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    223426 Thomas Conroy <booktoolcutter@y. Nov-17-2011 Thumbhole D8 question (long)
    Short version:

    I have a thumbhole DH that has been machine refiled to 7 point rip. It
    still has a "9" or a "6" stamped on the heel of the blade, depending on
    whether you read it handle-up or point-up. Can someone tell me which way
    it is supposed to read? I would like to know if it was originally a 6
    point rip or a (far rarer) 9 point crosscut.

    And thank you, Pete Taran and Eric von Sneidern. The amount I've learned
    from the Disstonian Institute and the VintageSaws site is incalculable.
    Most of the actual information below is from these sites. The gloating,
    chuckling, stretching my scales out on my gleaming hoard deep in the
    caverns is my own doing.

    Now lets go back across the street, but get there by going around all
    four sides of the square.

    Long version:

    I'm beginning to think that maybe I have an eye. The Thursday before
    last I didn't get to my email until midnight, and when I did I
    found that Michael S. (Nick Naylor) had forwarded an announcement of an
    estate sale in my neck of the woods. It was full of superlatives: an old
    couple who were collectors of many things (for instance adding machines,
    electronic equipment, toys) and who owned an apartment building which
    they didn't so much rent out as fill up; multiple apartments all
    filled with Stuff; 'hundreds of tools' were mentioned,
    so many that they didn't even try to list them.
    Three day sale, 9-4 Friday and Saturday, and 10-3 Sunday. That's
    where the shoe pinched. I had a student coming by on Friday afternoon,
    and Saturday I had been looking forward to my first meeting of the
    Society of American Period Furniture Makers---not that
    I make the stuff, but I do like looking at it. (Great meeting, by the
    way, both looking at furniture at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in
    San Francisco and seeing Joe Jerkins' shop afterwards). There was no
    realistic way of attending the estate sale unless I got there at the
    very beginning, less than eight hours away. I was forced, against my
    nature and my usual practice, into the only successful yard/estate sale
    strategy: Get There Early.

    So I pried my eyes open, short of sleep, and stumbled out the door in
    the middle of the night (8:30 AM on Friday) and made the long trek out
    to the sale site (four blocks). They said they were only taking a
    hundred people at a time, but I was 53 in line, so that was OK. As I
    passed the entry I asked a guy where the tools were, and he said
    'everywhere;' so I dithered a moment and then followed
    wise instinct: I headed down. At the back of the sloping site was the
    basement utility room.

    Was it up to the ad? Well, it wasn't Aladdin's Cave.
    There were indeed hundreds of tools, and they were, if not everywhere,
    at least in every apartment. The problem was, they were mostly trash,
    with a thin scatter of good stuff here and there. The estate sale
    company had opened up five of the six apartment units plus the basement,
    and there was stuff in every room, but it wasn't crammed to eye
    level the way it would have been if a real packrat had piled things in.
    Trust me. I know packrats. Still, I did better than OK, through brunt of
    unwillingly following the Only Successful Yard/Estate Sale
    Strategy. I went through the whole place twice quickly by ten and
    loaded up; it is an indication of the number of buyers and the thinness
    of the tools that I was able to carry and buy pretty much everything
    that I saw and wanted, eleven items that they priced at twenty bucks the
    lot (almost nothing had a price on it; they would take a glance at your
    pile, shove it around just a moment, then name a ridiculously low
    price.) When I realized how little they were charging and had paid my
    double sawbuck I walked rapidly home, trying to keep from dropping
    things, unloaded, and came back with the bag I forgot to bring for my
    first run. Filled up with a bunch more stuff, mostly trivial but one of
    the best tools of the day in that load, and the cost was fourteen
    dollars. As far as decent tools went, the place was pretty well panned
    out by 11 AM on Friday, though a lot of trash remained. And there was
    still lots of other stuff. I went back on Sunday and got taken down a
    peg: they were charging $10 for all you could carry, and I thought I was
    covered but it turned out that all those CD cases were empty, and the
    steel tommybar was too big for the press I need it for. Still, the whole
    weekend's fun was only $44.00

    The best item of all, because rarest in the wild (though maybe not the
    most valuable monetarily), was a bookbinders roll without a handle,
    small (only 2' diameter instead of the usual 3'-
    4') but with the fragile working face undamaged; it was made by
    a major toolcutter, Hoole Machine and Engraving Works after they moved
    to Brooklyn, which dates it after 1898. This is only the second time in
    thirty years that I have found a binder's finishing tool in the
    real wild, though they aren't that rare in a bookbinder's sale
    or a tool dealer's stock. The value of this one tool more than covered
    the first batch for me. Oh, things weren't hurt by the #5 frankenplane
    with a Type 11 body and an ugly aluminum handle (the handle will pay for
    half the weekend's fun), or the tinsnips with 4-1/2" blades that I need
    for roughcutting binders' board, or the lather of wrenches, auger bits,
    files, dividers, hammers, and other little backups for things I have
    already, or the five CDs of Richard Zimmerman playing ragtime, or the 50
    DVD set with over half-a-dozen movies I wanted anyway. In other words, A
    Very Good Weekend.

    The gloating comes from the saws, though. Down in the basement, in the
    first room I went in to there was a pile of half-a-dozen trashed
    handsaws. I don't have many saws, because I prefer bow saws to
    hand saws and because backsaws (oh, I could ever so easily develop a
    real backsaw problem) rarely turn up in the Bay Area, at least in the
    venues I go to. But one handle looked right in the middle of a bunch of
    handles that looked wrong, so I picked it up and brought it along. This
    is the second hand saw I have paid money for, though I inherited a
    decent Simonds and two Warrented Superiors. The new chum was crusted
    over with rust and as dull as any saw I have ever touched, but as I
    worked my way through cleaning and putting away my stash I checked it
    out a bit, initially in The Disstonian Institute

    Online Reference of Disston Saws -- D20-21-22-23 Models

    The saw is a 22-inch panel saw hand-filed 11 point crosscut. The
    pattern of the saw nuts and the wheat carving showed it to be a D-23,
    and it has the 1896-1917 medallion. It was rusty enough that I didn't
    think I could save the etch, but I went through the motions (razor
    blade, 400-grit wet-and-dry with a dead-flat maple block and Liquid
    Wrench) and it came up nice and clear, though a bit faint in places.
    The etch has the "23" surrounded by the "D," confirming the early date.
    A nice saw to use (I like short handsaws), a bit better than average,
    though not quite top-of-the-line or (as so far described) overly rare.
    I sharpened it, with elation as related in an earlier post today,
    tightened up the nuts a bit, cleaned the handle with alcohol (leaving
    some of the remaining shellac, but unfortunately taking off some
    thickness) and put it on a peg. And I did the same with the 12" No. 4
    backsaw from 1917-1940 that I found on my second pass through the
    basement, at the very back of the sloping, dirt-floored, neck-bendingly
    low-ceilinged rear room of the basement, covered with dirt and
    superficial rust but functionally undamaged (the etch on this one
    didn't come up quite as well as the D-23, though it is there).

    I hadn't checked out Pete Taran's site, what with all the other tools I
    was squaring away, but after I posted earlier today on my experience
    in sharpening these saws I decided to re-read his sharpening
    instructions, and that led to wandering around his site a bit.

    D23 : Welcome to the VintageSaws.com Online Store!

    It turns out that early D-23s (before 1928) are rare, and that most
    (Pete says 99%) of all D-23s are 8 or 9 point crosscuts. And rarest of
    all are the ones Pete believes are the earliest production, with a
    doubled notch on top of the handle and an asymmetrical handle cutout.

    Welcome to Vintage Saws!

    So my 22-inch early-production 11-point D-23 is... not common... in
    several ways. I still mean to use it, though.

    Not done yet. When I returned for a last look around the sale on Sunday
    the very last thing I put in my bag was a crusted handsaw blade that I
    and everyone else had passed up because the handle that seemed to go
    with it was real crap, and I assumed that the blade was crap too. I
    grabbed it the last day as scraper stock. When I got home, however, and
    had done most of the cleaning and identification on the other two saws,
    I looked at the rusty blade and figured I might be able to ID it, at
    least in part. It had holes for five nuts, so it was not a Warrented
    Superior, nor even one of Disston's cheaper lines under their
    own name. I could also see the shape of the handle in the rust on the
    blade. The back top of the blade was shaped in a quarter-circle with a
    3-1/4' radius, which means that the slot in the handle does not
    penetrate to the top, which Disston called a 'Cover-top'
    handle. It was, that is, the plate of either a D-8 (produced 1875-1955)
    or one of Disston's real top-of-the-line models. Chances are its a D-8,
    of course, since that was the most popular single model. No etch left;
    and it was repeatedly retoothed and machine-sharpened until the blade is
    only an inch wide at the tip, about the limit you can manage with
    machine retoothing, I gather (from Kirk's demonstrations at the last
    BAGathon). Still enough left for hand sharpening, though, and better
    than I would want to use for scraper stock. And it's a real kick to tell
    myself that I can recognize high quality when just the rust-covered
    plate is left. At this point, I know what to look for (five saw nuts
    were only used on high-quality saws, though not all of those); but I
    didn't know that when I grabbed what must have been the last tool worth
    having in that apartment building, two days after the field was panned
    out down to the rock.

    I've had good luck with saws, for someone who hasn't bought many. My
    first real backsaw (broom-handles don't count) was an 8" #4 that looked
    like it has been left on the woodpile for thirty years. Grey, cracked,
    loose handle, thick crust on the blade... well, I was charged $3 for it
    by a dealer who I never knew to undercharge for a tool (or overcharge,
    in fairness, just top edge of fair), so that will tell you. When I
    finished the long job of reconditioning that one it was so sweet it
    hooked me on backsaws, though it is still pretty fragile due to deep
    corrosion under the handle. I keep it as a standard of comparison, not
    for real use. Waaal, that one is datable from 1871 (plural Sons on the
    handle) to 1876 (split nuts), and it has a medallion from a different
    pattern than the one the Disstonian Institute shows for the period (mine
    has a clear break in the name "Diss ton," unlike the one Erik shows).

    And (we're coming back to the point of this posting, after the long walk
    around the park to let me boast) when I looked at Pete Taran's site
    earlier today I also looked up the one hand saw I had previously paid
    money for, a thumbhole D-8 currently filed 7-point rip. I bought it
    fifteen or twenty years ago because I like the thumbhole and because it
    was sharp, but I bought it from a tool dealer at one of Dave Paling's
    greatly missed Tool Swaps, and I wouldn't have paid a lot of money for
    it (bottomfeeder, me) so I never thought of it as rare. I thought (till
    a moment ago) that it had 8 teeth per inch, in other words that it was a
    9-point saw, and it had the normal point number stamped into the blade
    below the handle, a "6" or "9" so I just assumed it was a properly-
    stamped 9-point saw. Then when I looked at Pete's site I learned that
    thumbhole D-8 ripsaws were only made up to 7 point, and that a 9-pointer
    would have to be a (very rare indeed) D-8 crosscut, and I got all
    excited and enthusiastic and wrote this whole long posting (well, some
    of it was written last week, about the estate sale, but not completed
    and nearly abandoned).

    And then I had to go and spoil it all by actually measuring the teeth on
    my D-8. It is filed as a 7-point rip, not a 9-point, so there is nothing
    out of the ordinary there. It must have been retoothed, since it started
    out as a 6 or 9 point saw, but unless the number is the wrong way up
    there is no reason to suppose that it was a rarissimum 9-point crosscut.
    Egg all over my face. Taken down a peg, cut down to size. Jumping to
    conclusions that my violin with a "Stradivarious" label is a
    Stradivarius.

    Still, I would like to know: should the point number at the base of a
    Disston saw be read with the point upwards or the handle upwards? Just
    out of curiosity, you understand. And if it turns out that I have the
    rare on I shall start to regard The X-Files as a documentary.

    Tom Conroy Berkeley


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    223427 "Adam R. Maxwell" <amaxwell@m... Nov-17-2011 Re: Thumbhole D8 question (long)

    On Nov 17, 2011, at 16:03 , Thomas Conroy wrote:

    > I have a thumbhole DH that has been machine refiled to 7 point rip. It still
    has a "9" or a "6" stamped on the heel of the blade, depending on whether you
    read it handle-up or point-up. Can someone tell me which way it is supposed to
    read? I would like to know if it was originally a 6 point rip or a (far rarer) 9
    point crosscut.

    Tom, I just checked my Disston saws, including two D15s, a D12, a D8,
    and two No 7s. All read with the toe of the handle down.
    Interestingly, the 11 pt saws have serifs, so you can even tell the
    correct direction in that case.

    I also checked a few of my Atkins saws. The 400 and 401 read with the
    top up, handle to the right, facing the plate. The #70 is oriented like
    the Disston saws.

    > And thank you, Pete Taran and Eric von Sneidern. The amount I've learned from
    the Disstonian Institute and the VintageSaws site is incalculable.

    I'll second that! Sounds like you had a great weekend, too; I think
    putting saws back in service is fun, for some reason. I hear you on
    the disappointment over toothing. I bought a shiny D8 with a nice
    apple tote on e*ay, stamped 11 pt and so advertised. It turned out
    to have been recut to a 9 pt, which I already had, and I was really
    bummed out.

    Adam
    Port Angeles, WA

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    223430 Don Schwartz <dkschwar@t...> Nov-17-2011 Re: Thumbhole D8 question (long)
    On 11/17/2011 6:13 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
    > On Nov 17, 2011, at 16:03 , Thomas Conroy wrote:
    >
    >> I have a thumbhole DH ...
    >
    >
    Another enjoyable story from Tom. Can anyone confirm whether the Disston
    saws manufactured in Toronto, Canada were marked with the number of
    tooth points per inch?
    I can't seem to find such markings on my D8s. The Disstonian Institute
    doesn't seem to touch on this point._
    _Don_
    <http://www.disstonianinstitute.com/glossary.html#ppi>_

    --
    I hear, and I imagine; I see, and I understand; I do, and I remember forever.
    from R.A. Salaman, Dictionary of Woodworking Tools

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    223439 Thomas Conroy <booktoolcutter@y. Nov-17-2011 Re: Thumbhole D8 question (long)
    Adam Maxwell wrote:

    > Tom, I just checked my Disston saws, including two D15s, a D12, a D8,
    > and two No 7s.=A0 All read with the toe of the handle down.
    > Interestingly, the 11 pt saws have serifs, so you can even tell the
    > correct direction in that case.
    >
    > I also checked a few of my Atkins saws.=A0 The 400 and 401 read with
    > the top up, handle to the right, facing the plate.=A0 The
    > #70 is oriented like the Disston saws.

    Adam, I wasn't sure what you meant by "the toe of the handle," but the
    consistency seemed crucial. So I went back to the Institute D8 page

    Online Reference of Disston Saws -- D8 Model

    to look for just one stamp, and the first saw has a crystal-clear 7
    oriented to read with the point up in the air and the handle downward.
    Most of the others, I couldn't see the mark. Only... maybe I'm seeing
    dragons in the clouds, but as I stared at the second saw on the page, I
    seemed to see a 7 on that one too, oriented to read with the handle on
    the right and the point on the left.

    Bugger.

    Anyway, mine reads "6" with the point up and the handle down, which is
    what is most likely the correct orientation and original point count.
    And whatever it started as, its a damn good user in damn good condition.
    Thanks for the help.

    Tom
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    223445 Erik von Sneidern <enrico62@f... Nov-18-2011 Re: Thumbhole D8 question (long)
    Yes. If you can't read the ppi stamp, it's because the saw plate has
    been eaten away by multiple filings/retoothings over time.

    --
    Erik von Sneidern
    Disstonian Institute.com -- Online Reference of Disston Saws

    P.S. It's funny seeing my name in the same sentence as Peter Taran.
    That guy actually knows something about saws. : )

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    223446 Bill Ghio <bghio@m...> Nov-18-2011 Re: Thumbhole D8 question (long)

    On Nov 18, 2011, at 1:38 AM, Thomas Conroy wrote:

    > 7 oriented to read with the point up in the air and the handle downward.

    I just checked a half dozen Disstons, different models, lengths and eras and all
    are marked to be read this way.

    Bill
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    223447 Scott Stager <stagers@m...> Nov-18-2011 Re: Thumbhole D8 question (long)

    On Nov 18, 2011, at 7:45 AM, Bill Ghio wrote:

    >
    > On Nov 18, 2011, at 1:38 AM, Thomas Conroy wrote:
    >
    >> 7 oriented to read with the point up in the air and the handle
    >> downward.
    >
    > I just checked a half dozen Disstons, different models, lengths and
    > eras and all are marked to be read this way.
    >
    > Bill
    >

    Well darn, I just replied to Tom that I thought I have only seen the
    other way and never this way. Saw teeth down and parallel to the
    ground to read the ppi. But, I haven't paid to close attention and
    most of mine are scattered hither and yon so I can't check right now.
    But I will sure pay more attention in the future.

    --Scott

    -------------------------------------------------
    Scott Stager
    Columbia Missouri

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    223448 "Adam R. Maxwell" <amaxwell@m... Nov-18-2011 Re: Thumbhole D8 question (long)

    On Nov 17, 2011, at 22:38 , Thomas Conroy wrote:

    > Adam, I wasn't sure what you meant by "the toe of the handle," but the
    consistency seemed crucial. So I went back to the Institute D8 page

    That means I'm a moron for editing as I type . I meant to write that the
    number on mine read correctly with the handle down and toe up. Sorry!

    Of course, I also have a #7 with an X stamped in the plate under the handle, so
    who knows...maybe the guy that stamped saws thought it would be fun to confuse
    people.

    --
    Adam

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    223449 Bill Ghio <bghio@m...> Nov-18-2011 Re: Thumbhole D8 question (long)

    On Nov 18, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Scott Stager wrote:

    >
    > On Nov 18, 2011, at 7:45 AM, Bill Ghio wrote:
    >
    >>
    >> On Nov 18, 2011, at 1:38 AM, Thomas Conroy wrote:
    >>
    >>> 7 oriented to read with the point up in the air and the handle downward.
    >
    I have an Atkins, a Keen Kutter and a Crusader (Jennings) each marked as the
    Disston. However, I have two Sandviks that are marked to read w/ saw teeth down
    and parallel to earth.

    Bill
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    223454 Ed Minch <ruby@m...> Nov-18-2011 Re: Thumbhole D8 question (long)

    On Nov 18, 2011, at 10:24 AM, Bill Ghio wrote:

    > I have an Atkins, a Keen Kutter and a Crusader (Jennings) each
    > marked as the Disston. However, I have two Sandviks that are marked
    > to read w/ saw teeth down and parallel to earth.

    Looking at the 65+ saws down there, every one that has a number is
    stamped to read with the blade up and the handle down, including
    Disston, Atkins, Simonds, Bishop, and Harvey Peace. This includes all
    sizes of saws from 20" to 30". The ones that are not marked include a
    polished blade Sandvik, many Disstons, even a 1954 "Hardware Store
    Special", but mostly the off brands of the big makers.

    There is only one exception - a beautiful 22 inch "Sheffield Saw,
    Indianapolis, Ind, by Atkins" stamped to be read wth the saw in
    normal position.

    Ed Minch

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    223456 "Frank Sronce" <dilloworks@s...> Nov-18-2011 Re: Thumbhole D8 question (long)
    Galoots,

    I have a question. Why were the numbers put so close to the teeth? I
    have at least a couple of Disstons that are marked "0". Since 0 TPI is
    not very likely, I assume it was originally "10" and the 1 was lost due
    to filing. I also have some saws that have been resharpened enough times
    the no number shows. It seems it would have made more sense to put the
    numbers further from the teeth.

    Maybe you were supposed to throw away the saw once the number was no
    longer visible? I'm sure Disston's sales people would not have objected
    to this idea.

    Frank Sronce (Fort Worth Armadillo Works)


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    223458 Erik von Sneidern <enrico62@f... Nov-18-2011 Re: Thumbhole D8 question (long)
    Maybe the number was stamped for the purpose of labeling the saw before
    its sale, not as a reminder to the owner of the saw once it was in his
    possession.

    --
    Erik von Sneidern
    Disstonian Institute.com -- Online Reference of Disston Saws


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    223460 "Frank Sronce" <dilloworks@s...> Nov-18-2011 Re: Thumbhole D8 question (long)
    Erik,

    That makes sense to me.

    Frank Sronce (Fort Worth Armadillo Works)


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    223464 Matthew Groves <Matthew.Groves@u Nov-18-2011 Re: Thumbhole D8 question (long)
    Saws can easily be retoothed in their lives to different tpi/ppi.

    Having the stamp next to the teeth would make it less confusing, because
    a retoothing job would largely pass up the stamp and the saw would just
    be re-stamped with the new number, if changed.

    Having the stamp far from the toothed edge would require it to be
    crossed out so the new tpi/ppi could be stamped in. No bueno.

    Didn't everyone have number stamps lying about?

    Just another reason to keep my eyes open for some. Love this group.

    Matthew Groves Springfield, MO

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    223537 Darrell & Kathy <larchmont@s...> Nov-20-2011 Re: Thumbhole D8 question (long)
    On 11/17/2011 10:18 PM, Don Schwartz wrote:

    > Can anyone confirm whether the Disston saws manufactured in Toronto,
    > Canada were marked with the number of tooth points per inch? I can't
    > seem to find such markings on my D8s.

    I checked the saw rack (didn't bother to with The Pile Of Dreck) and
    of the 5 Disston Toronto saws all of them were marked with their pitch.
    My D8 made in Toronto is stamped "5 1/2". Yours may have been
    sharpened down past the stamp. Look closely at the teeth near the
    heel, do any of them have a partial number stamped on them? My
    Simonds cross cut has what may be part of a "9" on one tooth.

    --
    Darrell LaRue
    Oakville ON
    Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User

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    I liked this, so cleaned up the control characters for readability ...
    Not being an avowed disstonian I found it difficult to get my teeth into it and thought it could have been cut. However, if it had discussed Titan chisels in such intricate detail it would not have displayed the same dissonance.

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    Doggie, just to make the page a bit more compact & readable, I deleted the guts of the repeat of Paul's post......

    As a bit of general Forum etiquette, can I suggest folks use the "reply with quote" facility with some editing, & eliminate bulky repeats like pictures or long passages of text that aren't necessary for your reply? It makes the page more compact & a lot easier to follow the thread.....

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    It's a testament to both the members and moderators here that after hanging around here for quite a while, until now I've not really know who the moderators are. It's a nice change from some of the other forums I frequent

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin62 View Post
    ......I've not really known who the moderators are.
    Col - we are given away by the colour of our dot, I believe...

    I don't want to be a censor, & I try to keep as low a profile as I can. My suggestion above was simply to try & make things run more smoothly. Most folks realise they can edit a quote to focus on the part(s) they are replying to, but some don't seem to have twigged. They just hit "reply with quote", and start typing their reply, which may fill the page with lots of unnecessary text & pictures, causing much scrolling down to follow the thread......

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    'it's a testament to the blokes what come here that they don't need anyone to babysit.... '
    tsk tsk, blokes and shielas.

    How's that for a demo
    ...I'll just make the other bits smaller.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Berlin View Post
    tsk tsk, blokes and shielas.

    How's that for a demo
    A deserved wrist-slap, Matt...

    My apologies, a rare slip - I am usually gender-sensitive, having dealt with classes that are 80% women, these last many years!

    Can I plead that in this context 'blokes' is used as an affectionate term that can be stretched to include all Forum members, no matter how many X or Y chromosomes they happen to carry?

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    Quote Originally Posted by IanW View Post
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    what dot and where on the page is it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Twisted Tenon View Post
    Ian
    what dot and where on the page is it?

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    ?? It's the circle beside your username that lights up when someone is logged-in. Moderators have a different colour from the hoi poloi. Not a lot of use to me since I'm red-green colour blind....

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    Quote Originally Posted by IanW View Post
    ?? It's the circle beside your username that lights up when someone is logged-in. Moderators have a different colour from the hoi poloi. Not a lot of use to me since I'm red-green colour blind....

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    I must have gone colour blind too, cos they're all either green (I'm assuming that means online) or grey (offline). But I dod notice that the usernames themselves are a range of different colours. The general plebs seems to be a dark grey (not quite black) and the mods seem to be a range of green (), blue (Grumpy John) and purple (IanW).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin62 View Post
    I must have gone colour blind too, cos they're all either green (I'm assuming that means online) or grey (offline). But I dod notice that the usernames themselves are a range of different colours. The general plebs seems to be a dark grey (not quite black) and the mods seem to be a range of green (), blue (Grumpy John) and purple (IanW).
    I think you're right - shows you how much notice I've paid to it! There are different levels & priveliges for moderators, is a big cheese - purple must be the lowest rank of moderator, 'cos I'm definitely a lance-corporal in this corps.....
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    Not long really ... but a bit drool-worthy.

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    Thanks Ian
    so does that row of green dots under our status mean anything?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Twisted Tenon View Post
    Thanks Ian
    so does that row of green dots under our status mean anything?

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    Sorry, TT, I suppose I should know, but I don't. There doesn't seem to be any easily-found info on it all. You can ask questions in this section - probably get far more intelligent answers than I can provide.

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    Thanks Ian
    it will all come out one day

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