Carol the Dabbler

Don't worry, I'll see anything you post here. Also, I suspect that other people are interested too.

Congratulations -- and please keep us posted!

Do you plan to stay in touch with them?

That was very thoughtful of you. I suspect a lot of people would have just yelled "yippee!" on their way out the door, regardless of how much help they'd been given. Congratulations!

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.

We do need to look into that possibility! (But I'm sure it's *pleasantly* shocked.) No you haven't, you've reported an apparent software bug that's likely to cause problems for other members in the future if it can't be tracked down and fixed. (Trust me -- I worked in software support for 20 years, and tips from users were our biggest and best source of information.) So, if you would be so kind: Is the "Anonymous" message displayed *instead* of your user name and/or your mini-profile, Or is it displayed as an extra bit of info within your mini-profile, Or something else that hasn't occurred to me? Thank you for your assistance.

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

@Banshee -- I'm pretty sure Douglas is referring to positioning his cursor (the one that can be moved with one's mouse or touchpad) on his name above his avatar picture. This would normally display an abbreviated version of his profile, while giving him the option of displaying the complete version. (I'm not sure how to do a screenshot of that, either, since those things are displayed only while the cursor is in that position.) @Douglas -- Does it also display the things that I mentioned to Banshee, or does it merely say that you're anonymous? If it does show more than just "you're anonymous," where does that message appear in relation to the other things?

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!

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.

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'm not sure what you're asking, Douglas. I do recall seeing a way to become anonymous -- but you don't seem to be anonymous, at least not when you posted this thread. Could you give us some details?

You've got far more stamina than I do! I've read maybe half of ACD's Holmes stories over the past several years. I enjoyed most of them, some more than others of course. You're probably right that the adaptations have helped keep the stories alive. But if they hadn't been popular as first published, they'd never have been adapted. You'd be amazed how many people can read right over arithmetic errors and other inconsistencies without noticing them, because they're only paying attention to the plot. I agree that BBC Sherlock is (for the most part) the best of the modern-day adaptations. But if you haven't already seen them, you should check out Grenada Television's Victorian-era adaptations with Jeremy Brett as Holmes.

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.