Seriously?

[Steve 940]

Numpty question, how do you guys do multiple 'quotes' using just part of an original post??

Cheers
Steve

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Steve 940

Numpty question, how do you guys do multiple 'quotes' using just part of an original post??

Cheers
Steve

Not a numpty question at all Steve, just outboard of the "Quote" button bottom right of others' posts is a second button that turns orange when you click it. (it has ""+ on it)

Clicking several different responses from different people using this button will display them as quotes in the reply you are about to post when you click "Reply". The order you click the ""+ button is the order they display in your reply.

Move your cursor around to the end of the first quote you want to reply to, hit Return or Enter a couple of times to give you a lines space and a new line and start your typing.

When i've finished my reply to that person, i do 2 more Enters/Returns to give 2 clear lines of space between my reply and the next quote.

Then move the cursor to whre i want my next response to be, similar to above. Reply, 2 x "Enter" etc, move to the next and so on.

If i've understood your question the way i think it was meant, that should be it.
However, there is another thing people often ask about (i've asked myself to find out) and that is breaking down a single quote from one person into several smaller quotes and responding to them individually.

This involves "Copy & Paste" (C&P for short, i'm not typing that out every time!) and you get the quote you want to break down and Copy the first bit where it says "Quote <mamber>" etc before their text appears in your reply and then go through their quote and using your cursor to position it where you want and clicking to lock the cursor temporarily, Paste in position ahead of the next separate part of the quote.

That's the start-quotes dealt with, for every start-quote there has to be an end-quote so go to the end of the original quote and copy the last bit of the quote after the text.

Now go back in to the quote you've already split up with start-quotes and just before each except the first, click your cursor and then Paste the end-quote just before the next start-quote. I usually hit Enter a couple of times to break it down onto new lines for each part as i go doing it this way.

With either method, once you've got the quote in place, you can highlight unwanted text with the cursor by clicking and holding on the beginning of the text you want to remove and moving the cursor to the end of the text you don't want then hit Erase/Backspace or Delete. This removes the text you don't want. If you've made a mistake and erased too much, CTRL + Z is your friend, it undoes the last oepration.

While that may not make perfect sense seeing it written down, if you go through and practice a bit step-by-step, you should get it. It's the way i've managed to understand it and i am hopeless with software/programs etc - i can diagnose and repair computers down to component and/or board level (if there's a fault in the multilayer board) but software and things associated with software and you may as well be speaking Venusian, never mind Martian!

Hope it works for you and makes enough sense to work out what i mean!

[Bob 1967]

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-...o-144/33694272

[Bob 1967]

Or if you fancy going Ferreting.....
https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-...d-car/33099860

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Bob 1967

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-...o-144/33694272

My first Rover SD1 had been resprayed from a lovely Midas Gold to that hideous shade of orange - never seen another car in that colour until now! Thanks for the nightmares Bob!

Originally Posted by Bob 1967

Or if you fancy going Ferreting.....
https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-...d-car/33099860

Don't be giving Alan ideas now!

[Bob 1967]

Orange was very 70s, everything from clock faces to cabinet doors and even walls and carpets were orange back then(that and Brown, sometimes a combination of both!)
Besides, look at the fabulous seat upholstery!!!

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Bob 1967

Orange was very 70s, everything from clock faces to cabinet doors and even walls and carpets were orange back then(that and Brown, sometimes a combination of both!)
Besides, look at the fabulous seat upholstery!!!

I know but that shade is particularly yuck!

I used to have a Coleman Colorado pop-up camper and that had orange and brown upholstery and curtains. Previous owner rode it hard and put it away wet so the canvas part rotted and made everything else inside go mouldy. Wasn't aware of that when i bought it.
However, the orange in that was nowhere near as harsh as the one on that 144 or my SD1!

[Moomoo]

Originally Posted by Bob 1967

Or if you fancy going Ferreting.....
https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-...d-car/33099860

I remember being disappointed at the ex-ministry sales at Ruddington ‘cos my dad would not buy me one!

Later at the sales there I also remember Moggy 1000s sold by the ton!!!🧐

[Steve 940]

Originally Posted by Bob 1967

Or if you fancy going Ferreting.....
https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-...d-car/33099860

Oh now that's taken me down a time travelling tardis.

Lost weekend late 80's if I recall, at a local boozer in the middle of nowhere.

https://m.facebook.com/CratfieldVill...Kz6WE1KtJKjsrA

Landlord was a complete box of frogs, and had a penchant for driving his Ferret and Chieftan tank down the village high street.

I do recall a visit one winters evening, and on the open fire was a 6' length of facia with gutter still attached, basically as it burnt you just shoved it further into the fire.

Madness, but a true eccentric that one can only aspire to to😀

Cheers
Steve

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Bob 1967

Or if you fancy going Ferreting.....
https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-...d-car/33099860

The Flying Fridge (as the SSM used to call it - back in the day).