Jumping Dialogue boxes Batman!!!

[fourfingersofdeath]

Is it just me or does the box drop out of sight and dance around (not doing this time, make a liar out of me) when you type a reply?

Sometimes (like now, it works ok, but after you get into a message it starts off again). Most annoying as I am a pretty fast typist, but can't touch type and look at the keys when I type.

Very frustrating and I will end up getting sea sick!

[August]

Time for regulating dosage....

[Deadeye Dick]

Fourfingersofdeath,
Not had a problem with the box jumping around, but a lot of times this site is very slow in loading. Gets kind of frustrating when it takes a while to load every forum and topic I want to view.
I know the Marshal has worked very hard to keep this site user friendly.
Deadeye Dick

[Abilene]

Are you using a laptop?  It happens to me sometimes if part of my hand brushes the scroll bar on the right side of the pointing device pad below the keyboard.  Solution is to either pay more attention to hand position or else turn off the pad.

[Paladin UK]

Fer FFD............

Screaming blasphemous expletives work for me !!

Paladin (What hope`s he`s helped  ) UK

[fourfingersofdeath]

I'll have to check the scroll bar thingo out ( I do use a laptop). Now that I am typing I find I hold my hands a lot higher.

The dialogue box doesn't jump, just the text. It drops down and as the key is hit it pops up briefly. It has happened on both laptops (mine went bung and I used the pistol club one while it was getting fixed.

Funny thing is, it won't do it now. Maybe the message is not long enough.

[wildman1]

FFOD, does that ta me also, try typing in your reply then insert quote.  WM

[fourfingersofdeath]

FFOD, does that ta me also, try typing in your reply then insert quote.  WM

Not too sure what you mean, but if it trys it again, I will typr the reply on word and cut and paste it.

Make a liar out of my, but I haven't had any trouble with it since I mentioned it.

Funny, I kept typing gibberish and it started again. Maybe its trying to tell me not to be so long winded

[Jefro]

Funny thing is, it won't do it now. Maybe the message is not long enough.

Howdy ff, yes it happens on mine when the reply is more than 12 lines, don't know if the 2 lines it took to include your quote counts also.  I have often wondered about this and thought it might be only me, guess it's this web site. The jibberish I typed below was to see how many lines it would take, just could'nt think of a reply that long
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[Cuts Crooked]

I added this just as a test:

The other most common method is to use modern componants instead of the card and cushion wads. Most folks find the Winchester red wads are pretty good for loading over black powder. Pretty much the same scenerio, load a primed hull with black powder, seat a plastic wad, add shot, and crimp. The plastic wad acts both as a gas seal and a cushion. These will work fine in most guns! However they will leave copious amonts of melted plastic in your bore. No big deal though, at clean up time simply squirt windex down the tubes, let it set for a few minutes, and then push a heavy paper towel or wad of news print down the bore. The plastic will come out in a stringy mess, but it will come out!

Other aspects: I have found that older scatterguns, say pre 1960s, tend to work quite well with the tradtional card & cushion wads system. They have very short forcing cones, which is what these type of wads were designed for originally. Later guns tend to have longer forcing cones and sometimes are even back bored. This type of gun is intended for modern shot shells using plastic wads and they don't usually pattern very good when loaded with the old card & cushion wads. This seems to be because the longer forcing cones allow powder gasses to get into the shot column as it passes through the long forcing cone. Combine that with the lack of chokes in most "coach guns" and you have disasterous patterns. I have found that a combination of technology is the best solution in these guns, using a heavy over powder card wad in combination with a plastic shot cup with the cushion cut off! This keeps the gasses from disrupting the shot charge and also cuts down on the plastic fouling building up in the bore!

Roll crimping: I don't do roll crimps, but they are a very authentic method of loading paper hulls, and can even be done to plastic hulls. This utilizes a thin card wad on top of the shot and the sides of the shell are "rolled" down to secure it.  Orginal roll crimping tools are often seen for sale at gun shows and on e-bay. If you are into that sort of thing go for it! They are cool looking when folks can see ya popping them into the chambers, and they work just as well as any star crimp!

Brass hulls: As previously noted I have never messed with brass hulls. The Cool Factor with them is MAJOR! But the expense has always put me off my stride when it comes to investing in them. I HATE the idea of stepping on one and ruining it during a stage! Nevertheless lots of pards use them, for the cool factor if nothing else. Loading them is not much differnt than loading any other hull, powder, then wads, then shot, topped off with a thin overshot wad glued in the top of the hull. Some pards use authentic watergless to seal the overshot wad, but hot glue seems just about as prevelant as anything, with plain old Elmers white glue near the top of ythe list too.

No problem

[wildman1]

Try using a quote from someone. WM

[Bishop Creek]

Is it just me or does the box drop out of sight and dance around (not doing this time, make a liar out of me) when you type a reply?

Sometimes (like now, it works ok, but after you get into a message it starts off again). Most annoying as I am a pretty fast typist, but can't touch type and look at the keys when I type.

Very frustrating and I will end up getting sea sick!

Yeah, it was happening to me a few weeks ago and then suddenly one day, it quit happening. I have a desktop computer, no laptop.

[Cuts Crooked]

Try using a quote from someone. WM

You mean like this?