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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US 
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Normally, when you edit your own posts, the software adds the "Edited by" tag onto the end of the post. The purpose of this has always been to avoid confusion when a reply to what you said may potentially no longer apply to your edited words. However, I noticed today that most edits aren't made to change the meaning of the post, but rather are made to correct simple typographical errors. We post, we read what we posted, and immediately realize we need to correct something. This is to be encouraged and doesn't really need anything added to the post for clarification. Henceforth, any editing done within ten minutes of the original post will NOT receive the normal "Edited by" tag. This should give everyone plenty of time to correct typographical errors without cluttering their post with unnecessary clarifications. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
 My typing fingers love the idea! |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
LOL mine too, being a Dutchie and all Titia Like scattered leaves...my words will flow |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
great idea... thanks Ron!  Always, Alyssa He was a man of sorrows |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Fantastic idea Ron! Thanks a heap from this one who is forever making typos.  |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
THANK YOU! 99% of the time (especially if i'm typing from work... as i am right now) this is the bane of my posting existence... and i almost always mess something up the first time 'round. so... does it work? ...sweet! |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Sheesh is right - I didn't see this before getting my shirt in a knot and sending out an all points bulletin (thanks Kit!) Sorry Ron about the unnecessary email. I got stuck in edit hell actually! LOL. I went to edit (like I normally do 1,500 times) and there was not even a poem there to edit!)  Actually may I ask for more than 10 minutes? Like 2 hours maybe? And, you are right it won't work LOL! Darn! I had this sneaky trick of hiding when I edited by changing the font color - he fixed that too  See the darn old ugly edit thing there now?[This message has been edited by Mysteria (01-05-2004 06:00 PM).] |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
I try soooooooooo hard not to have to edit by PREVIEWING like crazy ... but at times it is soooooooooooo necessary for that 'typo' that just wasn't caught ... GLAD to see this and actually I've never really understood why the 'edit' thing was necessary anyhow~ BUT ... we'll live with whatever works for you~ *Came back in for an EDITING CHECK~  ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left. - Sufi epigram [email protected] |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Wahooie .... it works~  |
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KristieSue
since 2003-01-31
Posts 1460PA, US |
excelent uh, I mean, EXCELLENT!!!!!!!! :-) Do songs on the radio sing to all the fools in love? |
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Michelle_loves_Mike
since 2003-12-20
Posts 1189Pennsylvania |
coolest of beans Ron,,,,sometimes, you just don't see those boo boo's till you hit the submit,,,,, Michelle I wish all could find the true happiness I have found,,in the eyes of Mike |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
It's a plan... Well done, fudly one... |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Good Idea! Betty Lou Hebert |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
So are you thinking of making it a tad longer than 10 minutes for the truly undecided folks? LOL, a girl can wish. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Heh...I know you can edit an edit that's been edited twice - at least within the 10 minute zone.... |
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Ron
Administrator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
Okay, Sharon, just for you, I've upped the limit to thirty minutes. That extra twenty minutes has to come from somewhere, though. I don't make too terribly many mistakes, so I gave you three of my ten minutes. Everyone knows Nan never makes mistakes (or never admits to them, at any rate), so I gave you her whole ten minutes. That means you just need to convince a few more people to ante up seven minutes between them and you'll be all set. Passing the plate for Mysteria ... |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
that's great news! Great improvement! This just keeps getting better and better!  |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I'll give her a minute, which leaves me 9. Wait! What if Mysteria is in a super groovy mood, turns around and finds an error in a really long post 2 minutes after she posts, corrects it in 1, and has 27 minutes left of her current request of 30 minutes? Does that mean the next poster can have her 27 minutes in addition to their 10? Hey...this could really work out for procrastinators! |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
ROFL! Sharon you can have 5 minutes of mine, but I NEED that other 5, lol ... no question! Thanks so much Ron! This is great! |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
I am now a charity case? No problem, charity is good! I will not be proud so I will take your 7 Ron, Nan's 10, Kit's 5, Sunshine's minute, and if my math is right that totals 23 minutes. Now, with my original 10 minutes that makes it 33 minutes total, and that is good enough for me! Why am I thinking I am the reason the software got changed? I laughed so hard one night when my dyslexia was full blown as I edited one poem 17 times Well, thank you all so kindly for your donations this member of the peanut gallery sure appreciates it. (LOL, at Ron about Nan, how true!) She even corrects spelling mistakes in MSN for goodness sake! If you talk to me on MSN brother what you see is what you get, and sometimes it is an exercise in itself to figure out what I am typing. LOL (Sure love ya all and thanks for your time.) |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
Sharon...You can have whatever ya need of my minutes. I'm usually anal enough to only need a couple. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Duncan! a couple of WHAT?Ron, thank you!!!! my muse isn't such a hot typist after putting in a 16 hour day at my barely paid job then attempting to post here for another hour or so. Sharon, I can spare 2 minutes, at least once a week |
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Ringo
since 2003-02-20
Posts 3684Saluting with misty eyes |
I will add most of my minutes to the communal pot as I feel if the Good Lord had meant for me to edit, I would have caught it. I only request the ability to draw on those occasions when I really put my foot into it Cause in my dreams it's always there |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
I thought I was wrong once.. but I was mistaken... and... whatever am I gonna do now when I blunder under pressure... I'll have to steal some time back from Mysteria - I'll do it fair & square though...  I'll even let her see me coming.. MMMMYYYSSSSTTTTEEERRRIIIAAAA....  |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Ummm...time is something that can't be bought or bartered. If it can? I'd like to have those 3 hours I lost when I had to sit in a boring meeting...or those 15 minutes I sat in a car waiting for some jerk to move his car out of the road.. ok..so if Mysteria gets minutes from everyone, can I have a minute of your time Ron? Just a minute! (You already know my opinion about 30 minutes from my email. It's just not enough. Sometimes a girl needs MORE time!) |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
This is great, Ron...Thank you!! |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
 Not saying a word, and therefore I am hoping to keep my minutes. |
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Bec Member
since 2001-02-23
Posts 475Canberra |
Great idea, Ron. I'm sure you have a bank of donated minutes somewhere now, but I'd be happy to give someone about five minutes of my time. I don't really think I'd need any more than that for myself. B "I'm not crazy I'm just a little unwell"~ Matchbox 20 |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
nicely done... very useful too... thanks a lot Ron... like many others, you have done us another favour... regards sudhir |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Glory Hallelujah! ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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scorpio Member Ascendant
since 2002-10-02
Posts 5178right...there |
Thank you Ron!! believe in what your heart feels... |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
ahahahahahha though I'm apparently the one who needs to edit the most....right next to Mysteria......I just found this post. LOL I've been thinking something was wrong with my cookies again!!!  |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Um, I was outside my 10 minute posting privileges doing a change to a current post and guess what? No edit line. Are my minutes accumulating if I don't use them? |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
I just made a change over an hour later and it does show Karilea... bummer. |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
thanks so much, again, for this Ron... turning a "nto" into "not" is now much less frustrating! oh - and popping up the "private" forums into new windows from daily topics? ***siggghh*** gimme a date with Ali Larter and i could die happy. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Um, Chris, you sure about that last request? |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
i didn't say when said death could occur! |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
Nor did you say when said date should occur. Soon? |
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Not A Poet Member Elite
since 1999-11-03
Posts 3885Oklahoma, USA |
Aaah come on Chris. Even Ron can't do that |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
You never know, Pete. The commander on JAG once promised a sailor a date with Jennifer Lopez in return for a favor. As the sailor was turning away, having agreed to the favor, the retired admiral incredulously asked, "Do you really know Jennifer Lopez?" "Sure," replied the commander. "She's been cutting my hair for twelve years." |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
WooHoo!!! |
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MGROVES
since 2004-02-01
Posts 3802california |
as long as your happy~ thats all that matters~ My spirit will rise |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
 ...Yes - HappiNess is good - Sooner or Eventually... |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
I should have been better at my negotiations for more time darn it, but you're right Nan, as long as he's happy.  |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Yep, Nan, but it's usually "Soon"? LOL |
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sandgrain Member Elite
since 1999-09-21
Posts 3662Sycamore, IL, USA |
Since I usually don't notice my mistakes, Sharon can have my time, or maybe she'll edit all my posts with it and use whatever's left over. Thanks for all your hard work and putting up with the likes of us to boot, Ron. |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Thanks, Ron. I'm am one of those clutterers...lol. |
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Bec Member
since 2001-02-23
Posts 475Canberra |
Deal my minutes out where they're needed... Bec "I'm not crazy I'm just a little unwell"~ Matchbox 20 |
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