DocMason,

Your so right! I remember the Euro when it was .80 to a dollar and now it cost 1.30 to buy one Euro,

Russia and the middle east are moving more of their cash reserves to the Euro and reporting cash flow in
Euro rather than dollars. The dollar is on the decline and  Bush & team do nothing about it.

No DoctorMason, we just suffered a temporary distraction by helping show people how to insert images.  Nothing more sinister.

And the "Blog Police" emblem is just a humorous embodiment of a blog joke -- "the blog police."  Nothing more serious.  :-)

We can tell from the accent, Jason.

DoctorMason, are you referring to me or to Hardliner's profile photo?  Either way, no, your subject is in no way taboo, and I apologize for, as Nancy called it, aiding and abetting a topic hi-jack.  I came in to respond to some commenters' technical issues that came up when they were commenting on this post.  That is all--it wasn't an editorial commentary or anything like that.  If you post on your blog on this topic, it will come up in the current "new blog posts" queue (as opposed to this post, which originated in June), and perhaps more folks will see it and participate--plus it will have the advantage of being a fresh post unencumbered by a thread of off-topic comments.  Again, I apologize (I'm not from here either, you know.)

We apppreciate it, Doc, and we'll call off the dogs. :)

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Seriously, though, it's not taboo.  Apparently the Euro is now the #1 international currency of choice over the dollar, too. 

http://www.dailykos.com/sto...

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I wonder if Gresham's Law applies internationally.  Probably not--too many alternatives available.

The US should chuck the penny and maybe even the nickle. Also, I favor in getting rid of the paper dollar and replacing it w/ a coin dollar, also why not have a 2 dollar coin...such as the Euro & Peso.

Talking about the falling US Dollar must be taboo in Bakersfield because when the Blog Police arrived the conversation changed. I'm not from here and need to know the rules, and apologize if I've made a mistake. Fact is, if you take $10,000 outside America today, you'd get $5000.00

When I arrived in CA in 2000, the euro was only .80c, now it's $1.30 resulting in a 50% loss in my savings. And as I pointed out earlier, when you do a search on "dumping us dollars" you realize the gravity of what is happening. Even if you don't travel outside the continential US, you should take heed, IMHO.

But again, if this topic is taboo here on this site, then I'll NEVER mention it again.

A theory of mine..I have a million of them.  Is that when someone asks a question, a lot of people benefit from the answer.  Even people we aren't aware are around.  Putting up a dedicated site is a good idea.

Happy New Year to you too Jason.  I guess we weren't too rough on you since you're still here.  Thanks for all your help.

 

Some individuals, besides leaving me notes in comments, e-mail me when they have problems.  But obviously, people seem to enjoy talking about them and sharing experiences or fixes or ideas about them.  So, perhaps, when someone comes up against a problem and wants to solicit feedback, one could e-mail me and I'll put up a dedicated post on Blogging Bako.  Sound good?  :)

Happy New Year, Nancy, and all of you.  Thanks for a fun and interesting first couple months on the job.  Can't wait to see what we build together in 2007. 

P.S.  Pennies!  Pennies!  Pennies!

Hey Jason..I've always gone off topic but I'm not the one who gently scolded us for doing that soooo  you can't say I'm a overcooked cooking vessel talking about a water heating round vessel.  So there..neener neener.

And besides..Sam started it.  Pffftttt...  (sorry Sam..no offense, I just have to win this argument)

AND..just to stay on topic here..a penny for your thoughts.

  When I just dragged and dropped this graphic, my cursor was a slashed-circle "no" symbol, but it still worked!  Go figure.  As you've pointed out from my keen use of technical jargon, I'm no techie.  :)  That's what I've got our crackerjack "development team" for!  (And Hardliner.)  ;)

But yes, drag-n-drop, copy-paste, either way, it's a usable shortcut vs. the "insert/edit image" function.  (A.k.a. mountain thingie.)

And dear Nancy, not to say you're a cooking receptacle calling me a larger, dark-colored cooking receptacle, but I've been reading your back-and-forth about, what was it? Drugs?  On a post about...  Oh, right.  Bullies.  :)  Heh.

Ok, here's something on topic:

The famous WWII 1943 steel penny!

LOL Audrey..me too.  I'm a firm believer in thingamajigs, whatchamacallits and doodads.  When you want to get really hight tech..just call on me..I have an entire vocabulary for it.

Guys..by drag and drop are you talking about copy and paste?  That's all I did.  I drag and drop in emails but when I tried it here I got the circle slash for a no go.

AHEM Jason..site help yes..but what does it have to do with pennies????  Hmmmmmm?????

(not that I give a hoot and you well know that..lol)

Mountain thingie******

All of this technical jargon makes my head spin!

Yep...  Some things I just don't like leaving posted for long -- only long enough for the intended target to read it.  :-)

Apologies for the digs at the Californian's hiring policies, but employers who erect silly and arbitrary barriers have always been a pet peeve in my craw -- even though I'm not currently in the job market.

Some bright yet inexperienced kid somewhere is.

Then why'd you take it down?  (That was you, right?)  :)

I'm soooooo glad you fixed it. You're right it doesn't hurt to apply, but in my experiences here in this town, if you don't have the "on paper" qualifications they won't give you the time of day.

BTW, does anyone else see the humor in the url html tag that says the image can't be displayed? I laughed when I read that.

http://louisville.edu/~acmu... cannot be displayed, because it contains errors." />

I sure did see it, Jason.  I just felt the urge to show off.  :-)

 

Pete, I think we're safe with your pictures of toast in all its myriad variations.  :)  We're still trying to figure out why the url html tags are bleeding through when you drag-n-drop, though.  :(

And didn't you and H4F see what I wrote earlier?  "And by the way, that formatting-truncation-while-logged-out problem is fixed in beta, the fix will go live with the next roll-out of updates (early Jan. probably)."  I've been playing with it/testing it in beta--it works.  It just won't be on the live site just this second.  And anyway, it's probably a good idea to make sure you're logged in to your account right when you open up the site, before you start blogging/commenting.

BTW, I'm told that we always had drag-n-drop capability, so Nancy, I don't know why you weren't able to do it successfully before.

And H4F, dude, if you really wanna work somewhere, it doesn't hurt to apply even if the published prerequisites are a mile long--if the folks doing the hiring like what they see on paper enough to schedule an interview, you can always explain and negotiate then.  Sometimes those things are more wish lists than litmus tests.  (Sometimes not, but still...)  As for me and this particular job, this is not an IT job--if it was, this former high school social studies teacher turned blogger wouldn't be here! 

Yep, it's the sign in thing that cuts off comments. It cut off this picture since I wasn't logged on. Lucky for you I didn't close the other window.  You might just regret showing me how to put pics in.


http://www.aeb.org/Recipes/... cannot be displayed, because it contains errors." />

Nice screen cap H4F. Jason, I just dragged-n-dropped it from another site ( I guess that's obvious). I tried doing the insert/edit thing and it just seemed like too much trouble. Especially if it's only a picture of toast.