A few days ago I found that, while the Browsing system on this site would allow the selection of fields from the drop-down menus, the check-boxes kept resetting to full returns. I had sent a report on this at the time, but today I closed the ticket when I found the check-boxes appeared to be working, but then I found that it wouldn't let me go beyond the first page of results.

There are a number of stories I've started but have been unable to finish. Some barely got beyond the synopsis while others have gone a significant distance before I found myself unable to form a thread by which to progress. I could add some to this site if anybody's interested in picking them up for further development, provided I retain the option for accreditation and the possibility of veto.

Logging in today I've found that various thumbnails aren't loading properly, leaving me with wonky generic icons with an accompanying tag denoting the artist for the work.

Coming in through a link to a work of interest seems to have neutralised the problem, for now anyway.

 Illas has an extensive repertoire of macro/micro material with a particular focus on innocent characters with a magical quality to them. He has been known to take commissions, but his physical condition has been known to compromise his drawing skills from time to time, especially recently. What's more, his residency in the South-Eastern USA seems to render him unable to find proper socio-economic support, what with the Republican Party's inability to shake-off the libertarian sentiment they've been running on since Reagan, if not Nixon, and their increasing entrenchment in the Bible Belt.

I put it to those in the furry community who have a steady and substantial income, and an interest in the gentler variety of macrofurs, to provide some support for artists like him so that economics need not obstruct the creative process.

https://www.furaffinity.net/journals/illogical/

Here's an anecdote about my web browsing experience that might amuse some people familiar with either of the listed subjects.

When browsing YouTube I'll occasionally find a reaction video to the iconic British animated film Watership Down, which on reflection I've discovered that, every time I catch sight of it on the list of recommended or other sundry listings that I haven't deliberately searched for, I'll instinctively make an unusual gasping sound that closely resembles the noise Buster Merryfield made during one of his best scenes in Only Fools & Horses:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rehz6pLM71Q

I'm putting forwards this link to a petition because my latest experiences with listening to music tracks on YouTube I couldn't otherwise access has become intolerable with their compulsive advertising.

https://chng.it/y2Jz77jjRv

This post is purely a formality to satisfy procedural efforts regarding my sentiments on the matter of socio-economic decisions.

https://chng.it/26yJDX66MG

To my watchers who are interested as to what will happen next with World of the Willows. I've been developing the next part but I'm stuck on how much detail to go into with regards to where the human character will be living.

I've found that some of my picture files won't display the thumbnails after the last time my house experienced a power cut. In some folders they just need a few seconds to load but in others there's a mix of properly displayed thumbnails and generic picture icons.

In the process of replacing those affected with files from my back-up I've discovered that those exhibiting the issue on my previous login had resolved regardless.

It appears that the transition that has occurred has cleared the issue I've been having, however the last time the system appeared to have cleared up the issue returned after a few days so I'm erring on the side of caution.

For three days straight I've been unable to see anyone's artwork when I open their corresponding pages and, when I try selecting the Download button, I get a message saying the TLS settings need updating. However I have no issue seeing the available artworks' thumbnails on the Browse tab. Does anyone else find this problem occurring.

I've been contemplating a story idea of humanity discovering a world where most plants and a wide variety of mammals are incredibly enormous, so enormous in fact that the only way they could identify and communicate with any expedition sent to their world is if their brain-size grants telepathic abilities.

To get some idea of the scale I'm thinking of, the average whale would be the size of Montana. Is there anyone here who could readily extrapolate the equivalent sizes of some of the other possible species.


Note: The whole thing began when I stopped to consider a mondegreen from the Disney film, Pinocchio.

The week has passed and I can now resume my online operations.

Well, I've got desktop access again, but due to the transition to Windows 10 my options are still somewhat limited and I'll have to input as many files as I can.

One thing of note is that my pictures seem to work better on my laptop now.

I'd have put this on a more appropriate forum site but I couldn't seem to find anything on Steam even getting close to this matter.

Last year, shortly after I acquired the use of Plague Inc, I found an interesting custom scenario called 'Giant Growth' which effectively used the Simian Flu model to produce a giant animal situation. After a few weeks I then found it's gone missing. Does anyone know what happened?

This is something for the historians and Americans around here to have a laugh at. A number of mistakes I made when I heard the name of, or something on the subject of, an American President. It's probably best to look at each one in turn.

George Washington: I actually thought his name was 'George Washington DC' and that DC was a medal he was awarded, like VC in the British army or DFC in the RAF.
Thomas Jefferson: I thought he was the 2nd president.
John Quincy Adams: I thought he was the 3rd president.
Andrew Jackson: I thought he served in the Union army during the American Civil War, because of a line from Groucho Marx's 'Lydia the Tattooed Lady'.
James K. Polk: A tune about the American presidents was misremembered on my part, so I thought this guy had a big nose.
Abraham Lincoln: I thought he made the emancipation act first and that set of the American Civil War. I also thought his Gettysburg Address talked about 'Four fathers' and was meant to be a reference to all the previous presidents which would've been more like 'Sixteen fathers'. I also thought he was a Democrat.
Rutherford B. Hayes: I thought he was the immediate predecessor to Teddy Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt: I thought he served before Lincoln because of where he's placed on Mt. Rushmore. I also thought he had a wider waist.
Woodrow Wilson: The only mistake I can recollect is getting the name the wrong way round (Wilson Woodrow).
Calvin Coolidge: I thought he wasn't a president but had starred in some old B&W films.
Herbert Hoover: I thought his first name was 'Howard'. I thought the Hoover Dam was named after J. Edgar Hoover instead. I also thought he was the guy who was to vacuum cleaners what Henry Ford was to cars. I also thought he initiated the public works system utilised by his successor. (Why else would the Hoover Dam be named after him?)
Franklin D. Roosevelt: I didn't realise he was disabled nor that he died before the next president took office.
Dwight D. Eisenhower: I thought he was rather hands-off when in office (Eisenhower, back scene).
Richard Nixon: I thought he succeeded JFK.
Jimmy Carter: I thought he was a Republican and was in favour of deregulation.
Ronald Reagan: I thought he was a moderate and somewhat liberal by Republican standards considering his 'Tear down this wall' speech.

That's about as far as I can recall. Do send any links to those of you who've made similar errors regarding British prime ministers and monarchs for the sake of comparison and mutual clarity.

There are many British works that I've come to know in my time, including a substantial amount that was around well before my time. I wish to put up a number here to see if any of you recognise them and wish to make some commentary about them or if any of you are interested in British media and are looking for something 'new'.

Children's TV:

The Magic Roundabout
Postman Pat
Fireman Sam
The Dreamstone
Horrible Histories
Penny Crayon
The Family Ness
Bimble's Bucket
Watership Down
Dr Snuggles
The Adventures of Rupert Bear
The Animals of Farthing Wood
Art Attack
Bagpuss
Balamory
Bananaman
Barney
The Basil Brush Show
Bodger and Badger
Captain Pugwash
Charlie Chalk
ChuckleVision
Clangers
Count Duckula
Danger Mouse
Dennis the Menace
Do Not Adjust Your Set
Get Your Own Back
Gordon the Garden Gnome
The Herbs
Mr Benn
The Moomins
Oakie Dokie
Paddington
Playdays
The Poddington Peas
Rainbow
Raven
Roobarb
SMart
Stingray
SuperTed
Sylvanian Families
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
Thunderbirds
The Treacle People
Wizadora
The Wombles
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Worzel Gummidge

British Comedy Series:

Hancock('s Half Hour)
Steptoe & Son
Rising Damp
'Allo! 'Allo!
Are You Being Served?
Blackadder
The Brittas Empire
Citizen Smith
Come Back Mrs. Noah
Dad's Army
Dinnerladies
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Fawlty Towers
Father Ted
Last of the Summer Wine
First of the Summer Wine
The Goodies
Porridge
Going Straight
The Good Life
Goodnight Sweetheart
Grace & Favour
Only Fools and Horses
The Green Green Grass
Hi-De-Hi!
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
Keeping Up Appearances
Lab Rats
Man About the House
George & Mildred
Men Behaving Badly
My Family
My Hero
Not Going Out
One Foot in the Grave
Open All Hours
Oh, Doctor Beeching!
Red Dwarf
Some Mother Do 'Ave 'Em
The Thin Blue Line
To the Manor Born
Up Pompeii!
The Vicar of Dibley
Yes Minister
Yes, Prime Minister
The Young Ones
You Rang, M'Lord?
Monty Python's Flying Circus
At Last, The 1948 Show
Goodness Gracious Me

British Films:

Boys Will Be Boys
Windbag the Sailor
Oh, Mr Porter!
Hey! Hey! USA
Old Bones of the River
Ask a Policeman
Convict 99
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Carry On Sergeant
Carry On Nurse
Carry On Teacher
Carry On Constable
Carry On Regardless
Carry On Cruising
Carry On Cabby
Carry On Jack
Carry On Spying
Carry On Cleo
Carry On Cowboy
Carry On Screaming!
Don't Lose Your Head
Follow That Camel
Carry On Doctor
Carry On Up The Khyber
Carry On Camping
Carry On Again Doctor
Carry On Up The Jungle
Carry On Loving
Carry On Henry
Carry On At Your Convenience
Carry On Matron
Carry On Abroad
Carry On Dick
Carry On England
Scott of the Antarctic
Passport to Pimlico
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Man in the White Suit
The Titfield Thunderbolt
The Ladykillers
Watership Down
Yellow Submarine
A Hard Day's Night

*Watch this space for updates*

All reasonable enquiries are welcome.

I've encountered a flickr account where someone collages photos from around the world with animal character from Disney, which has now been closed for some reason leaving me unable to identify which character goes with which of the latter's productions. Some are easy to identify but one set featuring a (rein)deer are a puzzle to me. All I know is the character's a female and her name is Ruby. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I tried Wikipedia and Google but have been unable to find a specific work.

See http://www.furaffinity.net/view/20177790/ for a visual reference.

For a couple of weeks now I've been operating on Windows 10 and have found it most unpalatable for those who prefer to do the majority of their web-surfing by desktop with Internet Explorer. For more details on what's wrong with it check http://hereward.deviantart.com/jour.....Rant-579346145

I've now reverted to Windows 7 and found that the RAM's been wiped, which means that for the last 24 hours, every time I've logged on, I had to perform an intensive search to find my preferred websites. So if anyone's been wondering about any sign of my absence this is why.

Is there anyone here who's interested in discussing differences in culture, politics and socio-economics between different countries? 'Cause I'm willing to discuss, hear and explain any topic relevant.

Some things about the USA and the contrast with the UK have struck me as somewhat anomalous. If anyone with more knowledge about this is willing to clarify, please do.

First off, the US dollar. The denominations I'm aware of are 1c, 5c, 10c, 25c, $1, $5, $10 and $20. In Britain the denominations I know are 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2, £5, £10, £20 and £50. Does the US currency include 20c, 50c, $2, $25 and $50 denominations?

Second, those represented on the U$ bills. Washington on the $1 I can understand and Lincoln on the $5 makes a fair amount of sense, but why is Hamilton on the $10 and Jackson on the $20?

Next, in Britain the main TV broadcaster is the BBC, who pride themselves on not advertising anything that isn't BBC-related, having no advert breaks within a programme's broadcast and generally avoiding product placement (i.e. naming brands); working on the principle that their top priorities are inform, educate and then entertain (the latter not occurring until ITV arrived) they were not state-owned (avoids accusations of propaganda) but they are state-financed, funded by TV licence which everyone who has a TV must pay. The nearest approximation in American TV broadcasting that I can figure is PBS, but then how are they funded and what key differences are there between them and typical commercial broadcasting?

Winston Churchill once saw an American Football game and remarked on its similarity to Rugby but inquired about the constant 'committee meetings'. Anyone know what he was referring to and their purpose?

For a country that began through some rather direct actions to establish a republic in place of a monarchy, many forms of American media tend to display a very positive image of royalty. Any reason why and are there are serious pro-monarchy movements in the USA?

For a nation that prides itself on being progressive, the USA has taken a surprisingly long time to achieve certain principles that most other nations established even decades earlier. For example, slavery ended in most European countries and even Russia before the American Civil War started; not to mention that institutional racism wasn't officially removed until the Eisenhower administration through to Richard Nixon's... (how long was he president). What's the deal there?

Just spent a week in a cottage near the Suffolk coast.

Starting tomorrow, circumstances beyond my control will mean I may not be able to go online for a week.

While out walking today I spied a few butterflies/moths with wings that were red on top and dark-blue/navy underneath. However I failed to take a picture to readily identify the species and subsequent searches have turned up blank. Does anyone here have much familiarity with the Lepidoptera so as to help identify this species?

This set of questions is open for anyone willing to participate. It's based on Tony Hancock's 'Radio Ham' piece.

1) What is your first (given) name?
Colin.

2) Looking out the nearest window, what's the weather like at the moment?
Warm sun with periodic banks of cloud.

3)
a) What's your local time right now?
17:11
b) What would that be in GMT?
16:11

4) If you were having a dessert/pudding tonight, what would you want it to be?
Toffee Pavlova.

5) If you had a power-cut, which board game would you'd like to play with the rest of the household?
Monopoly.

6) What is your first language?
English.