What's up with the "on line status"?

you can run, but you can't hide

Nobody is changing your preferences Letty. Did you click the button at the bottom of the page to update the preferences?

Funny, dj. No, Craven/Robert, this was a new thing to me and I was experimenting. I'll try again.

Did what you said, Robert. Clicked on the bar at the bottom, clicked on the "no" choice, and it promptly went back to "yes". I'm simply trying to test some of the new features.

Try this: Set it to no first, then click the button.

Thanks, Robert. It worked.

Wouldn't it be redundant though to have such a feature checked off,
since there is nowhere an actual online status to see? At the old a2k design
one could see who is logged in (if they choose to have this feature activated)
but here with the new design one doesn't see it - or is it just me?

Hey, C.J., As I said, I was just experimenting with some different features on the new site. Wow! already it been thumbed down from a four to a two. Did you ever read a book called, The Status Seekers?

Don't worry about the thumbing up/down, Miss Letty - I don't even register
that feature anymore. It has nothing to do with the subject or person at all.
After your question was answered, people just voted it down to have it out
of their hair, that's all.

The Status Seeker was life in the 50's where status was still really important,
right? We've had that book somewhere around but I haven't read it actually.

super sensitive, I guess, C.J.

The reason that I mentioned Vance Packard and his book The Status Seekers was, at first, in fun. My house here in Florida, has several features of that era, one of which is an instant hot water contraption. There are others which I have attempted to remedy, but now I no longer care. The downturn in the economy has made me realize how foolish all those things are in the light of those who are truly in need.

Here's a link

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/packard.html

hi , letty and cj !

the first "real" english(american) book i ever bought was :
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Mass Market Paperback)
by Dale Carnegie .

i had just started as an apprentice in germany and thought the book would help me to "Win Friends & Influence People " . it cost me about 50 cents - i see it sells for $7.99 now !
should check in the basement - sell it and cover my stockmarket losses <GRIN>

vance packard and dale carnegie - they sure knew how to sell their goods !
take care , ladies !
hbg

Me too, hamburger! I have read all Dale Carnegie books (while I was still in school in Germany), and it wouldn't hurt to take them out now and then.
Carnegie never goes out of style!

Miss Letty, a 50 year old house is somewhat of a novelty out here in sunny
California where everyone strives for bigger and better quarters and readily
tears down a true classic - which I dislike actually. We have one part of town
that is an "old" neighborhood with old houses and it truly has the most charm.

Don't sweat the small stuff, there are more important things in life - good
people are one of them.

Hah, even Vance Packard says this about Californians:
"Californians, with their yeasty social climate, seem the least status-conscious people I've encountered in the nation. This might be explained by the fact that -- with their violently expanding economy and their multitude of relatively small new enterprises -- they are close to the free-and-easy frontier spirit. In the San Joaquin Valley, some of the most widely and highly esteemed families are of Armenian or Korean background. They have prospered, and their forebears were Early Settlers."

the city of kingston - where we still are after 52 years ! - is one of the oldest canadian settlements .
Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau , arrived here in 1673 and a small settlement (a stockade) was erected at the confluence of the cataraqui river and lake ontario .
kingston is known as canada's "limestone capital" because of its many old limestone buildings - many well over 150 years old .

city hall was built in 1835 and is typical of the limestone buildings irish masons erected in those days .


the city's biggest stone structure is "fort henry" sitting on the shore of lake ontario , built starting in 1814 to defend the royal navy shipyard against the americans .



now fort henry is a tourist attraction inviting the "u.s. marine corps" for the annual "battle of the guns" - it's a competion with old muzzle loading guns to see who can reload the 12 pounders the quickest .



for more pictures from a visit to the fort >click below >

http://www.pbase.com/wolfeyez/old_fort_henry_kingston_ontario

I love the way simple things turn powerful, hbg and C.J. Strange that you, dj, Craven and Vance inspired this simple poem

It sits atop a hillock
But is empty and forlorne.
The house where three
Of those I love
Within its walls
Were born.

The corner beams
Of strong old trees,
And bricks that someone
Made
When artisans who plied their art
Knew well their ancient trade.

My ancestral home.

Perhaps a status symbol to my oldest sister, but not to me

when activated, online status is on your profile --
............

That's a very nice poem, Miss Letty, and quite telling too. I am certain that
while you were growing up, status was much more important than it is now.

To me personally, peoples behavior is most important, not how much money
they have or what they stand for.

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Thank you Region, I didn't know that

Duh, I still don't get it - where on profile pages it shoes online status. I can believe it's there, I just don't see quite where.

You have to go to your preferences and turn it on. Once done, the status shows right next to your name on your profile page. Look above the cursor arrow in RP's screenshot. If your preferences are set to not show your online status, you won't see it next to your name.