2003 Letters to the Editor

[Randy Farang]

Jackson,

A Happy New Year to you and the thanks of a grateful poster for all of your efforts to keep WSG up and running. I just wanted you to know that you provide a service that is beyond compare and is extremely useful to all of us in our travels and even in our daily lives.

I only wish that WSG had been avilable in the years when I was doing a lot of international travel. I always thought I had a pretty good nose for sniffing out action, but now I realize that I missed a lot more than I found. Ah well, as the old saying goes, "We get too soon old, and too late smart!"

Thanks again for all your good work, Illigitimi non Carborundum, which loosely translated from the original Latin is "Don't Let the Bastards Wear You Down."

Randy

Thank you for your kind words.

Jackson

[Diet Cola]

Dear Jackson

Could you persuade posters to only post photos in the sections denoted as "photo" categories. In some sections we have upto 12 posts which are simply nothing more than personal chitchat between two members.

This is a top website and after seeing your efforts in Argentina was motivated to donate $15 to the WSG Charities thingy but above is really irritating.

Some might say, "he's only made 3 posts and he's moaning already" and this is true. However if no-one is bothered then simply ignore me as I am happy to live in a democracy.

Regards

Diet Cola

[Boxing Rule 222]

Yankee1 I have left this message on the OKC boards.
I am leaving it here also

I think this is the videovigilante. It is in his website and it was taken by the Oklahoma Gazette.
I do not want to post it until someone can confirm.

Please check it out and tell the board if it is him.

http://www.videovigilante.com/media.htm

I do not agree with what he is doing but he did catch a few pimps beating up on women so he is doing some good things.
Plus he busted a few cops lying.

Hopes this helps.
later Jackson and the rest from OKC

[Dick for Brains]

Jackson -

Regarding Wild Bill's issue and your response -

I don't think you're following his point totally. Regular readers only read the most recent reports. If a report is buried several days back, it gets missed by the most senior members. That is to say, the members who are most competent to respond to new members' questions, don't even see the message because it's buried in the past.

Why can't you re-submit the post, and thus have the software put a new timestamp on it?

DfB,

I completely understand the issue, and I've explored a number of potential work-arounds. For example, if I repost a report, it will appear under my handle, not the original poster. Of course, I could convince every regular member to give me their password, and then one-at-a-time I could log in as them and repost their report, but that's simply impractical.

Thanks,

Jackson

[Yankee1]

Jackson,
I do not live in OKC nor have I been there.However this Video Vigilante Ahole needs to be stopped.I noticed a request for his photo.I don't have one but I do have a lead.He appeared on the Maury Povich show on 11/14/03 .Maybe a fellow monger who is a little more resourceful than myself can come up with something.In closing this F**ker must be stopped.Who is he to pass judgement on these guys.thanks for reading my rant.
Happy Holidays,
Yankee

[Sporadic]

Merry Christmas Jackson, and a prosperous new year. On belhalf of all of us, we wish you the best.

Cheers

[Bowled Over]

Hi Jackson,

You had posted the following querry in the Mumbai, India section of the Forum.
The link is clearly shown on the main page which contains the navigation menu on the left side.

I use Netscape and IE - both latest versions.

If the surfer left clicks and opens the new pages on the same page of the browser, the links in the black band at the top continue to appear.

However, if one right clicks and opens anything on a new page/window, then the page that appears does not contain the navigating menu on the left nor does it contain the links in the black band at the top.

IMHO that it is a "frames" problem. If you specify that any new page opened (with right click) should also contain all frames as on the main page, I think the problem can be solved.

Pages might take a wee bit longer to load because of the frames but you can avoid the problem of people asking the same thing over and over again.

Hope this helps.

Bye
Bowled Over

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Dear Bowled Over,

What exactly is DATY?

HK Guy

Hi,

I see this question in the Forum ocassionally, so I have to ask: In your browser, can you see the link labeled "Terms and Abbreviations" in the black menu bar at the top of this page? Apparently there must be some problem with the visibility of this link in some browsers, so any feedback you could give me would help me identify the specific problem.

jackson@wsgforum.com

Thanks,

Jackson

[Sporadic]

dear jackson,

thanks for the upgrade, and many thanks for your efforts with the forum. it is appreciated!

take a peek in the dubai, uae forum, i think i have managed to post the first pics out of dubai.

cheers,

sporadic

[Dickhead]

Hi, Jackson. For a few weeks now I have noticed that every time I log into the Forum, it disables Java Script for any subsequent place that I visit. If I disconnect from the internet and reconnect, Java Script is again enabled; if I then log onto the forum again, it is disabled again.

Any ideas? I debated about whether to post this here or in Log In and Posting problems, but I'm not having any trouble logging in or posting.

DH

[Choosy Guy]

Thanks for the upgrade!

CG

[Traveler Tom]

Jackson

Glad we have a competent CEO on board (unlike some corporations I can think of!)

Best

TT

[Traveler Tom]

Jackson

Thanks - do not know what you did but the whole Search machinery is now working A OK - everything coming up as before.

Glad there was a glitch somewhere (even if it self-corrected) and it was not my incompetence!

Regards

TT

Hi Traveler,

I emptied the search index and then rebuilt it.

Jackson

[Traveler Tom]

Freeler

Thanks for your advice and taking the trouble to check.

Correct - my postings come up after having just carried out the execise that you have done but these are all 'close dates'. My question to Jackson (and this is where I think that something has vanished down a Black Hole) is 'where is my posting of POM about a year ago?'. I have not deleted it and it showed up on a previous search about 8 months ago as I wanted to check the date of posting. The fact that it seems to have vanished makes me think that a lot more has vanished or, perhaps, certain postings in certain areas have been, inadvertantly, date barred. Perhaps something happened when Jackson had a posting problem a month or two back? Certainly SPASSO's name appeared on the Forum at several points over the last year or so and it has also vanished (unless I am doing something cretinous)

Anyhow, this is very boring unless one was trying to find a definitive item in the BKK section but it has now become trivial and I will survive - the irony of this is that I posted in order to try and locate Peter Pom, a reliable and good provider in BKK who mysteriously vanished after five years of A1 service. This time he seems to have gone for good - perhaps someone is really out to get him in which case they seem to be succeeding - but that does not account for the others who have also disappeared!

Best TT

[Freeler]

Traveler Tom,

If you search for < pom > or <space pom space>, you can find a three letter word like pom and not a whole bunch of words with pom in them. In this case only two posts show up. You guessed it: Your two posts in this section.
Perhaps the author deleted his posts. This does happen you know!

(These are the results:
Enter Letters to the Editor
Post: Hi Jackson, again! On the search matter - sorry
Preview: Hi Jackson, again!

On the search matter - sorry to be a bore, but it might help solve the problem (if there is one).

I note that POM would normally not work but it did, previously, (albeit the search...
Letters to the Editor Traveler Tom 12-12-03
Enter Letters to the Editor
Post: Hi Jackson Is there a problem on the Forum Sear
Preview: Hi Jackson

Is there a problem on the Forum Search Facility? I was looking for a word 'Pom' which I know exists under Bangkok section and it failed (very quickly) I then tested other words e.g. Spasso...
Letters to the Editor Traveler Tom 12-11-03

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[Traveler Tom]

Hi Jackson, again!

On the search matter - sorry to be a bore, but it might help solve the problem (if there is one).

I note that POM would normally not work but it did, previously, (albeit the search produced a mass of other words with POM in then).

I wonder if there is some sort of date barring which has cropped up on the Thailand search - if you enter SPASSO my posting to you appears of yesterday and I know that SPASSO has been referred to previously. However, if you enter some obvious words, e.g. ESCORT; AGENCY and others nothing shows and the result of 'Nothing shown' appears very quickly - almost indicating that the search has not been carried out or is shortened by some form of limitation?.

Anyhow - this is not the end of the world but there does seem to be a block somewhere in the system.

The Forum does a great job - just sorry that I cannot contribute more at the moment due to my not being let off the lead!

TT

I can't figure it out, because I use the search function every day and it's always worked fo me without a problem.

Jackson