>>>>>>>>>>>Jobs lost in recent recessions....
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>>>>>>>>>>Is there more to this? A link maybe?
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>>>>>>>>>You can now add pictures to your UT posts. Check the image icon at the right side of the priginal post - it looks like a page with a paperclip.
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>>>>>>>>Oh, so that's how it works. The icon may be a little too subtle or out of the way because I missed it, too.
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>>>>>>>>UPDATE: And now I notice the "pictures" are dropped from the reply, too, so if you want to view them you have to navigate back to the original post. I think I like the old URL hyperlinks better.
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>>>>>>>I've often wanted to post an image but haven't had my own we bpage or blog on which to post if and ref here. You can still paste a URL, can't you? So this is extra func. which you don't need to use if you don't want.
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>>>>>>Correct, and I would not use it as it is implemented now. Please see my reply to Tracy just now. I agree an image to illustrate message text could be useful. But a URL? Bad idea.
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>>>>>I don't see why having a URL in your message is a bad idea. We've all been putting them in for years. Tracy does nowt but!!!!
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>>>>>I agree the image is hard to find. Indeed I thought that Jos had forgotten to inc his URL in his blurb, as I didn't see the icon.
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>>>>>BTW I've been away ill for a week and today's 1st day back on the UT. I've noticed my thread map icons have all been stretched cf the others on the same line. Has this been mentioned? If so why are they like this. If not, why no one mentioned it, or is it only me?
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>>>>I have no problem with URLs in messages (although not a fan of URL-only posts with no explanation or opinion attached). In this case the URL was only in the image.
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>>>>Yeah, the thread map icons have changed, too. The UT continues to evolve ;-)
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>>>>Hope you are feeling better now. A week sick, that must have been a whopper.
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>>>Feeling better, thanks. It was an acute pain in my RH side abdomen, just below the ribs, from Tues. One that "rebounded" when you poke a finger in then release. 1st I suspected appendicitis, but phoned NHS Direct and got a -ve diagnosis of that. Next day I went the doc. He palpated me and queried gall bladder (stones). Booked me in hozzy for an ultrasound (still waiting) but I don't think it's that.
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>>>Monday, BTW, I couldn't move the car cos of the snow and had a snow day, playing in the park with the kids on sledge I've waited 13 years to use, but only had 1 opportunity up till now. Park was crowded more than a summer day and all hands were smiling & laughing. All hands envied my skidoo-style sled BTW. :-)
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>>Good luck with the mystery ailment.
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>>Sometimes I think it would be nice living somewhere you can only use a sled every 13 years ;-)
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>There was 1 day of snow last year, which was all but gone by the evening. Last time the kids had a chance to use the sled was c. 3-4 years ago. My eldest said that day "This has been the best day of my life" so you may see that I've been longing for snow just so they can get that enjoyment. It's sad when you never get, say, a white Xmas. Snowballing is a complete novelty. There were kids that day who'd never seen snow in their lives. You would miss it, unless you're just an old grouch that hates the inconveniences, which I'm sure you're not :-)

No, you're thinking of me. I hate the stuff with a rare passion. When you have to get up an extra 40 minutes early in the morning to go out and shovel the crap every second day, and then swash around in your car in it because the snow ploughs don't see the importance of your particular little street; well, believe me, you tire of it very quickly.