TomGoodheart Posted October 30 Posted October 30 23 hours ago, Chris Perkins said: The five on the left are some of the normal British WWII issue. The Italy one will be relevant later... The star at the top and the 2 on the right... I'm cheating a bit because I know your surname and how to use search engines. Gold one is the general Polish WWII medal and the cross is the Polish Monte Cassino medal. So what does the star on the blue/black indicate? It's a 'wound star' - I guess the equivalent of the Purple Heart. He got shrapnel in his eye at Monte Cassino and had to be operated on in the field. (Later went to an optician in London who turned out to have been his surgeon). 3 Quote
Peckris 2 Posted October 30 Posted October 30 (edited) 6: abbreviations software. 5: I use 4: I type stuff in the forum, as 3: when 2: what happens 1: This is [numbers added afterwards] Does anyone have a solution? Edited October 30 by Peckris 2 Quote
Chris Perkins Posted October 30 Posted October 30 20 minutes ago, Peckris 2 said: 6: abbreviations software. 5: I use 4: I type stuff in the forum, as 3: when 2: what happens 1: This is [numbers added afterwards] Does anyone have a solution? It comes out very jumbled doesn't it. What is the name of the abbreviation software? Quote
Peckris 2 Posted October 31 Posted October 31 but now I'm disabled it's indispensable. since 1995 - 12 hours ago, Chris Perkins said: It comes out very jumbled doesn't it. What is the name of the abbreviation software? It's called TypeIt4Me and I've used it Quote
Chris Perkins Posted October 31 Posted October 31 If I can find the setting among the hundreds of others, I'll try switching it to force plain text (instead of defaulting, I think, to rich text). It may have been plain text before. That could be the issue. 1 Quote
Chris Perkins Posted November 1 Posted November 1 I found the setting and pasting should now default to plain text. 1 Quote
secret santa Posted November 1 Posted November 1 Well done, Chris. Thanks for all your efforts to get the site back on track. 2 Quote
Peckris 2 Posted November 1 Posted November 1 again things are now ok for me - oh dear, no they're not, it's all going wrong This is an attempt to see if Thanks anyway @Chris Perkins Quote
Peckris 2 Posted November 5 Posted November 5 I'm using Chromium instead of Firefox, and so far - touch wood - it seems to be working normally with my abbreviations. 1 Quote
Chris Perkins Posted November 5 Posted November 5 13 minutes ago, Peckris 2 said: I'm using Chromium instead of Firefox, and so far - touch wood - it seems to be working normally with my abbreviations. Very good to hear. I couldn't find any reports of issues with TypeIt4Me in conjunction with the forum, but that another browser seems better is no surprise, browsers are so complicated these days. Quote
Peckris 2 Posted Thursday at 10:12 PM Posted Thursday at 10:12 PM 23 hours ago, Chris Perkins said: Very good to hear. I couldn't find any reports of issues with TypeIt4Me in conjunction with the forum, but that another browser seems better is no surprise, browsers are so complicated these days. I sent an email to the developers and they said there were many issues with Invision forums and listed a whole range of the causes - one of them was the rich text issue which you fixed, but there were several others some of which were very technical and beyond my understanding! However, they did suggest trying another browser, so I went back to my Chromium browser for predec (I also use it for banking as it doesn't involve the very irritating 2FA thing where you have to get a 6 digit code on your phone). 1 Quote
Yoda Posted Sunday at 01:27 PM Posted Sunday at 01:27 PM Me with also trouble basic English syntax am having. 1 Quote
Paddy Posted Sunday at 04:16 PM Author Posted Sunday at 04:16 PM For those that had not spotted it before (like me), there is now an option to contribute to the running of this forum. On the main forum page, down the right hand side, if you click on the amount raised so far, underneath "Current Donation Goals", you can make a donation. All you require is a Paypal account - and funds of course! 2 Quote
Chris Perkins Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago On 11/9/2025 at 5:16 PM, Paddy said: For those that had not spotted it before (like me), there is now an option to contribute to the running of this forum. On the main forum page, down the right hand side, if you click on the amount raised so far, underneath "Current Donation Goals", you can make a donation. All you require is a Paypal account - and funds of course! Thankyou for pointing that out Paddy. Yes, I wanted to provide the option, but didn't want to go over intrusive like e.g. the massive message on Wikipedia every year, and no one should feel obliged to donate! So far though, a total of £200 has been donated towards the approx annual forum running costs of £1,000. And I'm more than happy with that. Quote
Peckris 2 Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 12 minutes ago, Chris Perkins said: didn't want to go over intrusive like e.g. the massive message on Wikipedia every year I don't mind giving a few £ to Wiki as I've used them so often. Same with this site. 1 Quote
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