The Borgias - The Vatican [OT] #71: B/C we're happy about the holidays, but not so much about the colder weather.

**PhoenixRising** · 11-25-2022, 01:06 AM

W E L C O M E T O T H E 71ST T H R E A D
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atwoodsmariano · 11-25-2022, 01:10 AM

Alex not sure if you missed seeing my recent posts on the Barchie thread

**PhoenixRising** · 11-25-2022, 01:34 AM

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Alex not sure if you missed seeing my recent posts on the Barchie thread

Hi, Alison!

Don't worry, I'll reply there.

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What a funny convo!

Thank you, Jem!

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Yes Jem...it does get comical here sometimes

Glad you like the conversations, Jem.

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I feel better and Alex is going to make the new thread.

I just did, Arinna.

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They must have come to this park because of the pandemic. People didn't go there, so the wild boars came...
I don't know if they're still there.

My mom told me that they probably were taken to some near forests.

Oh, I see. That happened here too, but not with boars. We had other types of wildlife invading cities and towns due to the lack of people.

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Hi, Jem!

Love the bitmojis.

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Yeah, moderators... And I'm not a moderator... Soo...

And I don't want to be.

I know, but I'm a moderator, so don't worry, I can always reply to a post on a closed thread.

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Yeah, because finding some old posts/topics/threads on FF is kind of a nightmare... It's a little issue.

Or maybe I don't know how to search, or easy searching is ONLY for moderators and admins.

That's why I save links to some of my posts.

Ah, okay.

That's very true.

I had to go through torture looking up old posts sometimes. But that's a good idea of yours.

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100% true!

Glad you agree about the 1980s.

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Thanks!

You're welcome!

You make a cute Teddy Bear.

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Well, you're probably a better role player than me.

Hmmm, I think having friends doesn't preclude writing posts/moderating on FF etc.
You can do both, be a user/moderator/admin on some forum and still meet with friends in real life, I think...
Unless we're talking about a LARGE group of friends.

I'd rather have 3-5 of very close friends than dozens of those who are close and less close.
It's not the quantity that counts, but the quality.

Maybe at some things.

No, it doesn't. But it is a lot easier to interact with people who live near you and that you can actually see, and visit, and spend time with. Dividing your time between that and onlin friends can be a strain. If my life had gone differently and I'd had a life and friends back in the 1990s, I may never have felt the motivation to come to

in the first place because I wouldn't have been so lonely, but who knows?

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Yes, we do!

And I've only known the Polish Canal+ so far, but thanks to you I found out that this channel comes from France!

And that the Polish one is just a branch.

And the typos are usually hilarious.

Oh, I see.

Thanks for letting me know.

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As you wish!

Yeah... I did it again...

Wow!

Thanks for those links! When do you get the time to do all of those?

Yep, lots of purple.

I noticed that this time you only posted the links, you didn't embed the image in your post.

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I didn't make them from scratch.
I find these icons (as PNG pictures, with transparent backgrounds) on the net and then change them a bit to my taste. Plus I change their resolution.
For example, as for the Google ones, I'm not too fond of red, yellow and green, so I changed these colors to pink, light blue and purple.
I copied the colors from this icon:

It's a slightly changed version of this original one (its colors was too faded, so I increased their saturation):

And final version looks like this

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The only original color I left, is this dark blue.

The "Links" application only allows you to turn ready-made PNG pic into widget for a certain app.
All the fun with changing such icons takes place on the computer (I use GIMP for this).

Wow!

You did all of that? And I see what you did. You copied that circle symbol and altered the colors.

Wow, that seems like it took a long time.

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Yes, but since October 31, I changed the layout of my applications, and their icons/widgets, probably 10 times already... So yeah...

I don't blame her, that she's not very happy when I tell her, for the umpteenth time this month, that this is PROBABLY the final change!

Okay, let's hope it's the final change.

That seems like it must be very difficult and takes a lot of time.

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THANKS!

Yes, you did! Once again THANKS!

Awwww, you're welcome.

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Angel? No, I meant this guy (I have his pic on one of my phone screens

):

I used "

" emoji to show that I'm innocent and blah blah blah and that I currently TOTALLY don't have a crush on two guys...

Ohhh, I see.

Thanks.

Yeah, I'm sure you're totally innocent.

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I appreciate it!

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Thanks!

Now you can reply without hurry on a new thread...

You're welcome, Jem.

I was happy to help you.

**BL.Arinna_1982** · 11-25-2022, 03:15 PM

Once Upon a Time I thought that being a mod was an easy job...

**PhoenixRising** · 11-26-2022, 08:41 PM

I know what you mean, Arinna.

Make Them Laugh · 11-27-2022, 08:54 AM

Guys...it depends on the board... for a lot of boards nowadays that don't get traffic as Alex knows... you have to work hard to keep your board up and hope your coMod does the same. I think it's the time that Mods have to Post and maintain boards [regularly post, close and start threads, spam etc] that's the most challenge for all Mods