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• 28 days ago, bilby said: Arcs, where've you been?! Do you happen to have a good nutloaf recipe? I've tried a few I truffled up on the internet and haven't found one that gives me a firm texture, at least firm enough to slice (when cold) for sandwiches, antipasto plates, etc.
• about 2 months ago, thesaraheffect said: Rabid wordie vegans notwithstanding, I find it hard to believe that even my aversion to all things congealed would convince me to break off my intimate relationship with cheese.
• about 4 months ago, bilby said: No new v-munchers that I know of. The subject doesn't come up that often, really!
  I had a German visitor last weekend whose pronunciation had me as a wegian. So, Glas- or Nor-?
• about 7 months ago, bilby said: Happy to see you here Arc! I always keep some red lentil and onion dip in the back of the fridge for when you drop in :-)
  Sorry to hear about your father ... *hugs* from across the universe.
• about 8 months ago, bilby said: Hopla! See gallimaufry. Dhaero update overdue!
• about 11 months ago, Prolagus said: We like you too!
• about 11 months ago, bilby said: What happens if you do 'remove from favourites'? Nothing?
• about 11 months ago, arcadia said: Could / would somebody please tell me how to delete a word that I added, say, four times instead of once, to my favorite words column?
• about 11 months ago, bilby said: Of course we're friends! I even used Dhaero as my nick on some online forum as, mysteriously, it was the only name that came to me at the time :-) Sorry you didn't make the big 10K! I've always appreciated your comments and your visits here on Wordie.
• about 11 months ago, bilby said: About the only 'toys' list I know of is Treeseed's Let's Play.
• about 11 months ago, arcadia said: Does anyone know of an existing list of toys from the 1980's? I want to start one but would be just as happy to contribute to an existing one.
  
  
• about 1 year ago, bilby said: This is not a picture of me.
• about 1 year, 1 month ago, bilby said: Seems like the private note thing enables you to leave notes on a page that no-one else can see. I've never used it; I'm not here for research so if I make a comment it's for all the world to see.
  Musical notes? I'll have you know you're asking someone who sings like an old bathtub! I think you're referring to the symbol that appeared in a comment a bit earlier. Well, there are various bits of code that, when entered/pasted in a comment box, will produce a symbol. Such whizzbangery is beyond me. Try the ever-attentive mollusque :-)
• about 1 year, 1 month ago, bilby said: Good to see you too, as always!
• about 1 year, 1 month ago, yarb said: I think it's in faq - a slightly strange process - you have to edit the comment, save your edit (it can be a nothing edit), and then you'll see the option to delete.
• about 1 year, 1 month ago, arcadia said: Would somebody remind me how to delete a posted comment? I certainly didn't mean to post that thrice!
• about 1 year, 1 month ago, arcadia said: WOE, sorry
• about 1 year, 4 months ago, bilby said: Must be time for a *hug* then :-)
• about 1 year, 7 months ago, arcadia said: Thank you my friends!
• about 1 year, 7 months ago, mollusque said: Just substitute the users name in the profile URL. For example, your profile is http://wordie.org/people/profile/arcadia, so change arcadia to mi-vox.
• about 1 year, 7 months ago, plethora said: Try just going to your own profile and changing the url so it says mi-vox instead of arcadia.
• about 1 year, 7 months ago, arcadia said: HELP! How can I go to a user's profile who hasn't made an appearance in a while?
  
  (in this case, Mi-vox)
• about 1 year, 7 months ago, bilby said: Not by birth. I was adopted into the clan.
• about 1 year, 7 months ago, bilby said: The Dhadiwuy are a clan of the Yolngu, an Aboriginal tribe of Northeast Arnhem Land, a region in the north of Australia.
• about 1 year, 7 months ago, sionnach said: Hi arcadia:
  
  I wanted to reiterate that it is good to see you back. Although I took you to task earlier today for your post on the vegetarian page, I respect the passion behind it. Internet posting is a tricky business, and we've all made the occasional posting whose tone we later regret. For example, I think my rebuke to you was unnecessarily sharp. So I'm sorry about that. Wordie is a terrific site, and you are one of the people who helps make it so.
  
  Am posting this here, because I sense that folks on the vegetarian page may prefer to move on.
  
  Anyway, I'm glad you're back, and hope you will be able to hang out more.
  
  David
  
  (By the way, I totally share your weakness for parentheses; And semicolons, apparently :-> )
• about 1 year, 7 months ago, bilby said: He sounds amazing :-) Great idea to teach DSL. I'm doing a lot of work at the moment with Aboriginal children. Most Aboriginal tribes have quite sophisticated signing systems. Generally it's sacred/ceremonial so I'm supposed to pretend I don't see it or understand it. Unless I'm with my own mob, the Dhadiwuy.
• about 1 year, 7 months ago, bilby said: Uselessness seems to be away. I'm sure the rest of us will hug you in absentia. How's Dhaero?
• about 1 year, 7 months ago, arcadia said: Hi old friends. I've been gone for a while but a new list idea has drawn me back. Glad to see some familiar faces. I've missed you all. Where's uselessness?
• about 1 year, 8 months ago, frindley said: Well, I'm a writer and editor - I make program books for a symphony orchestra. And that involves a fair bit of proofreading. It also involves taking on the mantle of resident guru: pronouncing on matters of musical and literary detail. Hence pedantry - of the best kind!
• about 1 year, 8 months ago, frindley said: Hi arcadia - just saw your question re the æ ligature now (I've been neglecting my list!)
  
  If you're using a PC, then the easiest method is to hold down the ALT key while typing, using your keypad:
  0230 (for lower case æ)
  0198 (for upper case Æ)
  This will work anywhere, including spreadsheets and emails where MS Word shortcuts and insert symbol options don't work.
  If you have any problems, try toggling the "num lock" key on your keyboard.
  
  If you are using a Mac, then hold down the ALT/OPTION key while typing:
  ' (i.e. an apostrophe, for lower case æ)
  SHIFT+' (i.e. the double quote character, for upper case Æ)
  
  On a Mac, you can also set up a Character Palette in your Menu bar (do this in International under System Preferences) which will allow you to insert all kinds of special characters. This isn't as speedy as using the keyboard.
  
  If in Word on either platform you can use the Insert Symbol option. Again, not as fast and limited to Word.
  
  Cheers, frindley
• about 1 year, 10 months ago, arcadia said: Sorry about that message showing up twice. My Internet service freaks out on me occasionally. :{
• about 1 year, 10 months ago, jamieb said: I like the name Absolom. Hope you find a good one!
• about 1 year, 11 months ago, arcadia said: I can't tell you how stupid it feels to have to say that the baby is still unnamed. This is humiliating. So much for deadlines.
  
  We were involved in a car accident on our way home from Christmas vacation, (skidding in the rain; everybody survived) and had to file a report. The insurance company needed the names of all in the vehicle at the time of the crash, so my agent got to file the first report where one of the passengers was nameless.
  
  And, no, the baby doesn't have a birth certificate, social security number, or any of those government issued documents. All of those require a legal name to file.
  
  
  
  
• about 1 year, 11 months ago, misterpolly said: If you've managed to wait all this time (has the poor thing got a birth certificate?) why not wait a few years and ask him to choose for himself?
  I would go for Pangloss.
• about 1 year, 11 months ago, bilby said: Do we get to find out what the name was?! Pleeaasseeee!!!!
• about 1 year, 11 months ago, mollydot said: Homer - for Odyssey and being born at home :-)
  
• about 1 year, 11 months ago, rolig said: Since he was born just a day or so after the summer solstice, you could name him Sol (for sun) or Solstice, or keeping with the Greek theme, Helios. A little more traditional, but appropriate given the circumstances of his birth, might be Eugene ("well-born" or "happily born").
• about 1 year, 11 months ago, uselessness said: I'm not ignoring the post you made on my profile; I've been wracking my brain trying to come up with some good names but I'm not as clever as you might think... I'll post here if/when I come up with something usable. ;-)
• about 1 year, 11 months ago, reesetee said: Mentor (from the Odyssey)? Nile (the life-sustaining river of the "cradle of civilization")? And Kelsey supposedly means "Dweller by the water."
  
  Congrats, and good luck with the name!
• about 1 year, 11 months ago, bilby said: Nautilus - a genus of sea-creatures; an under-water birth is in some aspect a water creature :-).
  - nautilus originally referred to a genus known as argonauts, and that name certainly links to great odysseys in my mind.
  - I like the sound of nautilitus which has echoes of nobility about it.
  - the (possibly fatal) flaw of this as a name would be the obvious derivation of Naughty as a nickname.
  I'm sure other wordies will have suggestions, they love a challenge!