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« on: Today at 09:30:22 AM »
Beth Spoiler I am concerned how far to the right certain prominent politicians here have swung in the years since Brexit. My happy thing for today is that my tidying is progressing, and my computer managed to do windows updates without a full scale meltdown. Small victories.
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« on: Today at 09:27:35 AM »
This isn't a plant but this afternoon there were five baby starlings huddled on the birch tree clearly regretting that today was the day they decided to come out of the nest (it's around 12 or 13 degrees outside and windy, LOL).
My garden survived the rain well yesterday. Aside one little rescued begonia who now has no leaves left. I'll see if it puts out any more. Rescue plants are...well, risks. The other rescue begonia I bought is doing great though. It's a beautiful little plant who only ended up on the sale shelf because one of its branches had got broken and had basically rotted over the rest of the foliage. Now it's happy as can be.
Amazingly, the wind has not yet destroyed my delphiniums. One of them has decided it wants to grow into, through and around the buddleia. It has a cane. It just likes the buddleia better. Oh well.
All my summer plants - tubs and baskets - are planted up and out now, but my spider plants are still inside. They may go out on Saturday if it warm and sunny. That will leave me with Poinsettia and Bethan the Streptocarpus in my room, plus the cactus and succulent, and Nikolai the dragon tree downstairs.
Dad's avocado has survived and is putting out lots of new leaves. It may spend some of the summer outside, but I'm happy it's doing so well.
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« on: Today at 09:22:20 AM »
I'm wondering how we figure out which ponies sold over here were made with poly and which were not (basically I can't get at 90% of my G3 at the moment, so I can't just go through and do the hair wash test, not that I'm brave enough to do it!) Some of my G3 also did come from the States so I don't know if they were in bonus packs or if they weren't. I can't remember if I had Petal Blossom and Rainbow Flash with the babies or the babies separately...but all those ponies are currently wrapped up in acid free tissue and stored away.
I've never had the Avon ponies but I also remember them being the first and it was a long time ago they were flagged. But I hadn't realised so many that I consider regular release ponies here may have had bonus releases over there...
I have December Poinsettia in box and I intend to keep her there...but it is making me hesitate about wanting to acquire any more of that set if they might be at risk down the line. They are a bit expensive.
The only pony right now that I know has this issue is actually a G1 Butterscotch, probably a Mail Order though I am not 100%...whose hair was full of conditioner and so dried up and is now so delicate I cannot brush her, or even put her in the cupboard. She's lived by my sink for the last decade or so. Since I am presuming G1 Butterscotch had nylon hair, I'm wondering whether products used on ponies has had any impact on hair breakage (speeding it up) in G3.
Lady Moondancer mentioned earlier in the thread that if the hair soaks up water, it's neon. If it doesn't, it's polypropylene.
Yeah...but they're in boxes in the attic, so that's not a test I can really run rn  I did go through my doubles box today and gave each of the pink sections a little tug, everyone's fine right now.
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« on: Today at 09:21:07 AM »
I'm sorry you had all that hassle, Minty Magic, but it is a beautiful mirror and I'm glad you got it hung safely 
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« on: Today at 09:13:34 AM »
So just to emphasise the 'old people attitude' to privacy, yesterday I legit edited out our living room sofa from the background of a photo of some ponies because it's our sofa and the internet doesn't need to see it. Literally nothing personal in the photo. Just not sharing the sofa. Nope. In seriousness, you're right about data. I have resisted using facebook for stuff for so long for the reason that there's no security. I understand the issue of harassment and anonymous bullies online, but at the same time, I don't feel that safe posting in conversations as myself in case you accidentally get misunderstood. I won't pretend I haven't had that experience before :p. So yeah. I don't want to engage like that and it's a shame we're all expected to. As for the off site image linkage, the old person me laughs at this a lot. Honestly. I mean, I remember taking photos with an actual physical camera, getting film processed at my expense and then scanning them into an ancient scanner...either for my ID site or for ebay. A lot of the time ponies got shoved in scanners, and they look like they are terrified by the experience. The whole idea of "omg, it's so difficult to find an external host and, like, link an image" makes me roll my eyes. This is why I don't think the brony fandom would last ten seconds in the 1990s/early 2000s trying to make a fandom work when the tech couldn't keep up. I dug this up to show what I mean. This was my ID site way back in the late 1990s/early 2000s. Please ignore some of the information, as a lot of it was still being figured out. But the layout, intrusive ads, scanned pony images...a sample page link below. Most of the site does work but the main page is gone and some of the images have broken over time. Most of the non-scanner images were actual physical photos developed and scanned in to be uploaded. https://taffeta.tripod.com/id16.htmAnyone who dislikes how images work on the arena needs to look at that page and get perspective. LOL ...I am old. And proud of it.
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« on: Today at 01:03:32 AM »
I watched a documentary on YouTube yesterday about a guy who murdered over ponies. There are dangerous people everywhere.
WHAT?! Oh my!
Was that the Fedex case with the creepy Applejack letter or another one? Please don't tell me there's been more than one. I only use FB and I never actually post on my profile anymore, though I am in a couple of groups. Facebook are going to learn very little about me really, but yes, that stuff is creepy. Mind you, I had that experience in around 1999-2000, when the internet was a lot more basic. You'd be amazed how easy it was for people to create multiple new AIM accounts, and use all their friends to create a 'stalking' situation. One of the ponypeople I mentioned above threatened to send her partner (who was stationed over here at some military base) to see me because she 'knew where I lived'...and so on. That was the most terrifying time I have ever had in the pony community, hands down. Which is why I abandoned the TP because when I tried to get help, the mods there then took HER side and said I'd written all the transcripts myself and was making it up. Because she was an influential customiser who was popular for her artwork and nobody wanted to upset her. A lot later more stuff came out. I'll leave it at that. I'm afraid I've seen the same untouchable behaviour from some other customising people in the years since who are treated as deities because of their craft and thus allowed to behave like monsters in other areas. This is not an indictment of most customisers, I hasten to add - but it has happened and continues to happen whereby people put up with, or even validate nasty in order to get a particular product. Ways for people to do online nasty - and a lack of people doing anything about it - has unfortunately characterised the internet from the point of start to now. It's easier to attack people now, true enough. But if someone is determined, they will still do it. I dislike social media particularly because I had that experience at age 18 and I learned very quickly how trusting people online was risky and could hurt. The fact that we've gone more towards that model and less towards this one is very sad in my opinion.
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« on: Today at 12:52:48 AM »
I'm wondering how we figure out which ponies sold over here were made with poly and which were not (basically I can't get at 90% of my G3 at the moment, so I can't just go through and do the hair wash test, not that I'm brave enough to do it!) Some of my G3 also did come from the States so I don't know if they were in bonus packs or if they weren't. I can't remember if I had Petal Blossom and Rainbow Flash with the babies or the babies separately...but all those ponies are currently wrapped up in acid free tissue and stored away.
I've never had the Avon ponies but I also remember them being the first and it was a long time ago they were flagged. But I hadn't realised so many that I consider regular release ponies here may have had bonus releases over there...
I have December Poinsettia in box and I intend to keep her there...but it is making me hesitate about wanting to acquire any more of that set if they might be at risk down the line. They are a bit expensive.
The only pony right now that I know has this issue is actually a G1 Butterscotch, probably a Mail Order though I am not 100%...whose hair was full of conditioner and so dried up and is now so delicate I cannot brush her, or even put her in the cupboard. She's lived by my sink for the last decade or so. Since I am presuming G1 Butterscotch had nylon hair, I'm wondering whether products used on ponies has had any impact on hair breakage (speeding it up) in G3.
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« on: Yesterday at 02:39:29 PM »
Anything that is less social-media-y gets my vote.
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« on: Yesterday at 02:36:07 PM »
My daughter is learning letters today and has started to say the phonic names for letters in the word d u c k, because it's her favourite word. We were using giant foam letters to learn with. When she brought over to me the letter F I kept telling her that we didn't need it to say 'duck' but for some reason she insisted. I keep having the strange impression that she has lived many lives before.
Oh dear. That's hilarious xD Bless. @Beth - frankly, he can afford his own umbrella  He's the one who chose to stand outside making a long speech instead of a quick announcement. A speech which sounded like he'd been spending too long in the fiction section. But this is the happy thread. So happy thoughts 
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« on: Yesterday at 10:10:44 AM »
Day Lily, Knick Knack, Lady Slipper, & Rose Garden are harder to find than the other Breezies. Day Lily, Knick Knack, & Lady Slipper remain on my Want List, while Rose Garden was a very lucky find!!!
Snippety Snap eludes me to this day!!!
I think the harder to find ones seem to be those bundled in with other ponies over here or maybe also in Europe. I actually just went and dug up my collection spreadsheet and the ones you mention seem to be bundled with another pony/release: Rose Garden with Precious Gem Lady Slipper with Fluttershy/Purse Knick Knack with Star Bright (?) Snippety Snap with the Petal Parlour Of course, so is Day Lilly.
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« on: Yesterday at 09:17:23 AM »
We have a general election date
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« on: May 21, 2024, 09:01:57 AM »
I have a feeling that Day Lilly had a weird release. Something about how her name is spelt reminds me. Pretty sure she was sold in Canada or something? Not quite remembering but I think she's the one I don't have because of that limited issue. Maybe she was also in the States in some places but there's something funny about her release, I'm sure. Maybe look into that.
I'm no G3 expert but I don't think any of the others are super rare.
Day Lily came with a balloon and Sweet Breeze and there was 1 specific shop chain that sold them over here in NL. In better days that shop had a lot of exclusive G3 stuff comparing to the regular toy shops. So yeah quite limited spread.
And some exclusives were also at UK ponycon assuming they were also sold over there. Snippity Snap is the most difficult to find and highly wanted.
That's interesting. I knew she had a very limited release (Day Lilly, I mean). I have quite a few of the sets sold over here with a Breezie companion, but I don't think that one got here. She's still the only one I'm missing iirc. I knew about Snippety Snap, but that wasn't one of them in OP's post, so I didn't mention her. The only extra I ever had I gifted to someone, so I have no idea what kind of price she makes now anyway xD.
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« on: May 21, 2024, 03:52:07 AM »
I have a feeling that Day Lilly had a weird release. Something about how her name is spelt reminds me. Pretty sure she was sold in Canada or something? Not quite remembering but I think she's the one I don't have because of that limited issue. Maybe she was also in the States in some places but there's something funny about her release, I'm sure. Maybe look into that.
I'm no G3 expert but I don't think any of the others are super rare.
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« on: May 21, 2024, 12:45:39 AM »
Oh, that is good news! I really haven't been paying attention, but I was sorting my manga the other day and thinking, why hasn't there been a final series! But hopefully there will be now. I hope they go back and start it where it should have started...but I'm not sure they will. They skipped a whole game between Ichidai and Yakushi and while the game in the manga bores me to tears, it's still part of the plot...
Yeah, that final game did take...was it eight months of manga? Or was it more??
I did go look up the announcement post but nothing in the Japanese indicates timescale. So we don't know yet. I guess your timeline is probably accurate...maybe October if we're lucky, but I think the last two were January starts.
I am trying to imagine how many series it would take to finish Yona. Not that Yona is finished, yet, but it's definitely moving in that direction. I know I've been saying that for ages but still.
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« on: May 21, 2024, 12:42:45 AM »
I've heard about druvdalen, and I think it's a shame it's no longer a thing. As a UK and European pony geek so much useful information has come out of discussions that happened there (and from ponypeople in Sweden in general, whose brains even now I am picking).
The problem is a lot of forums have died. A lot of people have abandoned forums and migrated to social media. For better or for worse, this is the internet now.
On the actual topic. I used free sites for the early iterations of my website. They are still online but flooded with ads and broken images...I no longer have access to them to take them down so although the information at times is questionable (lol) it's nostalgic.
BUT the reason I moved to an actual host was the advert issue. Even with ad blockers.
My domain name is bundled with the rest of my internet package.
If you do go down the road of setting up a website, something I would recommend is domain privacy, which is where your domain's owner's address is not public. Mine lists the address of my hosting company.
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