OPUS/Pinguin: "Old Style" is Passe. Who needs "Old Style" anymore? (Vanity)

FR ^ | 11/20/01 | As told by American Preservative

[American Preservative]

Classic/Old Style, Redirection, Locking.
Miscellaneous
Posted on 11/20/01 7:41 AM Pacific by John Robinson

"To facilitate transition to a 100% database-driven website, articles posted prior to Sept 5th, 2001 will be locked and will not be able to receive further commentary. This will be effective sometime next week, I will attempt to give 7 days of notice (via the posting program) prior to locking them completely. This will allow active discussions on these older threads to be continued to new threads. As a consequence, I have removed the "Old Style" link from articles posted since Sept 5th, 2001. "Old Style" (/forum/) URLs for such articles will now redirect to the new /focus/ URL.

After the locking, the old /forum/ articles will exist in a read-only state. I will attempt to automatically redirect replies to these old articles to a new thread, allowing discussion of old articles to continue."

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Note: An Opus/Pinguin is a is a FReeperism for an FReeper pining for something or someone FReeper, that departed. Ping! Ping! Can you hear me?

Say it ain't so, John!

It was a bright sunny day in FReepville, when I logged in only to find my beloved "Old Style" Pinguin GONE!

Wherefore art thou OS?!

How I used to love seeing you at the FReeper bar, knowing I could count on you to run down (yes, you were fast for a Pinguin) to the last post, just so you could tell me what I just said, then scoot across the thread, like a championship skater across the ice (yes, you were that good, my Pinguin FRiend : ).)

"One less Ping to answer (easily), one less egg to fry." It's hard to tpye...I'm crying in my bear beer....do Pinguins bear eggs? Do Pinguins eat eggs? Where is this going.....?

And (sniff) I remember how we used to SEE all the Pingies together, OS. New Style sure can't show that. Sigh...

Remember the Alamo! Remember Classic Coke! Remember Old Style!

November 20, 2001, a sad day for me in FReeperville...Good bye, my Old Style FRiend. I will miss you...

I will carry your memory in my heart. Should I put this on the Prayer thread? Perhaps the O' Knowing One (That's you John! : )) (Read the bold print ; ) ), will ponder this...and someday (sniff) I will get a ping telling me you have returned! : ) Oh, happy day!

FReepers please opine, if you wish....

[American Preservative]

I think I saw a familiar face over on the Memory thread...Ping. ; )

[American Preservative]

Have you seen this Pinguin? It's no tall tale. Do pinguins tell tales? Do penguins have tails? Sigh...just being reflective today...

Where, oh where, has my little Old Style gone.....? : (

[American Preservative]

This is no turkey call...gobble, gobble, ping. : (

[liliana]

my problem is that sometimes when i click unto an article, it doesn't appear until minutes later, sometimes not at all but with "old style" i could still get the article, as for inst. the uso canteen freeper style. i never get it except by clicking unto "old style". now i can't get it at all. i have to click onto the name of one of the posters, the it appears.

[American Preservative]

Wow. I don't know what that could be. The only thing I can think of at the moment, is to try clicking on the number that shows on the article title (like your post #64 is 10256699) - at least, maybe it will get you to the thread.

It sure can feel frustrating when it's difficult to access FR! : )

John, Tex, and CG, any suggestions for liliana? It'd be "sweet (potato pie)" if you can figure this out. Thanks!
Happy Thanksgiving! : )

[muir_redwoods]

If Old Style if finally gone maybe they can return those thousands (millions?) of my brain cells they claimed back in the '70's.

Somebody let me know 'cuz I won't figure it out!!

[American Preservative]

Is Disco Duck Old Style? Is Disco Duck related to pinguins or penguins? Can penguins do the Disco Duck? Are penguins smarter than turkeys, or are they just better dressed? How may brain cells do ducks have? Quack! Quack Quack! Quack! Memorrrrrrriiieessssssss. : )

[spectr17]

Where's Bill the Cat?

[American Preservative]

In the Cat house? ; )

Clinton fooling the media again with a decoy. : )

[nopardons]

Are you trying to push WebTVers of this site ? If you get rid of the " OLD STYLE ", and keep adding new stuff, which they can not access / hampers webbies, you are going to make the webbies angry, more frustrated, and unable to be FREEPERS.

[American Preservative]

[spectr17]

thanks, good to see Bill again.

[185JHP]

Yet another reason "life is good at FR." The old days are gone - and good riddance! Plus, no need to buy the new box when it comes out.

[carenot]

What I miss the most is the BACK TO THE TOP.

You could click BTTT and read somthing in the original, and then click back, to where you were.

[American Preservative]

Yes. And, I alluded to that point at the top. (Guess ya gotta figure out a way to get up there to reread it - Sigh.)

I'm still HOPING John will someday bring back some of these helpful little clickees. : )