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WANTED: Whats with the 'Wante' heldline? (short rant)

17 years ago

Okay, hello Webmaster. There are more than two choices hereabouts it is obvious to me; There is "Wanted", to be sure, and available to "Trade," but missing catagories include, "Offered," (things for free), "Delivered," as in fulfilled, and "Stuff," as in information.

Isin't anyone else bothered or frustrated by this?

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sheshebop
17 years ago
Just delete it when you post
ann_t
17 years ago
Renee, when you start a new thread, you can delete the Wanted in the title in the preview stage.

Ann
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bubbeskitchen
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks, I just saw my typos and laughed out loud.
Gina_W
17 years ago
Don't post when you're mad - anger can't spell!
weed30 St. Louis
17 years ago
Aw, Bubbe...have a nice piece of cake. You'll feel better.
bubbeskitchen
Original Author
17 years ago
I guess I appeared more upset than I am or was. Confounded a bit by the format, I wrote more intensely than I meant to sound.

Cake, that did it!
shaun
17 years ago
annie1992
17 years ago
Bubbe, if it helps, I'm frustrated with it too. I don't remember to change the blasted thing, although I know I can.

I wish they would stop "improving" things that I then need to "un-improve". Sigh.

Annie
bubbeskitchen
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks Annie,

I've been away awhile so changes don't sit so well with me. New webmasters, site servers and the like. It's hard to resist change when it provides all these other things, like knowing each other.
jessyf
17 years ago
I am hijacking this thread to rant that I don't wrap or barely wrap my swap stuff. I know I should like I've seen most of you do. You all do a great job. I'm either lazy or I don't care. By the time I get done with research and brain/shopping work, then finding a box and and securely packing the items, I just don't compute the wrapping part. Sigh. I'm a flawed swap partner.
finally
17 years ago
It's okay jessyf! Not too worry. I'm only just now wrapping! My buddy may have preferred I just send everything, which I had last Friday. But alas, weekend company intervened...

Back to the thread though, I noticed Gina was able to get the first letter of her subject to be capitalized after removing the WANTED. How?!? I tried for a good long while, everything I could think of, but to no avail!

Help!

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