It seems like I'm in the minority here with a really bad dial-up connection. Even when the Standout Plant thread was only 5 replies long, after 20 minutes it still hadn't finished loading. I appreciate all the thoughtful replies and have noticed the increased use of thumbnails which helps a lot. They may not show the full glory, but give a hint and allow me to choose what to view full-size. I think the trick to using a Gallery is twofold: if you know you're about to start a photo-heavy thread, post the photo(s) first in gallery using the same subject you'll use in the discussion side (or something close, e.g., "My Standout Plant"), then cut & paste a link to that gallery thread on the discussion thread using the Optional Link URL. I also hang out on the Cottage forum which does have a gallery, and what seems to work well is to post one pic in a conversation or discussion thread, but for something like "my vacation" or "our renovation" use the gallery. Just for kicks, I opened Standout Plant, now at 40 replies, with nothing else accessing the internet, as I wrote this offline at a low-use time of day on my ISP server. Took 45 minutes to see all that inspiration. Yes terrene, that Mozilla tip is great. On old computer I had Opera which had a convenient 'Show Images' toggle on the toolbar. On new laptop, I use Mozilla's Firefox, hadn't yet found that option (Tools-Options-Content-Load Images) Thanks! It'll take a few more clicks to turn off and on, but will allow me to keep up with what's going on. Meanwhile, it really helps when posters include a brief description of their photo in the text portion. Thanks to everyone for keeping the overhead size of pix in mind, Ana

SATURDAY UPDATE: These are the questions currently open:- Q. What do you call.. #63...a stampede (2,3) - Annie SOLVED: cattle skedaddle #68 ... a jewish deli pamphlet (2,2) - Annie #70...a dog's pants (2,2) - Annie SOLVED: Schnauzer's trousers #71 ... rate candy (1,1)- Annie SOLVED: judge fudge #72 .... transportation for a sandwich garnish (2,3)- Annie #73....make your cohabitant look younger (4,2)- Annie SOLVED: rejuvenate roommate #74...a happy fighting squad (2,4) - Moonie #75... a tree friend (2,3) - Moonie #76 ... guitar lotion (3,3) - Moonie SOLVED: liniment instrument #77 ... ability to move loyalty (4,3) - Moonie SOLVED: locomotion devotion #78...what Mr Trump believes he had at his inauguration? (2,2) - Comtesse #79...a British politician with blood on his hands? (2,2) - Comtesse #80...a more regretful soldier? (3,3) - Comtesse #81...a deep-thinking 4-legged friend? (2,2) - Comtesse #82...a philosophical farm animal? (1,1) - Comtesse ALL NEW PLAYERS WELCOME! Please post all guesses, comments and questions on the other SinisterMinister thread. You'll also find general discussion there, and sometimes extra clues from the setters. Rules of the game are at the top of this thread. Please ask if there's anything you're unsure of. Happy rhyming! :-)

Install raw wood planks so that everything can be site finished all at once. This floor is going to be relatively easy to match and lace in where the carpet currently sits. Go ahead and talk to a few hardwood flooring companies that can both order the wood and install/refinish everything all at once. Please do not use factory finished. The colour will never match but more importantly the BEVELLED EDGE on the factory finished floor is going to scream out "I don't match!". I would also make sure wood floor is properly identified. This can be $100 to send a sample of your existing floor a lab that specializes in identifying wood species. It takes a week or so to get the results. Well worth it. We've had too many posts on Houzz with people installing one oak floor only to find out their floor is the other oak...and they have a STRONG colour clash. That's when the fur starts to fly.

When an appropriate or inappropriate post is made, that bumps that thread up to the top of the chrono list. When the site managers remove an inappropriate comment, the thread remains near the top of the list but the latest update date is reset to the one before the one that was removed. I think that's what you're seeing, there's nothing to fix.