canfly172

canfly, I'm pretty sure that reference was to John the hair guy, because I remember a tabloid story along those lines from back in the day.

I hope so... and...

ETA: canfly, in my opinion Clay's answer to the tabloid thing was brilliant and totally discounted their 'spin'. swamprats, (to quote my dear Mr. Aiken although on a different subject), can kiss my ass! And his answer to the 'love' question was also brilliant. He is a smart, smart man.

I hope so...

Cuz last thing Clay needs right now is that mouthpiece starting up again cuz he's been wonderfully silent.

I loved the joking at the beginning re: how low his voice was.

Clay's likely to gain a lot of respect for how candid he was. He obviously totally won over the radio guy!

Yay! I finally found a copy of Tried and True in a store today (Sorry, Clay, it was Walmart. Target didn't have it). I downloaded from iTunes and ordered from Amazon, but I like to buy one copy from anphysical store. It feels symbolic to me, in some odd way that I can't really articulate. Whatever. Mission accomplished.

Wow! I had it easy. I drove to Simcoe after school on CD release day and there were 5 sitting at eyelevel in 3 spring-push-forward slots with 3 showing! Right with all of the rest of the new releases, exactly like they should be. Found it within 10 seconds of arriving at the CD department. I don't know whether they got in only 5 or if they had 10 to start. If they had 10, then they sold 5 before I got there, which would be cool to think that there are people in my little town interested enough to buy.

I had a hunt at Sunrise records on Yonge Street after the CD release party in toronto and didn't see it anywhere. Asked the girl at the counter if they had any (mission was the bonus one with the DVD) and she said, oh yes...follow me and after she took 2 steps i asked if they had the bonus one and she said, oh no, we don't have those and there was some problem with distribution...but it was nice that she was right on top of it. I did go back up to that front corner after we separated just so I could see the regular ones on the rack and I swear I didn't see it anywhere, so maybe they were all sold out!

Was hoping it would be capped. I did the trial 14 day thing and started listening about 3:03 and typed up what I could as he was talking here:

http://nearlynoholdsbarredaclayaikenmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1209?page=1

(OK to post that link? If not, let me know and I'll take it out)

I need to listen again cuz dayum he's hard to keep up with, listen and type actually all at the same time. What a jam-packed candid interview! A LOT to take in!

I was bowled over that he actually mentioned the tabloids saying he was laying on a certain person and his answer. I need to hear it again, to make sure that I heard it right the first time. WHO did the tabloids say that about anyhow. I worry that this will get swamprat's mouth flapping again.

Guess what came in the mail yesterday...finally..yep the concert tickets. Let's see... guaranteed to come 24 hours before the concert and arriving 5 days after the concert? Great service Ticketbastard!

You HAVE to be kidding me! Thats insane. Even I got mine in time and I live in Canada eh? I got them on the Monday prior to the concert. In the end, didn't use them because Scarlett and I found 3rd row broker tickets that didn't cost an arm and a leg.

Treenuts is going too! Kewl!

Scarlett is 100%

Canfly and Nicki are about 80%... awaiting other venues.

I'm looking for someone(s) to go to the RENO Concert with. I would be happy to drive. I live between the bay area and Sacramento. I am not dangerous and I do not smoke, if that helps.

Please PM me if you are interested. *bats lashes innocently*

Uh huh... I have a feeling you might just be dangerous!

I'm so happy I could just pee myself.

I just got off the phone.

Definitely call the casino...I gave up on Ticketmaster and wish I had called the casino right away. Mind you the operator had huge trouble entering my address. She transferred me to the showroom (775-329-4777) and I have centre section row 7. eeee!

The operator asked me how I knew about the concert and when I said that I am a fan she said "He's very popular".....oh yes I replied.

Crap. Wish I'd thought to call. Ah well, according to what they're getting at CV, it's too late now.

I did get Row 6 for me, Scarlett & Nickikiwi BUT it's Section F, so offside, but it's center aisle, so closest to Section EEEEEEE.

Wish we had pix of the inside of the venue but there seems to be NADDA.

Nice to hear the "He's very popular" statement. I think Clay was getting worried about being able to sell out venues. I almost wonder if this wasn't a test because Ruben's name was NOT attached to this venue on Ticketmaster. It's weird that they don't have it up on the hotel site yet. Apparently it's up on Ruben's site though???? I'm just going by hearsay.

I'm not even 100% about going. Frankly, it's a long ways away but we're trying to work a trip to Vancouver into Nicki's trip cuz we'd both like to go. I haven't been since Grade 8, lol.

I have Row J, seat 5 for sale.

I paid $68.65 for it. It's a hard copy though cuz TM won't do etickets to Canada eh.

$50 or Best Offer.

As long as we get our etickets that we bought off ebay tonight in time before I have to leave tomorrow (about 3pm), Scarlett and I will also have:

Row A Mezz, Section S, seats 7 & 8. These are etickets.

Scarlett and I are at the Marriott. She'll be there early PM Thurs. I'm not in until midnight. She does have copies of the tickets and I will text her as long as we get our eticket upgrade in the morning!

We got Row C Section D Dress Circle!

I don't think that there will be a Row A or Row B! Wasn't too bad. $125 per ticket.

Are there any plans for Friday prior to the show or for those not taking off on Saturday, for Saturday evening????

Cool.

Sooooooooo... who all is staying longer? Scarlett and I are staying Saturday. No specific plans. We're actually sharing a 12:50 flight on Sunday to Charlotte to get to our respective connecting flights to Texas and Ontario. We get to hang out at the Charlotte airport for like 3 hours together. Oye.

Anyhow...if anybody wants to do a Saturday supper, let me or Scarlett know OK?

I have escaped Facebook for a bit, lol...

Yay!!!! The posting window has been fixed!!! whomever got that taken care of!!!!

Packed? Um, no. I'd have to do laundry before I get to that step.

Sounds like me. I may not have to fake being sick Friday cuz I AM. Figures.

Anyhow...dropped by cuz I just wanted to double-check before I cancel my reservation at the Marriott for the 12th and 13th (cuz somebody at CV changed the name on their reservation for the 11th, 12th, 13th to my name & Scarlett's name.

Does anybody want my extra room for the 12th and 13th at the marriott before I cancel it??? Let me know by tomorrow night.

Gotcha all! There should be no problem with room.

Yay! The reply box is normal! Somebody fixed it!

Fromclaygary,

Thanks for adding me but ya missed scarlett!

Scarlett and I are hanging out for another day... and I think maybe two... I haven't even booked a return flight yet... I could stay for March Break lol.

Is there anybody else staying, who wants to get together for a supper on Saturday night? Is there anything planned anywhere for that???

Also, I have an extra room at the Marriott for the 12th and 13th if anybody is arriving "day of" and wants the room, let me know before I cancel it. Somebody at CV was able to transfer my name to her reservation for the 11th, 12th and 13th. Before I cancel the one for the 12th & 13th I thought I'd ask if anybody here wants it?

Oops. ACL mentioned that she signed up. I thought she was going to be leaving early, so didn't think she'd be able to make it from what she said. Glad you two can come. I see that Scarlett and I aren't on "the list" for the breakfast.

FromClaygary,

I posted in the main thread that day that you said you'd look into breakfast, that both Scarlett and I were in for the breakfast but I never went hunting for a specific thread to officially sign us up. Mea culpa. Is there still room?

ETA:

Both Scarlett and I are staying an extra day, if there are people staying who are interested in some supper thing on the Saturday, let me know.

They're re-broadcasting again on Starchoice 417, which is...SNE TO ???? Whatever that means.

Do we have an Olympics thread?

OMG did you see Moir and Virtue's free skate?

Yes! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Luckiest1 must be beside herself!!!!

I see the posting boxes are still effed up, lol.

I am seeing the same thing both at school on IE7 (can't change the settings there. The whole school network is IE7). At home I have IE8.

Those having problems...maybe it is your computer settings...maybe you need to change your display settings. Perhaps you screen resolution needs to be smaller? Just a thought.

Kim

If I mess with my settings, I'll likely mess them up for other boards, which I work 100% fine for me/us.

Couchie, etc...

There HAS to be a fix for the skin for the board if this is the skin that you are planning on keeping?

Is there an Invision tech support board for admins where questions can be asked vs me (and whomever else) just randomly messing with settings? This is the ONLY messageboard that's doing this for me.

I know that whenever issues come up for members of my board with specific skins (and it's usually random as to which skins cause issues for which members because all skins are created with a specific browser in mind), I can either ask tech support for a simple fix to add to the CSS for the skin or for other issues I can just go post at the Yuku support board and they'll usually get back to me pretty quickly with a "fix" with instructions of what either I can do or the member can do to fix the issue.

There HAS to be a tech support board for Invision also.

This is what I'm seeing and I'm using IE8.

Now keep in mind, that some of us could potentially change settings on our end AT HOME, we have ZERO control over the settings at work, so a fix on the board end would be best but if you could at least tell them whatever skin you are using and show them the issues that we're having, likely they can provide us with a fix.

There is more than likely a simple fix that could be added to the board skin's CSS that would fix our issues.

JMO.

Gonna copy the techie part of my post over to that tech forum. I forgot about it.

Those having problems...maybe it is your computer settings...maybe you need to change your display settings. Perhaps you screen resolution needs to be smaller? Just a thought.

Kim

If I mess with my settings, I'll likely mess them up for other boards. There has to be a fix for the skin for the board.

Couchie, etc...

Is there an Invision tech support board for admins where questions can be asked vs me (and whomever else) just randomly messing with settings? This is the ONLY messageboard that's doing this for me.

I know that whenever issues come up for members of my board with specific skins (and it's usually random as to which skins cause issues for which members because all skins are created with a specific browser in mind), I can either ask tech support for a simple fix to add to the CSS for the skin or for other issues I can just go post at the Yuku support board and they'll usually get back to me pretty quickly with a "fix" with instructions of what either I can do or the member can do to fix the issue.

There HAS to be a tech support board for Invision also.

This is what I'm seeing and I'm using IE8.

Now keep in mind, that some of us could potentially change settings on our end AT HOME, we have ZERO control over the settings at work, so a fix on the board end would be best but if you could at least tell them whatever skin you are using and show them the issues that we're having, likely they can provide a fix.

There is more than likely a simple fix that could be added to the board skin's CSS that would fix our issues.

Canfly - bwahahahahahaha! Thank you! Now I'm off to Canada, to buy some of that fountain of youth stuff - I seriously really need it!!!!!!!

While I was reading it, I would have sworn that it was Sparky answering those questions, lmao.

Okie ma dokie! I sure hope they can fix this!!!!

Maybe a head count of how many are having issues other than me and liney?

Seriously guys - update your browser. The internet's an ever-evolving thing, you know? IE8 or Firefox 3.5 will fix your issues and they're free.

No it won't. I already posted that I HAVE IE8 Cindy!

It's only at school that I have IE7 and that's not a choice I have a damned thing to do about. The whole school network of computers is on IE7. The effect is the same both there and here when I'm on IE8.

This is really frustrating. I can see the line ending in "me and liney" and then everything else is behind the controls.

Gonna go catch up on the rest of the thread. It just brought me to your post, which was after mine.

I came to bring over this because we have so many Canadians here. Thought you might get a kick out of it:

Canada....so misunderstood!Share Yesterday at 6:30pm

Now that Vancouver will be hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics, these are

some questions people from all over the world are asking.

Believe it or not these questions about Canada were posted on an

International Tourism Website.

Obviously the answers are a joke; but the questions were really asked!

Q: I have never seen it warm on Canadian TV, so how do the plants grow? (

England )

A. We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around and watch

them die.

Q: Will I be able to see Polar Bears in the street? ( USA )

A: Depends on how much you've been drinking.

Q: I want to walk from Vancouver to Toronto - can I follow the Railroad

tracks? ( Sweden )

A: Sure, it's only Four thousand miles, take lots of water.

Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Canada ? ( Sweden )

A: So it's true what they say about Swedes.

Q: Are there any ATM's (cash machines) in Canada ? Can you send me a list

of them in Toronto , Vancouver , Edmonton and Halifax ? ( England )

A: No, but you'd better bring a few extra furs for trading purposes.

Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Canada ? ( USA )

A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe

Ca-na-da is that big country to your North...oh forget it. Sure, the hippo

racing is every Tuesday night in Calgary Come naked.

Q: Which direction is North in Canada ? ( USA )

A: Face south and then turn 180 degrees Contact us when you get here and

we'll send the rest of the directions.

Q: Can I bring cutlery into Canada ? ( England )

A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.

Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? ( USA )

A: Aus-t ri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which

is...oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays every Tuesday night

in Vancouver and in Calgary , straight after the hippo races. Come

naked.

Q: Do you have perfume in Canada ? ( Germany )

A: No, WE don't stink.

Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth. Where

can I sell it in Canada ? ( USA )

A: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.

Q: Can you tell me the regions in British Columbia where the female

population is smaller than the male population? ( Italy )

A: Yes, gay nightclubs.

Q: Do you celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada ? ( USA )

A: Only at Thanksgiving.

Q: Are there supermarkets in Toronto and is milk available all year round?

( Germany )

A: No, we are a peaceful civilization of Vegan hunter/gathers. Milk is

illegal.

Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Canada , but I forget its

name. It's a kind of big horse with horns. ( USA )

A: It's called a Moose. They are tall and very violent, eating the brains

of anyone walking close to them. You can scare them off by spraying

yourself with human urine before you go out walking.

Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? ( USA )

A: Yes, but you will have to learn it first.

Okie ma dokie! I sure hope they can fix this!!!!

Maybe a head count of how many are having issues other than me and liney?

Typing my post, starts up here.

and keeps going....and disappears behind the controls ...

and eventually if I cursor down, continues on into this narrow box. Both boxes are really short "height-wise".

Here's the screencap:

Well, typing and not seeing anything is kinda weird... how can I proofread??? LOL

I sorta like the new board, but feel very strainge not going directly to View New Posts. I would like the email, too. Oh, wait... I should check my email first, huj!!! Da!!!

I can see nothing, so cannot fix my typos. Sorry!!! I love you all!!!!!!!!!! huj shoud be huh (hope I typed that right) And, there is no "i" in strange. Ok, I'm done!

ETA... hey, if I hit "edit" after posting, I can see my words and can fix things. I can live with that for now.

What's happening for me is that if I type in the box, I can see for the first few lines and then they disappear behind the controls. In quoting Liney's post, I'm totally typing blind. I can see the bottom of letters that hang down like j, g, q ...

Yay!!!! Now I can see what I'm typing again because I've typed enough so that the typing is now appearing below the blue under the controls but what I've quoted of liney's post is ABOVE the control buttons!!! I'm on IE8. At school, it's IE7 and that's not changeable.

Can you check with the "powers that be" and see if there are "fixes" for IE? With Yuku, some of the skins were created for various incarnations of IE or whatever and the Yuku skin gurus can give you "fixes" for Firefox and various versions of IE that you can add to the skin CSS, that will fix things for all of your posters. I'd assume that Invision should have the same?

This is very freaky because the typing is showing in the box above the control buttons ( B, I, U, etc... and then it disappears behind the controls and if you type enough, it appears below the controls as well. The box is very short height-wise. I'll screencap, so you can see what I'm seeing.

Screencap is clickable:

ETA: I can see my plane beside my name, lol. That's my profile picture, not my avatar, lol.

Like, Liney said, in edit, I can actually see a good chunk of my post below the controls.

Under construksun huh?

Gee... right now, this is looking somewhat like what my old board looked like on Invision when my skin maker nuked some stuff and we had to add a plain Jane, IP skin, lol. There are some awesome skin makers out there, who will do stuff up "to order" for you. This is weird tying ABOVE the controls, lol.

I'll have to...rutrow...typing is under where it says gonts and sttyle now. I'm typing blind... I'll have to go back to read the history of the board.

I'l

ETA: I don't type "blind" so well...

Fonts not gonts, lol.

Is anyone interested in a Saturday brunch get-together in Raleigh? If so, I'll contact Tir na nog and see if they can do it......??

I know I am.....I think there are others in the thread with the representing list too.

Sure! I'll check with allclaylong and justclay and scarlett but I'm sure they'll be in.

Got a ticket. Still gonna see if I can do better on the public sale but at least I'm in the building.

Next problem....

I need a room for the night of the 11th!!!

I booked at the Marriott way back when "just in case" when I was hemming and hawing about going and I just discovered that because I was thinking of going down early "day of" before I realized flights wouldn't work, I only booked the Marriott for the 12th and 13th.

Scarlett's buddying up with me for the 12th & 13th but we need something for the 11th.

If anybody has double-booked "just in case" and you're planning on cancelling something, please let me or Scarlett know.

ETA: Scarlett's in for brunch.

I need an american!!! Helllllllllllllp?

I did find row Cs in the side mezz S section just 10 min ago but of course couldn't get them!!!

Anybody on here willing to get them and do etickets and I'll paypal you tonight?

Tried the US site and was to section T but still row C, so not too much different.

I can PM you my code if anybody can help?