blonde poker forum

Is anyone having this problem? Its particularly bad when theres a taximan post on the thread this morning. Those shuffling cards are taking an eternity to load  ;whistle;.  Is it just me?

All the banners have disappeared, & the front page is all wonky :dontask:

I've been having the same problem and have resorted to blocking the image in taximan's sig,  It does seem to help considerably (could be a coincidence though)


Looks fine to me, no wonkiness apparent or missing banners.

Oh, maybe its just me, but their are no Will Hill & blonde banners, & the front blonde page has no photos & the text is all wonky! All other sites seem ok, any ideas?

All the banners and bits are working fine for me on Firefox.

It's fine for me.  I would like to have a tiny mini whinge about people posting lots of pics though - if I'm doing a bit of sneaky browsing at work it's bad as our internet usage is monitored by the amount of data downloaded.  

Jane, could you let me know how to block signature images, and is it possible to block other images embedded in to threads?

I must do some work. I'll be back later & I hope it magically cures itself  :)

Its working fine for me

We have though been discussing maximum sizes for sig line images recently.

Quite simply right click on the image and select "block images from...." that's if you are using firefox of course.

Do the same for embedded images too  ;)

thank you!

edit: just realised we only have IE at work - any easy way to do it in that case? 

Front page completely messed up here. No banners working on other pages either.
Had a LOT of lag with blonde last night too

It WAS the same here, but it's fine as of now.

We are on the case, because it only affects some users, some of the time, & we are not sure yet, why this is.

Claire - sorry I don't know offhand for IE, but I'll google and see if I can find something to help.

There's an easy solution in IE.

Open up IE, click on this link http://tinyurl.com/48j2y, download and install.

we're blocked from downloading anything at work.

That's the government for you.  They started homosexuality as well you know?

Can you install anything from CD?

nope - DVD Drive and USB ports all disabled.  Probably get myself into more trouble by trying to find a way around it!

I can't find a quick fix for you Claire, perhaps Bongo or Kin will know of a way to do this (though I agree with him the best solution is to never use IE again...)

My apologies for being the cause of peoples pc's to play up this morning (if that is the reason, mine is working ok).

I have removed offending signature pic, and have now started to go through my posts removing the pics, please bear with me.

Top Man Taxi, thank you!

I feel that Blonde lagging is for anybody who has trouble with their pipes during the cold weather. It would be a false economy for people living in a flat with no outside pipes.......

I personally applied it to the pipes in the loft and at no time have they frozen or cracked in any way

Blonde lagging.......your pipes deserve it

front page completely mangled, everything else ok...

The front page is working for me now  :)up

still no banners and some avators missing

"No names, no packdrill", If you had said earlier either by posting a thread, or by PM I would have ceased. Like I say I am not here to upset or offend anybody.

I don't think anyone is upset or offended, and it's no big deal - if it was I'd have said something before, just thought I'd mention it as the subject had come up! Facebook is by far the biggest culprit in that respect anyway!

Your new avatar and sig seem to suggest you've taken the comments a little to heart; absolutely no need - it wasn't directed at you personally :)

Taximan, I think the problem was that one huge animated shuffling thing you had in your sig which slowed down everyone's computers.

Personally, I think huge graphics in sigs make forums look ultra messy - there's no need for them, and they can screw up the forum.

Point taken, and it was removed as soon as I was made aware of the problem. (if that was the said cause of the problem), I believe it wasn't affecting everyone's. I am still trawling through removing pics, not being technically minded or au fait with computers I feel its best to remove all then I hope everyone will be happy again.

I feel it was directed at me personally as I am well aware I probably post more pics than most.(if it wasn't i would be very interested to know who it was aimed at).

I am not so articulate when it comes to expressing myself in words (should have gone to school more often), so I find pics help me.

Weird that, because there was a lengthy Mods debate about that very subject not long ago. I was, as ever, the awkward one, saying that I like big sig images, & what's the problem?

But the Techo Boys beat the shit out of me - "bandwidth, core filters, dual-processing Intel via FireFix, I.E rocks" & all that geeky nonsense. I'm sure they just try & pull the wool over my eyes.

Don't remove them all Taximan - you'll just ruin some of the threads as there are good pics very pertinent to the discussions.

Where there are pictorial 'comments' - you might want to link to smaller versions if you can.

Taxi, listen. We LOVE your Pics, keep them coming, pics bring a Forum to life. It was just that pack of cards dubree that slowed things down a bit. According to the techies....;)

it wasn't directed at anyone personally - there have been lots of threads with pics in lately (I've posted a fair few myself).  I certainly never said I thought anyone should delete pics, which is why I asked if there was an easy way to block them from my computer.  It's not that I don't like looking at them, just trying to stop myself getting into doodoo at work :)

There. Pics are GOOD.

<Shudder>

well, some are.

Where's Jaws when you need him/her/it?

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao  That's my day sorted.  Cheers lads!   rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

As the girls have had me - so to speak - here's some female piccery for the boys delight. That any better?

On a totally unrelated topic, Tikay, do you know if there will be any Norwegians going to Vienna for the Euro APAT tournament...?

Plenty! And we hope Hanna Nilsson, President-ess of the Norweigan Poker Federation will grace us with her not inconsiderable presence, too. If she knows I'll be there, it'll help make up her mind.

I agree, the only problem I've ever had with images is those shuffling cards. Pictorial communication is fine with me as I'm a visual kind of person too. A picture can speak a thousand words:)

what a lovely pair./././/

Top pair.

must be a cold day.  I can see a couple of bullets.

Back to the lagging...

Is anyone still having an issue?

Nope, been fine since I looged back in this evening

And the problem was?

The only pic I still can't see is Rod's ...and that's not a bad thing :)

Boldie's pic is missing,but the banners are back

and Tikays

ah..My pic, Rod' and TK's are all not showing up?...that's your ugly filter at work mate.

Kinboshi! ;hide;

You not sorted the problem out yet tech monkey person?  Always someone else's fault.  Surprised you haven't asked everyone to reboot their computers.

lmao

More lagging advice

DIY pipe lagging
 
It is worth lagging pipes between the boiler and the hot water tank, at least 1m of the pipe leading from the tank and any pipes in the loft. Before you start this job, remove any old or damaged insulation off the pipes.    

Types of pipe insulation vary. 20-25mm is the minimum thickness of pipe insulation that you should go for and pre-formed foam cylinders are the best kind. These are split along their length so can be easily slipped onto the pipe. You’ll also need tape to seal the splits and join sections. If using the pre-formed cylinders isn’t practical, then felt can be used – use double thickness and make sure it is closely wrapped to the pipe.
 
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