Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

last week i posted a very detailed story about about a honda snowblower .at least i thought i posted it until the site told me i wasnt a member and couldnt post here.and my story was lost in a hurry.

i thought it was somthing i did...and even posted here about it.a few minutes later my computer went down and i didnt get back for days.

this evening i started posting a deatailed story about a kohler engine .

guess what it kicked me out again..and i even checked to see if i was still logged in and i was.

when i hit the post button ...there it was gone .

sombody seems to be playing a nasty trick here.

im not very computer savvy but small engines are my experienca .

if you like me helping then someone best help me.

later a very disapointed chris 

Hi Chris,

At least one of the problems you were having seems to be similar to what happens to me once in a while here.  If I'm logged in, and while writing a post, it seems if I take too long to post it, the sites somehow signs me out.  At that point, I end up having to write the post all over again.  I don't know if it has to do with my Windows XP Pro operating system since I recently upgraded to Service pack 2.  I'm hoping you'll get around to writing your posts again, I'm sure many would benefit from them.

Chris, sorry buddy, I can understand your frustration.

Go to your member area (profile) and check the box in the lower left corner that says keep me logged in.

That should do it.

We've requested a longer time out for those that don't do this.

Chris,
If you will, type it in Word or your favorite word processor program. Send it to me I will type it and see if I have a problem. And if you save it you will still have it. I have one 98 machine that I can try a long post on. Might take until tomorrorw afternoon to get to the machine. But I can do it anytime from here.

If you save it in a word processor program, you can cut and paste into this site.

This site has been pretty good after some growing pains at the beginning.

Maybe this has happened to others?

My Account then in the bottom right hand corner there is a check box. Didn't even notice it.

And I saw the one about the Advanced thing.

I had the same problem but did what Marshall said and it allowed me to write until everyone reading my post fell asleep...

Actually, I just made that up. Shoveler, it's a conspiracy against you. MissSnowshoveler told us you liked practical jokes and we couldn't resist. We contacted the CIA, they were a big help in determining when you would actually post. The video of you kicking the computer is hilarious.   We"ll leave out the audio when we play it.

Well I just posted my first review and I had no problems. (But then again I have found that little box and had it checked last Saturday.)

I know that I type faster then my darling Chris and he should maybe type them in another program and save them - but we don't have a typable word program.  Maybe the old fashion way of pen and paper and them I could type them for him.  (But I won't mention that to him, let him read that here.)

Sherri

PS - It does take him a long time to type

Hey guys,

How do you get pictures to post with your reviews???

Sherri

You should have Wordpad and Notepad in Windows. under accessories.

Yes there we go.  We do have Notepad.

Sherri

Chris,
The old board had the option too choose how long you wished too stay logged on. (I think "forever" was one of the choices.)
This board still scares me too. It has eaten up a couple of my rants. (Maybe that is the purpose behind it !.... )
The keep me logged thing helped. Using Mozilla instead of explorer browser seem too have cleared up some problems. (Not only here, but other places too.)
Even on the old board....I would copy and paste too Notepad when I found myself being long winded. (That still works here....but the Control-V and C things are a PIA!)
There are alot of things I like about this board...and there some things I dont. (I suppose if I would go and hang out at the "help" board more often...I might find some answers.)
Hang in there buddy.....It's just like going too those "update" seminars every spring. Sometimes you just sit there and want too roll your eyes and say too yourself "Why in the h*ll didnt they just leave that the way it was..it worked just fine!" This board is "new product".....It takes some time too learn "what breaks" and why. You have our home numbers...never hesitate too use it if you need some help. Nobody here ever hesitates too ask you for help when they need it. later, 'lint.

The pictures download directly from your machine.
You browse for it on your machine, and say OK.

That is different than posting to a thread.

I'm just the messenger.

I think I tried that...but it didn't work.  I had a snowblower saved in the memory and browsed to it, but if you check the reviews, I have no Snapper blower picture to go with it.

I'll try it again later maybe.  I have to do some more looking in my books and get more info ingrained in my brain. Blahhhhh.

Sherri

Sherri,

Just tell Chris to print (or write) out his post and tape it to the screen.  Then after you type it in for him tell him that the computer has a scanner that takes a while to download written documents.  He's a guy, if he's like most guys he'll believe it...

Walt

Holy Moly Walt - I never thought of that.

I best buy some paper and more pens for this place.  LOL

Sherri

It'll keep him where you know you can find him...

Its not easy to build such a great forum as this. Keep in mind this forum will get even better soon! I think that if you have alot of money, you should at least donate 100 bucks

Terminator20 wrote: PO BOX 1234 Tulsa Ok.
Attn Marshall
Cash only please           

im a bit better now ,i cried myself to sleep and woke up in a better frame of mind..

ill try to behave ,but if you knew  how hard typing was for me you would feel real bad for me.honest.

its not that i cant read or write (although i spell much better in person )i just cant type worth a fart.

later chris

argh i did what you told me ...

and still crappy. im only half a member or somthing.

just tried to reply about the lil snowbird pic and poof im gone again and miss snowshoveler was watching me just to make im not a dumbhead .

im gonna go hide in a closet till spring.

ill be on some kind of pension before  before the grass grows.

later chris

After you clicked on the "keep me logged in" box, did you click on SAVE?

Same bloody thing  happened to me. I was typing up a comparison on the Mantis and Honda tillers based on what I learned researching the net on a thread I started. Between interruptions from the kids and my pathetic typing speed, when I hit  'post', it came back as I was 'no longer logged in'. WTF? Everything was gone. The back button didn't do squat. Boy was I p'oed.

For what it's worth, this thread prompted me to go to my account and check out what was checked and not checked. So now hopefully I can avoid this problem. So I owe you a thank you!

I too had time out to my frusteration.                                18 degrees                                                         

I'll add my name to the list of people getting the "not a member" stuff when going to post a message.

It has happened a few times now.  ESPECIALLY frustrating when you are creating a detailed message and it is gone in an instant!

Ken

Yep, happened to me also.  Now we'll have members supposedly on their computers in the middle of the night.    I usually hit ctrl+a, then ctrl+c, then click post.  If it says I'm not allowed to post here, I just go back to the thread and hit reply and push ctrl+v then it appears again.  That still doesn't help if you have the power go off on your computer, unless you have backup. 
Ajace

I made sure that Chris checked the box and hit save.  But to no avail.  The blue smoke rolled once again when he hit post and it had booted him out.

It's still a little too nippy here at night to open the doors to let the smoke rolling off him clear.

Glad in a way to hear that some of you guys are also having the same problem.  Means that we're not alone in our isolated little part of the world.

Sherri

You can add me to the list and yeah I'm "permalogged" and using firefox.

Also many times when I go to add a link, I get it all setg up and when  I click "OK in the link box, the whole thing disappears.  this happen to anyone else?

If it helps at all, I like to copy a message before hitting post (select all, than choose copy from the edit menu).  If you lose the message, you just have to reply again and choose edit - paste.