Prams and teddies again

[The Merry MillerParticipant @themerrymiller]

[The Merry MillerParticipant @themerrymiller]

On the original Prams and teddies forum, the format has gone beserk again and so can’t post reply.

[Anonymous]

So much for free speech; it’s one thing saying what you think, it’s another entirely, mucking up the formatting so that nobody else can post. It’s enough to make one throw a teddy out of the pram!

 

Regards,

 

Andrew

Edited By Andrew Johnston on 03/06/2011 22:51:56

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Hi There

I have been unable to fix the corrupted teddies thread so have deleted it.

I believe the last person to post may have pasted from Word.

Normally I can fix this but this time I have been unable to.

Word adds all sorts of code that messes up the HTML.

 

Even though I edited the last post and then deleted it it would not correct itself as it normally does.

Feel free to keep throwing your toys out of your pram on this thread if you wish.

 

regards david

 

 

 

[Richard ParsonsParticipant @richardparsons61721]

Sam Have a try using a ‘Hot Glue Gun’. I have used them to stick brass etc to a ‘Wax Chuck’. These are even available in this back woods neo-feudal place called Hungary. So in OZ you should find them every where.

To All if you are copying from MS Word – Use the special Icon –the one with the big “W” in it!

 

David Try copying the offending post back to MS Word, delete the offending post and re copy using the proper facility. You may have a problem if the post was from a LATER version of Word than you are using.

Regards

Dick

Edited By Richard Parsons on 04/06/2011 09:00:28

[WALLACEParticipant @wallace]

There’s nowt so queer as folk.

Maybe some people need to get out more – but that would mean less time in the workshop !

W.

[DerryUKParticipant @derryuk]

<but that would mean less time in the workshop !>

Depends where your workshop is. I have two, one in my garage and one in my kitchen.

Last winter I got fed-up not being able to get out into my No1 workshop as it was so cold (it looks like global warming means the UK will get colder) that I decided to put a lathe in my kitchen. Now I never go out much and certainly not out of my back door and that is 36″ wide, just enough room for a small lathe. So I bought a Myford SP10. Fits perfectly and I can now machine in the warm all year round. But …

Myfords are a bit like old British motorbikes, interesting to look at but a pain in the butt to use.

Derry.

[The Merry MillerParticipant @themerrymiller]

 

Oooh! another post to stir up strong feelings.

 

 

[Steve GarnettParticipant @stevegarnett62550]

Posted by David Clark 1 on 04/06/2011 07:41:57:

I believe the last person to post may have pasted from Word.

 

The last person whose name appeared on the list was mine – but that contribution was put in using the forum editor, as I always do. Thing is, the post itself never showed up….

 

Personally I can’t understand why anybody would want to use Word for forum posts – it’s hardly the ideal tool under any circumstances!

 

Feel free to keep throwing your toys out of your pram on this thread if you wish.

 

The post that didn’t show hardly qualified as that. It was merely a suggestion that perhaps there may be an alternative way of approaching the whole CAM issue in MEW by doing a ‘special’, not as a normal edition but as an occasional addition to. It seems unlikely that there would be enough material to have a separate mag dedicated to it, but a ‘special’ once in a while (which the actively disinterested could ignore) might get over my main objection – all the posts objecting to it! If the objectors don’t buy it, then hopefully they can pretend that it doesn’t exist…

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Steve,

That sounds like a very good idea, the special that is.

 

As you say it can be ignored if readers want to but the sales will give a good idea of the interest.

 

I’m guessing that sales on these specials are too great though given you have to buy direct or thru W H Smith and not easy to obtain like subscription copies, perhaps David can comment ?

 

John S.

[Chris TriceParticipant @christrice43267]

With respect, your username and avatar hardly exude goodwill. It’s a two way street.

[Chris TriceParticipant @christrice43267]

The post that didn’t show hardly qualified as that. It was merely a suggestion that perhaps there may be an alternative way of approaching the whole CAM issue in MEW by doing a ‘special’, not as a normal edition but as an occasional addition to. It seems unlikely that there would be enough material to have a separate mag dedicated to it, but a ‘special’ once in a while (which the actively disinterested could ignore) might get over my main objection – all the posts objecting to it! If the objectors don’t buy it, then hopefully they can pretend that it doesn’t exist…

I believe I suggested that in the original thread on too much CNC.

[Peter G. ShawParticipant @peterg-shaw75338]

I think the idea of an occasional , or even regular, CNC special is a very good idea. This type of thing is done in finance magazine that I get in which every quarter, I think, they supply an extra bit all about Investment trusts. The reason why they do it is because the original idea of a separate IT magazine failed, presumably insufficient support. Maybe this is the way to go for the CNC readers.

 

Regards,

 

Peter G. Shaw

[John CoatesParticipant @johncoates48577]

I’ve never made or edited a magazine so I don’t know if this is possible but could the CNC etc articles go in the centre so the staple could be loosened so they could be pulled out and kept as continuous pages?

[NJHParticipant @njh]

David did say, in his post on” The thread that crashed and burned”, that 50% of the responders wanted CNC in the mag. ( Tony & John how many replies did you make? )

He also said that he didn’t at present have sufficient CNC material.so, by implication, a higher concentration can be expected in future. If he ever gets to the stage of ” sufficiency” i.e. where 50% of the content is CNC then maybe the way would be to have an all CNC issue one month and no CNC the next. Those who only like CNC buy odd issues, those who don’t like CNC buy even issues and those who like both buy both issues. That way, rather than only pleasing some of the people some of the time, he could please all of the people all of the time! I could live with an issue every other month, especially as with less pressure on deadlines I’m sure we would see higher quality articles and any project I might undertake would last me much more that a month anyway.

Steve, short of my quite brilliant suggestion, I would support your ” special” solution so I am sure that between us that’s sorted then.

Regards

 

Norman

 

Hang on… what’s that noise…. blimey! a squadron of pigs just flew past!

 

 

Edited By NJH on 04/06/2011 19:44:34

[John CoatesParticipant @johncoates48577]

NJH

 

Good suggestion but not if your a subscriber as whichever side your one you will be annoyed one month and in nirvana the next until your subscription runs out and you can switch to buy as you like off the shelf

 

I think I posted three times but would have liked the opportunity to post a fourth to apologise to Tony for misrepresenting him in a reference to one of his posts. So I’m sorry for that Tony.

 

 

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Ah Derry

 

“Myfords are a bit like old British motorbikes, interesting to look at but a pain in the butt to use.”

 

I remember my old motorbikes – things of beauty to be cherished – so many happy hours together !

 

Cheers

Norman

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Hi John

 

Ah yes I guess, from the publisher’s point of view, fatally flawed – that must have been what the pigs had launched for !

 

……………..You could, of course grow to love CNC and reach a constant state of nirvana.

 

Cheers

Norman

 

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Hi There

I locked the thread. That would leave it intact. It obviously did not work as you could still post.

regards David

 

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Hi There

A full CNC special will not happen.

A small A5 booklet about CNC might be included as an add on FOC.

Specials are limited budget, I can’t pay the usual £50 per page.

regards David

 

 

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Hi Steve

Your post was not the problem.

I suspect you posted from the first page not the second.

The thread was corrupted completely by the previous poster.

This is the first time in two years I have not been able to sort it.

regards David

 

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Posted by NJH on 04/06/2011 19:43:38:

David did say, in his post on” The thread that crashed and burned”, that 50% of the responders wanted CNC in the mag. ( Tony & John how many replies did you make? )

That was 50% wanted CNC from the poll results not 50% of answers in the post.

 

Not 50% ONLY want CNC – different animal which goes to show moost was a braod spectrum of articles.

 

That also includes me, i don’t want full CNC.

 

John S.

[John CoatesParticipant @johncoates48577]

Posted by John Stevenson on 04/06/2011 21:35:38:

 

That also includes me, i don’t want full CNC.

 

Neither did Bill Clinton – he just had Monica smoke the cigar for him !

 

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

So David, who make the decisions, says a full special won’t happen and like it or not he calls the tune.

 

We have scribe a line, we often have long running articles like letters to a grandson or whatever it was so what about a 2 – 3 pager every issue called CNC corner.

 

You don’t have to read it if you don’t want but so far 50% of the readers who have bothered to fill the poll in say they would like to see it.

 

Also if you know that it’s going to be relegated to those 2 – 3 pages then it’s manageable.

 

?????????

 

John S.

[Steve GarnettParticipant @stevegarnett62550]

Posted by Chris Trice on 04/06/2011 18:29:47:

I believe I suggested that in the original thread on too much CNC.

Great minds….? (and no rude comments from everybody else either!)

 

Posted by David Clark 1 on 04/06/2011 21:19:25:

A full CNC special will not happen.

A small A5 booklet about CNC might be included as an add on FOC.

 

I must admit that I could see a few potential problems with this, although I was trying to ignore them. One of them was how on earth you sell it to W.H.Smiths. I can just imagine the conversation:

 

DC: (for it is he) “We’re doing a special – it’s about CAM. Would you like an exclusive deal to handle it?”

 

WHS: “Why isn’t it going in the regular magazine?”

 

DC: “Well, we put three articles related to it in one edition, and World War Three appeared to break out on the forum. A few people didn’t mind at all, most said it was too many, and we felt that a handful of respondents might be going to brick our windows.”

 

WHS: “So why do the special?”

 

DC: “Really, it’s because a couple of naive people though that this might ameliorate the situation – what the heck, they may even have been right about that. I’m hoping they are, anyway. So with a bit of luck, you won’t get that many bricks though your windows…”

 

WHS: “Hold the line please – we need to consult a couple of people – we won’t be long”.

 

10 minutes passes – DC is pacing nervously around his telephone, which has turned eerily silent. Suddenly it clicks back into life.

 

WHS: “Hmm…. we’ve taken what you said on board – and we’ll get back to you about it…”

 

DC: ” Would it help if we only paid £10 per page to the contributors, and paid the rest to your insurance company for additional premiums?”

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