In-Reply-To: <ecmpfd+ungn@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <ecn1to+st4h@eGroups.com>

Debbie: 
> On the theory that the Snape-Sirius relationship today is a legacy 
of 
> Snape's relationship with MWPP, I included all posts concerning 
Snape's 
> relationship with any of the Marauders in "Young Snape and MWPP".

Ginger:
I heartily concur with your decision.  I just wanted to make sure 
that I was being consistant with that which you have done so far.

In all likelihood, the 17 I am putting there will be somewhat 
redundant when viewed in context of those you have already put there 
and will come out in the wash, but they were new to me.  I do think 
we'll have to do a rechop later, but at least they were interesting 
and not drivel....

.......speaking of which, I do hope that no one took me seriously 
when I told Sean that he couldn't cut my posts.  I have done so 
myself, sometimes with a sigh of relief that they *wouldn't* be saved 
for posterity!

Back to Snape, Ginger







From carolynwhite2 at aol.com  Sat Aug 26 13:51:57 2006
From: carolynwhite2 at aol.com (carolynwhite2)
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:51:57 -0000
Subject: Snape duty
In-Reply-To: <91d14f320608220728xa962494kd7d6fcb1f1df89f2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ecpjlt+ljgo@eGroups.com>

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, ewe2 <ewetoo at ...> wrote:

> The Mighty PenguinTM is feeling not so mighty with flu and an on-
again off-again gprs connection. 


A very, very cross Ms H. stomps in, slams all computer equipment on 
desk and asks for the Penguin, pdq.

Now, you're a techie I'm led to believe...and appear to have had 
groups connection problems. Please can you help, as I am in DESPAIR.

I am getting in here using my office laptop, which is ok, but I want 
to use my home PC, where I usually work. BUT, I can only get normal 
access to one HP group - TOC. All the rest, I get a tasteful pale 
blue screen with a white box in the middle. I have completely re-
loaded all my browser software (AOL), and have no problem getting 
into any other (non-Yahoo) website. I used another screen name and 
did manage to read the posts here last night, but couldn't answer 
any, then got the little white box back.

What is going on? If I right click on the white box, I get into 
Flash, and I have looked at all the settings on that, and cleared 
anything that looks as though it might prevent access, but no joy.

AND, (starts to splutter, gets on soapbox, starts loading gun in a 
frightening sort of way), I have lost my access to ALL my AOL emails 
stored on my hard drive. They are all still there, 103MB of them, 
but no one can restore their link to my browser, so I can't 
read 'em. However, that's only happened on one screen name, the 
emails relating to other screen names are all still there.

I am just going to kill someone. Not you lot, obviously, as you are 
all Very Nice (luckily), but someone has to die for this........

Exeunt, stage left.

Nasty silence ensues.








From ewetoo at gmail.com  Sat Aug 26 14:49:20 2006
From: ewetoo at gmail.com (ewe2)
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:49:20 +1000
Subject: [HPFGU-Catalogue] Re: Snape duty
In-Reply-To: <ecpjlt+ljgo@eGroups.com>
References: <91d14f320608220728xa962494kd7d6fcb1f1df89f2@mail.gmail.com>
	 <ecpjlt+ljgo@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <91d14f320608260749s4fe0b9eapf02b49df4a38ae9a@mail.gmail.com>

On 8/26/06, carolynwhite2 <carolynwhite2 at aol.com> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, ewe2 <ewetoo at ...> wrote:
>
> > The Mighty PenguinTM is feeling not so mighty with flu and an on-
> again off-again gprs connection.
>
>
> A very, very cross Ms H. stomps in, slams all computer equipment on
> desk and asks for the Penguin, pdq.
>
> Now, you're a techie I'm led to believe...and appear to have had
> groups connection problems. Please can you help, as I am in DESPAIR.
>

(puts on bullet-proof flakjacket and lowers the visor of my new
GenuineNedKellyHappyFunTimeHelmetTM and edges carefully within
shooting range as quickly and as quietly as webbed feet encased in
armour can)

My first suspicion is that you have a different setting for your TOC
group to all your others on yahoo which your (deep breath)
HappyFunTimeAOLBrowserTM may be taking exception to. Have you tried
checking your My Groups page to see what differs or tried editing your
specific group memberships to see there also (if
HappyFunTimeAOLBrowser permits)?

> What is going on? If I right click on the white box, I get into
> Flash, and I have looked at all the settings on that, and cleared
> anything that looks as though it might prevent access, but no joy.

Can I suggest you load a different browser (like Firefox) and test the
same pages? AOL's browser is "special" and I am very wary of anything
"special" particularly special from a corporation.

>
> AND, (starts to splutter, gets on soapbox, starts loading gun in a
> frightening sort of way), I have lost my access to ALL my AOL emails
> stored on my hard drive. They are all still there, 103MB of them,
> but no one can restore their link to my browser, so I can't
> read 'em. However, that's only happened on one screen name, the
> emails relating to other screen names are all still there.

This is the clincher for me, because it's dependent on the same
browser. Now, Mozilla Thunderbird, which is the successor to Netscape
Mail (which AOL has probably renamed to something like
HappyFunTimeKittyMailFromAOL(tm) ), may be able to read it, but I
can't promise anything. I'm pretty sure you either need to upgrade
your AOL software, or try to use alternatives and your mail should be
readable if its in standard mailbox format, and the web should be
accessible.

> I am just going to kill someone. Not you lot, obviously, as you are
> all Very Nice (luckily), but someone has to die for this........

If you are also dependent on AOL for your network connection, I'd be
finding an alternative to that too. It might be painful in the short
term, but you may as well be talking to a wall when trying to get help
from them. Really. Just make a start. I hate to see anyone suffer
those idiots.

> Exeunt, stage left.
>
> Nasty silence ensues.
>

I will make coffee and have another scoffin (the endearing offspring
of a failed scone and a muffin from the wrong side of the tracks), and
await your reply

Wizz-O-Penguin, tech support to the MoM, "you zap it, i hack it"

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