# Column for 03/27/2009
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
**Created:** [March 27, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039 "2009-03-27T21:48:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/1 "2009-03-27T21:48:30Z")
Today’s column:
> **[My buddies and I want to be blimp pilots. What do we do?](https://www.straightdope.com/21343950/my-buddies-and-i-want-to-be-blimp-pilots-what-do-we-do)**
I’m not seeing the illustration by Slug. What’s up with that?
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### Author:  [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/2 "2009-03-27T22:08:32Z")
Yeah, earlier I saw an advert plopped right on top of where Slug’s illustration normally is.
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### Author:  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/3 "2009-03-27T23:37:15Z")
Every time I’ve called up the page the graphic has been in its proper place on the far right hand side.
I should mention that attaching the graphic is usually about the last thing I do so you might try refreshing the page – it’s possible you’re getting a cached page from earlier in the cycle.
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/4 "2009-03-28T00:31:54Z")
I hit refresh. I’m still getting an ad. I’ll try again later.
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### Author:  [@Spurious\_George](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spurious_George)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/5 "2009-03-28T00:41:04Z")
I see only an ad in Firefox, in IE (ugh) I see the picture above an ad.
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### Author:  [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/6 "2009-03-28T01:50:28Z")
I get the illustration with IE.
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### Author:  [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/7 "2009-03-28T03:19:30Z")
I just looked at the page on Mac Firefox side by side with the same page on Safari. Slug appeared on the latter, but not the former.
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### Author:  [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/8 "2009-03-28T03:54:08Z")
I tried it with a computer which has not been on for a week, and it does not show any advert, any illustration, nothing (in Firefox).
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/9 "2009-03-28T04:42:56Z")
Finally located where my husband put Internet Explorer on the computer and tried it - Slug’s illustration does NOT appear in Firefox but it does appear in IE.
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### Author:  [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2009, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/10 "2009-03-28T07:32:42Z")
I was using Firefox initially when I didn’t see Slug’s illustration. I can see it in Internet Explorer, but refreshing Firefox doesn’t reveal the picture. Cleared the cache, too. Still no pic, but on edit I do note that I see the caption of the picture in a box on the main page, without a picture.
Wierd.
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### Author:  [@SeanArenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeanArenas)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2009, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/11 "2009-03-28T08:52:57Z")
If you have a cached version of the page, it’s possible that just clicking Refresh or hitting F5 isn’t doing it.
Try Ctrl-F5.
If that doesn’t do it, you may need to clear your temporary internet files, then restore your browser. ([How to clear cache in IE7](http://sean-how-to.blogspot.com/2009/02/clear-cache-in-internet-explorer-7.html))
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### Author:  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/12 "2009-03-28T11:48:10Z")
Try it now. I was looking at it in Chrome and it displayed fine but Chrome seems to be a little more forgiving than some other browsers. The graphic was not coded correctly this week – this has been fixed – and everyone should see the graphic in every browser.
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2009, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/13 "2009-03-28T12:00:31Z")
NOW it’s showing up in Firefox for me.
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### Author:  [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/14 "2009-03-28T13:48:55Z")
It works perfectly now, thanks!
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### Author:  [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/15 "2009-03-28T16:45:43Z")
Lovers\* of Slug’s art who use Firefox thank you profusely!
\*I think that should be plural. There must be more than just me.
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### Author:  [@Bluffcityguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluffcityguy)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/16 "2009-03-28T18:12:12Z")
> [@2nd\_Law](#):
>
> Lovers\* of Slug’s art who use Firefox thank you profusely!
>
> \*I think that should be plural. There must be more than just me.
There’s at least two of us (reference the thread in ATMB about t-shirts).
Cheers,
bcg
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/column-for-03-27-2009/491039/17 "2009-03-29T02:25:01Z")
> [@2nd\_Law](#):
>
> \*I think that should be plural. There must be more than just me.
The Slugster forever!!