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Riiiight, thanks for all that info. Apparently, the software we use to host the forum displays that message to inform users that their identity is hidden, meaning they won’t appear in online lists and their last visited time and other details are not visible to standard users of the forum. This is designed to enhance privacy, and was likely introduced in recent years and I didn’t notice it being introduced, that is why I was baffled. So it’s not a bug, it’s a feature Your posts will still show your username and all that, so you can fully participate in the forum. However your fellow members won’t be able to see all that info (mods and admins can see it cos we need to mod and admin, and that’s why we were puzzled!) Hope that explains it

OK, was wondering if that sunshine had anything to do with whatever the joke was. I shall now laugh.

Only in that the sunspots look like the charge level display of a battery.

By the way, the little oval symbol seems to be an eye -- so with a slash through it, that means you can't be seen.

OK, I logged into my test account, and it says I'm anonymous! So thank you very much, Douglas, you've given us enough info to be able to reproduce the symptoms ourselves.

@Carol the Dabbler: Hi again, Carol; Well this is very kind of you. Yes, it is displayed as an extra bit of info. within my mini-profile: So as soon as I hover my cursor over my D for Douglas "Icon", I get the D symbol popping up on the top of our little deceased dog's (SASHA) head, which is my current profile picture: And then just below that it has my name, Douglas, with the word DETECTIVES written under it:; and under that, it says: "JOINED OCTOBER, 13, 2012": But also, next to DOUGLAS is a funny looking little symbol that looks like a little oval thing with an oblique line through it; And when I hover my cursor over that thing, here is the message that appears: "YOU ARE CURRENTLY ANONYMOUS. YOU WILL NOT SHOW IN ONLINE LISTS AND YOUR LAST VISITED TIME WILL NOT BE SHOWN TO OTHER MEMBERS". So what a Classic, eh!! Douglas

@Douglas-- sorry, I must have added this to my post after you had already responded to my first version:

@Carol the Dabbler Hi Carol, Yes, what you said to Banshee, is correct!

I checked just now, and Jagger's knighthood was, logically enough, for "service to popular music." I seem to recall liking some of his songs 'way back when. I'm not much into music in general, so I haven't kept up, but apparently he's still at it (and well regarded) in his eighties. Jeremy Brett is mostly known for just two roles, Freddy Eynsford-Hill in the movie My Fair Lady and of course Sherlock Holmes. The latter, especially, is very high-quality stuff, but due to his poor health and his death at age 61, there was precious little of it. Not sure how the two could be compared. (Though I won't exactly argue with you. ) We are NOT one of those stuffy forums that will scold you for posting in an "old" thread. In fact, as long as your post is polite, relevant, and all that usual stuff, we actually enjoy new input!

Hello! As someone who only uses the internet on devices where “hovering over things” doesn’t happen, could you maybe get a screenshot of what shows up when you do it? It would help me figure out what settings may be in play here

Hey, "this kind of thing" is the reason that there are moderators. Please don't take our job away! Even if it's not currently impeding your use of the forum, it's not supposed to be doing that, so the staff needs to look into it. So I'm glad that you brought it to our attention.

Sorry to come in late for this, but if the likes of Mick Jagger can get a Knighthood, then JEREMY BRETT should definitely have received one, in my opinion!

That's very odd -- you look fine to me. Oh, wait a minute -- maybe I can see who you are because I'm a moderator. Let me see how you look from my husband's account. ****************** Well, you look like Douglas from there as well, and Hubby hadn't even logged in. I'll let the Admins know, but for now just pretend it doesn't say you're anonymous!

I already watched some of them and I love it. Maybe I am going to watch the whole episodes but, this time, in chronological order, please.

Will do, Carol; Thanks so much for this; Hope this finds you well. Take care. Douglas

Hey, Douglas, it's good to see you back! Do have a look around, and reply to whatever strikes your fancy -- or start something new.

Hi Everyone, I hope this finds you all well and happy! And it's nice to be back again! Take care, Douglas

Alex sent me links to some new-ish articles regarding Sherlock's future. As usual, they mostly speculate, but there's one published in October 2025 that quotes a Cumberbatch interview from Variety in January of 2025: He may be gently saying it's got to be better than what we've seen most recently. (No argument from me!) Then there's a June 2025 article from ComicBook.com that summarizes itself similarly: I agree. I suspect it would take a major stroke of plot inspiration hitting Moffat and/or Gatiss -- something that Cumberbatch and Freeman just couldn't turn down. Given enough time, that's likely to happen, with the main question being "how much time is enough"?

I have just read this story and I think there is a bit of an inconsistency here (not a big deal though). I downloaded the English version (I read it in spanish) and It doesn't say "towards the end of the winter of '97", but instead it says "It was on a bitterly cold and frosty morning during the winter of '97". This can only be January, because according to Theresa Wright, she and Mary Fraser met Sir Eustace on July '95, eighteen months ago, so if we count, we have December '96, but we can stablish that if they met mid or end of July, January '97 would be a bit more of 18 months but not 19 yet. In any case, this would not be "the end of the winter".

Life seems to be pretty much a series of trial and error. In other words, see what works for you -- and what doesn't. During an awkward phase of my life, I had frequent panic attacks and near-constant anxiety, which I assumed were caused by stress. Counseling sessions helped me develop coping techniques, which helped me a lot, just being able to deal with it better, but I still had the basic problem. Some years later, I discovered quite by accident that the panic and anxiety occurred because I had developed a chemical sensitivity to a common household substance. Since then I've avoided that substance, and have been mercifully panic free. Best of luck in learning how to deal with your depression.

There are reasons other than political protest, apparently. A footnote on that page quotes Kipling's wife as saying that he could "do his work better without it." Concerned that it might go to his head, perhaps -- or that it would change people' expectations of him? He never even got a BAFTA? Please excuse my ignornance, but did they exist then?

I like the title👍 The Honours system has come in for a lot of criticism over the years with accusations that they are often used as a reward for services to a particular political party. Make a large donation and some kind of honour will come your way which devalues the process for those that genuinely deserve recognition. When lists are produced you can almost hear the cries of “why?” I notice that in the 2020 list Craig David got an MBE but I don’t know anything about him or why it was felt that he deserved one? Toby Jones got an OBE and Sheila Hancock became a Dame for her services to drama and charity (John Thaw got a CBE in 1994) Peter Cushing got an OBE in 1989. Christopher Lee got a knighthood then a CBE along with a lot of military awards which were sadly all auctioned off in 2017. I don’t know why Brett was overlooked but I know that there is a petition here (which I’ve signed) to get him a posthumous BAFTA. https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/jbbafta

So that's where Moftiss got the idea for the purple shirt of sex.

I waded through this thread and found it absolutely riveting. Although we are all following the modern version and wait for each new series to outdo the previous, which is not always the case, vid. Radio Times recent vote, with which I almost entirely agree, Jeremy Brett brought to the role the exact same otherworldliness that Benedict has been working so hard to keep up in the new version. Talk about the steepled fingers! When I took out the Speckled Band to check up on some things because of a speculation I needed to build up, I saw how they could be used expressively, and not statically, as Benedict uses them. And when Messers. Moffat and Gatiss talk about the more serious versions needing to have the cobwebs blown away from them because Sherlock and John are a comedy double act, they should bear in mind the sheer exuberance of The Second Stain! There, Brett does some wonderful things with his hands, as well. Simply brilliant!

On this day, the 3rd of November, 1933, Jeremy Brett was born. The greatest actor ever to grace the screen and stage, this versatile man had such an amazing ability to project himself. Jeremy, though you are gone from our lives, you are not forgotten. Your legacy is in our hearts. Jeremy, permit me to say that I love you and Happy Birthday. (I have to admit that as I was writing this, I had tears in my eyes.)