OneGuyFromBarlick

Doc, not a glitch but a question. Is there a way of linking to a specific OG post rather than simply to the page upon which the post is shown? I ask because it would be very useful and I notice that the Search function can find specific posts containing keywords, not just threads. And while you're a...

Not many jokes so far - I wonder if folk are not seeing this section of the site. It took me a little while to find where it was on the Board Index, in small italic print under the Regular Members Area. But perhaps it's just that I use the site differently to others. (You know what scientists are li...

That's Bodger, getting down to the fundament-als again!

Ian, try this:
Highlight the text you want make into a link
Click on the URL button
When the brackets containing `url' appear around your text put an = sign between the initial `url' and the ] symbol
Then paste in your desired web link URL immediately after the =.

Pluggy's correct. The `no temperature increase over the last decade' claim is the argument used by what has become known as the `false sceptics' brigade, i.e. the group that denies everything regardless of evidence (as opposed to the `real sceptics' who quite rightly want good evidence but are willi...

panbiker wrote:I may as well mention that I would like to see the "go to last post" icon a little bit bigger if possible. Very easy to click on the user and end up in their profile.

I'll second that Ian - I wonder how many people even know it exists? I had to ask Doc where to go to find Last Replied.

The previous Climate Change thread can be viewed here, in the archive: click here From the RealClimate web site: "A TV series that ran on Norwegian TV (NRK) last year included a simple and fun cartoon that demonstrates some important concepts relative to weather and climate. In the animation, t...

Aaah, you're weakening now Angus, you'll soon be proclaiming how good the site is! More seriously, the old site was quite idiosyncratic and people who used many other forums would have found it very odd and difficult to use. Now it's mainstream, so if you look at other forums you should find that th...

I hope it was a pedestrian incident and not a road traffic accident in the making!

American scientists studying meat in supermarkets have found that it is better to use LED lights in the refrigerated cabinets instead of the present fluorescent lights. LEDs are colder and therefore keep the meat cooler, they use less electrical energy, and they don't discolour the meat a much as fl...

To view the previous `Beware the Bankers' thread in the OGFB Archive, click here . Direct Line and Churchill fined £2.17m for forging signatures on complaint files handed to FSA 18th Jan 2012 Insurance firms Churchill and Direct Line have been fined £2.17million by the Financial Service Authority fo...

It's on Mrs Tiz's `to do list' too but I hate the cold so she'll probably do it on one of her birdwatching holidays.

Doc, I've posted my first image in the Practice forum but it shows not only the image but the camera's EXIF data too. Did I miss something? I entered the location of the image (on my PC) in the attachment upload box below the Post dialog box. I looked in the FAQs and the BBCode pages but couldn't fi...

Yep, aurora at both poles and as far south as Chicago in USA. LINK

Pluggy wrote:I corrected them Stanley. Must keep Calluna Happy I ran into her on the way to the bank yesterday.

Who came off worst?

I'll stick my neck out and say I'd prefer to see the two `Thanks' lines disappear from under the Avatar and thus shorten each post by that amount. Many posts on here are short yet there is lots of unnecessary space under them. Yes, we need some space after each post but not so much. What you think?

Thanks for that Ian, I hadn't even seen the portal page until you mentioned it - there's just so much to explore on the new site. Belle, I know what you mean about the news reporting. So much of life now is seen only through the lens of the news media and entertainment media. There was a report this...

I've just bookmarked this OG page because for me it's most like the old forum's home page listing and the way that I've always found active OG threads - but then I'm a bit of a dinosaur and like the old ways!
http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=42

Thanks Stanley. Here's a press release that's nothing if not timely - although as far as I know we are all still here! Sun hurls strong geomagnetic storm toward Earth WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2012 (Reuters) — The strongest geomagnetic storm in more than six years was forecast to hit Earth's magnetic fie...

Would nos. 1 and 5 have white or transparent backgrounds?

Thanks for sorting those glitches Doc - I don't know how you manage to cope with us all, it must be like having a family of dozens of kids.
Gloria, I hope you didn't mind me asking Doc to sort your witchy!

Can Gloria's avatar (witchyhop.gif) be made smaller, otherwise all her posts are going to be long - or do we have to ask her to change the size herself? Thanks PS. The design of the site is great and it's a lot smoother to use! Also...I don't understand the section titled `Off Topic Discussions' bec...

To view the previous `Clean Jokes' thread in the OGFB Archive, click here There was a discussion about comedian Tony Hancock on the radio last week and his ability to use a pause to make something even funnier. This reminded one of the participants of American comedian Jack Benny who was known for b...

I was puzzled reading through the posts in this thread but perhaps that's because I misread the title as:
"Today I shall be Manly..."
I thought Doc was going to give away some personal information!

Not a software bug but a minor glitch for attention when the pressure eases off! Under the `OGFB Site Rules' on this page http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=324&sid=429e3752b449c7baa9630709eed0df65 in the section headed `General Forum Questions' it says "Am I allowed...