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Leave the poor kitty alone!!!  

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it is a good idea.  I rarely have anything to say, but will be glad to read well thought out ideas!

hey look I stopped without adding 'for once' :-)

Quixote wrote:
There doesn't seem to be a link to it on the front page, or on the Forum page, yet. Will posts made here be visible from the front page?

The link is definately there.  Located at the top bar right next to images and before adverts.  Later it will be added to the Main Menu section.  I can't add it to the Main Menu remotely, otherwise it would have been included in Other Places already.

Depending on the ratings of the posted article vs the number of votes, I'm sure some of them will be posted to the front page as news articles.  Or if the posting is extremely good, they will get to the front page without any votes.  We are working on a module that will display the best articles (say top 10 with a good rating to votes ratio with minimum number of votes) as well as the latest three or similar.  Don't know how it will work just yet but I love the module and will continue to expand on it as the site develops.  If you vote on an article, vote on the composition rather than the content even if you disagree with it.  If you have something good cooked up, post it when you have the chance.  The module is new and constantly expanding, so better features are slowly coming along.

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ok.  found the bug that kept removing the commenting ability.

Anyone here want to help us populate the "Historically speaking" column?

Um...what is the pistol? The slide looks like a Beretta.

Only you Lee...  Only you...  

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ltstanfo lauded:

Um...what is the pistol? The slide looks like a Beretta.

;-) Yeah, it's a Beretta.  It's difficult to be certain from the small image, but it seems to be Beretta's M-9 model.  (Or in it's civilian designation, the 92fs.)