My Chats in the hat...

I had to install a new hard drive and re-install all my various bits of software, and now the "Chat" strings no longer appear at the top of the page when I enter a thread, or go to the "Chat" link. I get the small icon and the "loading..." message, but no text shows up underneath. Something in Microsoft Exploder need adjusting, or ???

 

Hell, don't ask me first few times i saw the chat thingy didnt know what is was. such a computer dummy, my kid just laugh at me.

 

Glad I don't have kids! I think the cats are grinning a bit more than usual, though...

 

they can be know it all smart asses somtimes....makes me feel old

 

I knew I was old the very first time that treachery occured to me as a solution, instead of fair play...

Besides, remember how many times in our lives we've known more than anybody else? I can think of at least three periods of time that I was unreasonably impressed with myself until the mighty hand of fate and/or life slapped some humility into me.

But I do know what you mean. Some of the guys I work with are twenty years my junior, and rip right into a new piece of software to figure out what does what, and learn how to use it in no time at all.

Damn. Now I feel old...

 

Darn, Reg71, I FORGOT about all the patches and service paks and the rest of that nonsense I had to go through! If I remember correctly, the last "upgrade" was 58meg, which takes a while on a dial-up...

Oh, boo hoo...

I miss DOS, and I miss carburetors, and what does it all mean anyway...

I'll bet you're right. Thx!

 

dam kids !!!!!

and thats putting it nicely , they get worse as teenages i know i have seven

 

holy crap.. 7...yikes i have tweens & only 2 i couldn't handle any more your a sronger man than I

 

i have twin boys 11 y/o , five boys and two girls, when i met my wife she had three all ready and had lost her husband in a motorcycle accadent.
after we got together we had four more together, its a lot of work and i would never take it on again. the step kids are HELL !!!!!
ya know .... i all ways wondered why a husband and wife could have, sparpard beds or bed rooms or houses .... I truly know now . its like
(married with chrildern)

 

LOL i hear ya....suprised your wife lets you ride a bike.......mine wasn't to keen on it dont have a great history on bikes dumped a few have the scars to prove it. i keep telling her better to of lived for 5 min than never lived at all

 

hell, she probley lets me ride because she has a big insurance policy on my butt ?

 

LMAO :lol:

 

hey i would chat with you but they took our free chat room away , now i guess i have to become a insider , like things werent bad enough ? good luck

 

If you're installing from an old enough set of disks, it's probably a java issue.

Test your browser for java computability here. http://www.javatester.org/

Download and install here if you need it. Going to try to install google toolbar, make sure you uncheck it.
http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp
Another issue may just be your dialup, it may just need to sit and download everything. Once it gets the code, it'll load up quicker in the future.

 

wow SLOav8r,
i know im jumping in here but i never know about that, i downloaded it and i will see if mine is better thanks

 

As mentioned, the chat function requires the use of Java script. If you've got an outdated version, you'll get problems like that.

You should be using FireFox though in all seriousness. Less vulnerabilities and customizable. My two favorite add-ons are "FasterFox" and "NoScript." Works wonders.

 

Thanks! I tried the test, and my PC passed. The modem icon show no data traffic, so it has downloaded whatever it is going to. When I figure out what it is/was, I'll add it to this post. I am thinking that Reg71 and VeryFunRide pointing me in the direction of FireFox might be an option.

Thanks for the input, gang.

 

Firefox did the trick. Exploder blew up on a few other sites, including one that I was trying to download Firefox from (imagine that...), so all is well.

Thanks again, Reg71 and VeryFunRide. Good suggestion.