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Old 12-01-1999, 07:15 PM
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Here are all my HTML skills: < p > and < /p >
and
<marquee>marquee</marquee>
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Old 12-01-1999, 10:23 PM
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How do you do the little faces?

Not that I ever would, I think they're a little too cute, but I'm still curious.
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Old 12-01-1999, 11:00 PM
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type in : ) without the space for
type in ; ) without the space for
type in : ( without the space for

now, was it : O (without the space, of course) for :O? Let's see...

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Old 12-01-1999, 11:02 PM
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Guess not.

: 0 for :0
: o for

Also, I think I forgot : D for (is that right)?
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Old 12-01-1999, 11:12 PM
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Surely if you know marquue, you also know the second most annoying html <blink>command</blink>

<blink>Catrandom</blink>
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Old 12-01-1999, 11:14 PM
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That should be marquee, and since I've blown the joke, I meant the dreaded "blink" tag. Or doesn't that work anymore?

Never mind.

Catrandom
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Old 12-01-1999, 11:21 PM
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I've only used smileys once on this board, in the "Don't you hate..." thread.

Just thought I'd share that. I'll shut up now.

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Old 12-02-1999, 06:40 AM
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Well, you can be slightly less trivial. The last MPSIMS was november, so this is for Dec, I guess.
Gotta go. I have to take my daughter to school (7 miles), then that delays me so much that it takes over an hour more. It's much easier to bring her home. She's going to change preschools in Jan, the school is too understaffed. She's ready to read and they don't even realize this. She'll be 5 in March.
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Old 12-02-1999, 06:46 AM
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I accidently made the "O" face once.

Everyday I must live with the shame.
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Old 12-02-1999, 07:08 AM
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That is embarrassing Chief Scott.

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Old 12-02-1999, 08:16 AM
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I have a sick husband at home...looks like the flu. This is two days straight now- hopefully he'll be better soon.
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Old 12-02-1999, 01:41 PM
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Thank you kindly, Kat!
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Old 12-02-1999, 01:42 PM
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That was the first and very last time.
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Old 12-02-1999, 08:14 PM
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<blink> is this it?</blink>




what does this do?</p>

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Old 12-02-1999, 10:37 PM
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Well I posted at this other board that I can get to from work. It gets about 20 posts a day, so it's easy to keep up with. i realized after 1 week I had posted more than several people in 3 months. There's so manytopics here, that somehow I keep up 3 posts a day even with nothing to say.
I'm writing a 3 page humorous story about God. Somehow I need to work in the platypus into it.
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Old 12-03-1999, 03:12 AM
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Someone's been reading my tutorial.

My mouth tastes like blood. I should brush my teeth one of these days.

I now have permanent scars from all the times my cat tried to gnaw off my hand.

I never had the candy Lifesavers in years. I need to get some.

I still haven't gotten the call back from the market where I applied for a job.




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Old 12-03-1999, 05:57 AM
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And on the seventh day, after resting, a football game and a six pack, God created the platypus. And he saw that it was good.

Until he woke up Monday and realized what he had done.
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Old 12-03-1999, 06:13 AM
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December always seems to me like a month to think back on the past year. As teenagers, my girlfriends and I used to keep calendars throughout the year and on new years eve we would have a p.j. party and compare notes.

Would be fun again, except I no longer wear p.j.'s.

Hmmm December. so far its been pretty mundane and unrestful.. but things are picking up.

Tonite I will paralyze myself with paralyzers.. beware of slurring, slanting posts.

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Old 12-03-1999, 06:36 AM
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December is also for Christmas cards. For some people I write a letter that I print on plain paper. Mine is similar to my wife's letter, but more pessimistic and sarcastic.
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Old 12-03-1999, 08:19 PM
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You folks haven't been very busy earlier today. I found one or two things worth reading today (Mullinator, Satan), but there's nothing much in GQ today.
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Old 12-03-1999, 08:26 PM
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Well OK, serenading Michelle was entertaining,thanks folks.
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Old 12-03-1999, 09:40 PM
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I think the confusion is resulting from the fact that the marquee tag ONLY works in IE and the blink tag ONLY works in Netscape.

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Old 12-05-1999, 12:02 AM
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<blink>Blink!</blink> blink..blink..

Never mind. I was at some stores. Every store is selling lots of Pokeman gameboy games. Not only are they sold out on yellow version, but the other two are selling well because the yellow is gone.Some parents buy a version their kid has already in the confused desperation.

Where's that thread, what do kids really need?
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Old 12-05-1999, 12:03 AM
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I didn't realize the blink really would work in Netscape!
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Old 12-05-1999, 12:03 AM
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I didn't realize the blink really would work in Netscape!
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Old 12-05-1999, 08:35 AM
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News from Denmark this murning:
Tornado?In Denmark
just look at the picture
Six dead.Unusual to have storms of this magnitude there.
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Old 12-06-1999, 10:37 AM
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I just gave away a big part of my life to wading/slogging/crawling through 'The earth is flat ...' thread in it's entirety.

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Old 12-06-1999, 06:31 PM
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You ever try to print those 100+ posts?
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