UKW Missing, Presumed: Got a Life?

[wizer]

Where's Wizer? He doesn't seem to post much these days.

Let's not get into the prolific posters :roll: :wink:

The name Gareth rings a bell. Was that a regular?

I'm sure we could get a list of members who went off in a huff or who where banned Maybe we shouldn't.

 

[wizer]

And what about Dom Valente? Did he end up in Italy?

No he did not, I still see him in Radlett on occasion but his wksp is now a wine dealers store/tasting centre. Not sure why the Italy thing did not work out.

I don't think he posts on the other side any more either does he?

 

[Doctor]

I miss the original Brad Naylor :lol:

 

[woodbutcher]

what about dewaltdisney did he go over to the other side?

woodbutcher

 

[Doug B]

Whatever happened to Dan Tovey?????

Sarah davenport :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: sorry cheap shot but still makes me laugh

 

[TrimTheKing]

MikeC and Wizer, Alphabetical is there but you still have to plough through all names from A and if you want a name of L it is a long way to go.
whereas if you had the choice (which other forums have) of selection by an alphabetical letter first it is less onerous.

Easiest way round this is to open a new PM, then put in the first letter of the name you are looking for followed by * (*=wildcard), this will then give you all the users beginning with that letter.

Simples!

 

[CHJ]

......Easiest way round this is to open a new PM, then put in the first letter of the name you are looking for followed by * (*=wildcard), this will then give you all the users beginning with that letter.

Simples!

=D> =D>=D>=D>

So easy when you know how to exploit the features of the software, have used that in the past to find a members exact user name configuration and yet have failed to apply the same method when looking up the alphabetical list for some other obscure reason. :roll:

 

[devonwoody]

TTK, go to the top of the class.


But how does that take you to the member list that gives details like the members web page, email address etc.?

 

[TrimTheKing]

TTK, go to the top of the class.


But how does that take you to the member list that gives details like the members web page, email address etc.?

It doesn't!

Only way I can find to do that quickly is by using search and just putting in the authors name, then when the list of posts comes up click on the username to go to the profile. That any good for you?

 

[CHJ]

That's the way I use it, copy and paste user name into 'search for posts' gets over any problems with unseen spaces or capitalisation.

 

[Alf]

Ah, nice tip, TTK. Still be nice to have improved search facilities for the member list though, but it'll help as a workaround.

 

[TrimTheKing]

Ah, nice tip, TTK. Still be nice to have improved search facilities for the member list though, but it'll help as a workaround.

No probs. The search on here is utter pants and I really don;t understand why. I can't count the number of times I have searched for keywords that I know 100% are in a post I am looking for and they don't show up.

I don't know enough about forum software to understand (or the time to learn at the moment) unfortunately or I would offer some solutions.

 

[CHJ]

I invariably default to an advanced Google Search

Don't know whether Charley could modify the Search box (top right hand corner) to this, if it's not already, can't get my head round the page code at the moment.

 

[wizer]

Fecn (Jim) was another name that crossed my mind today. He built a mini CNC in his shed.

 

[studders]

Don't know whether Charley could modify the Search box (top right hand corner) to this, if it's not already, can't get my head round the page code at the moment.

It appears to be a PHP function call that is part of the phBB package so it might not be that easy to change. Although it shouldn't be that difficult to implement an alternate PHP search function, that is customized, to suit.

 

[devonwoody]

Fecn (Jim) was another name that crossed my mind today. He built a mini CNC in his shed.

Fecn and I swapped boxes, he did me a CNC box in cocobolo and I did him a strippey.

He told me he was going to downsize one day to a country retreat.

 

[studders]

I did him a strippey.

You did him a what??? :shock: and at your age too. tsk!!!

 

[johnjin]

Gill's last post was in November.
I hope she is alright.

John

 

[BradNaylor]

I was thinking the other day about Tim. Remember him? Regular here who emigrated to Canada. His last post was the day he left for Canada and not a post since, not even a post card!

I exchanged PMs with Tim last year after I noticed him lurking on the forum. He seemed to be doing fine and said he would post an update.

I've PM'd him again to remind him.


The original Brad Naylor is still banned so you'll have to make do with the new sanitised 'nice' version...


...for now!

:twisted:

 

[big soft moose]

Gill's last post was in November.
I hope she is alright.

John

Gill is looking after an ill (and elderly i think) relative, she told me before xmas that this wasnt leaving her a lot of time for woodwork so one presumes that it is also cutting her forum time.

ive got her email tho so i'll drop her a line and report back