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I will flag this so Dave can double check if there is anything on our end that is off.

Len, Not sure what the problem could be. I am still getting all the emails I am supposed to. Did you double check all the notifications are set to email and not just a notification on the site. Account Settings>Notification Settings (under Other Settings, on right side of screen). You would then need to check each of the individual items. Maybe the emails are going to a spam folder? I do not know of anything on our end that would change those settings.

Go to your Inbox. Each message has a little box you can check. Once you select one (or more) you will see a trashcan icon you can click to delete them.

Went back through this thread and handed out warnings and bans to those that needed it. If you go to a political site to get your memes, there is a really good chance it is going to cross the "No Politics" threshold of this board. Thread is now locked, because a handful of members wanted to test the limits of political commentary to see what they could get past the moderators. Also, this thread generally stopped being funny a long time ago. Do not start another similar thread, it will be locked down/removed when we see it.

Make sure you are actually trying to send a PM and not posting on their status page. They are different. If you post to a status page, others can see it.

Exchange numbers so you guys can complain and moan to each other in private. The rest of us don't need to hear it. If it continues you will be removed from the board, then you guys can meet up at a show.

Some members here were also pretty rude to him. I feel that is also a reason he stays away. He isn't the only one this has happened to.

I have a similar setup. I have different bulbs that I would use. I think i have a 750w bulb somewhere. They get extremely hot, was a good way to limit how long I stayed in the studio (spare room).

We had a 20 year old unit do the same thing. It was shooting a flame about 4" outside the unit. Just happened to be walking by it at the right time. I use it as a reminder that everything needs maintenance and needs to be checked regularly.

Go to the bottom of the page and see if you have any options under themes. I am using Default (Default) and it takes the banner away. Dave may need to tweak the IPS Default theme a little to get the banner to show properly.

You may be getting reactions (similar to likes on Facebook) and not responses. Look at the bottom right corner of your posts.

I see this thread developing just as i thought it would. I will save some of you a 30 day timeout and close this before it gets personal.

Lets not turn a lighthearted thread into one that just bashes all of the perceived negative traits of our hobby. Keep it clean and respectful please.

This could take weeks to fix.

It is an ongoing issue and there are more detailed discussions up in the How To Use This Board section. There is no universal fix for this issue and we are looking at alternatives.

Right now it is a small percentage of the users having issues, although that number is growing daily. The process for this upgrade is going to take a month or so (at least) to complete. This will probably get worse before it gets better.

You hit a nerve because your post implies that it our fault that you are having trouble. When in fact it could be that you are entirely at fault and clueless as to how to fix it. The truth is neither of us have any idea what causes this, or any of the other issue. Our end has been trying to fix this issue for over a year without having to completely revamp this site.

This site works perfectly for me and many others. Funny how that works. 🙊 What mother board do you have, bet it is different than mine. How much and what type memory do you have, bet it is different than mine. What ISP do you use and what are all of their settings, bet it is different than the one I use. What browser are you using and how many other programs/scripts are running in the background? Clearing cache worked for some, but not you. Do you know why that might be? Yeah, neither do I. Do you see the problem we face when trying to diagnose issues like this? It is looking like we may need to do a major software update, that will add, remove, relocate many functions and will probably change the overall look of the forum. How happy is everyone going to be when that happens?

Dave is working on getting an update to the software ready to go. No guarantee that it will fix the problem. I do get a chuckle with these reports though. It wasn't that long ago that everyone was complaining and didn't want us to implement this feature. Now everyone can't live without it. We'll see what happens after the update. For those that are wondering, it isn't as simple as hitting the "Update" button. Dave needs to backup the system, which is rather large and time consuming, needs to schedule an outage, needs to set aside a large chunk of his time to monitor the update (it isn't all automatic and requires input), and then he needs to troubleshoot after the update to fix minor settings issues. When that is all done, and the board is live again, he needs to be available to look into all of the complaints and bug reports you guys will be sending over the following weeks. Add to that, most updates force us to use something we don't want to or removes something that we like. Which always leads to the "Why did you do away with ?????, that is why I was coming here in the first place" or "OMG, I can't figure out how to do ????, I hate change and am never coming back here again" or something like that. That is why we hate updates, thanks for attending my TED talk.

Within the first couple of pages in the magazine, it tells you what to do when changing your address. Not sure if there is an online way of doing it or not, so I would mail the change to the address shown in the magazine.

We allowed the one on the car, as it is part of the model, even though we didn't like the fact the op drew attention to it in the original post. We removed the person who posted the giant rebel flag and only the flag. We also removed the person who complained about how the mods do what they do and once again broke a forum rule.

We will need to lock the forum down, it will make it slightly more inconvenient for the regular members, as well as new (actual) members looking to join. This current attack is still ongoing.

We have repeatedly looked into this and there is nothing on our end that can be done about it. We will continue to apply the updates provided by the software vendor (we do not install every update) and hope it sorts out some of the compatibility issues that members have. I have mentioned before that with all the different computers, browsers, modems, switching hubs, routers and other equipment used by individual people or by their service providers, each with any number of customizable settings, there are going to be bugs or glitches in the system. Most of these are very minor inconveniences to individual members. Please keep reporting issues that you have, but keep in mind that we cannot fix them all.

I wonder if similar discussions were had when they decided indoor water and plumbing should become mainstream or maybe when cellular phones came to market and ruined the landline phone industry. Maybe when video killed the radio star. Things change. Some things you have no input to whether they change or not. We will probably all be dead when they outlaw IC engines in cars. Before they are outlawed, it will be very expensive to own or run one. They need to squeeze that last dollar out of it.

We get a lot of spiders around the house, including Black Widows. I don't mind them when they are outside. The orb weavers are cool.