Good by and good luck...with ECF...

[MamaTried]

I have personally run message boards like this one. In lieu of the email address, why not check Kay's IP address? (for example, just sayin') I'm certain they can check what IP, or IP range, was used for her "oldbroad" posts.

I get the distinct feeling classwife is trying her best to help, I surely hope she and Kay can work something out. If Kay winds up leaving, it'll be a loss for us AND ECF

you are a freakin genius!

i know for a fact that ECF can deny/ban folks by detecting a combination of IP addresses and MAC addresses.

while that is built into vBulletin software and mebbe not even the admins know how to check that, it would be a no-brainer for someone to verify that Kay's IP and MAC addys really belonged to Kay!

I sincerely hope the admins don't all think that that is not worth their time to verify.

 

[AmandaD]

You can't go!

I agree, it would be a loss for ECF

 

[oldbroad]

I'm not going anywhere...I love this place...at least the folks here in Reoville...can't say much about the admin,. at this point, tho.....

 

[oldbroad]

could either of the admins explain the underlying issue?

i'm not sure if it's because Kay (oldbroad/katiedid) no longer has access to the email addy that ECF has on file for oldbroad, or because Kay can no longer remember the password for the long-forgotten email account. Like Kay, i am also a senior citizen, so i understand far too well what forgetting passwords are all about.

i also understand why ECF cannot just grant access to an account just on say so. before retiring, i worked in a field related to internet security.

But intelligent people should be able to arrive at the correct and, more importantly, proper conclusion.

After all, damn near everyone in this forum (dozens, perhaps hundreds) can vouch that Kay is really oldbroad. That should count for something.

I'm not asking ECF to break any rules here. I'm just asking what we collectively can do to help Kay restore her real account. The fact that the timing of this coincides with ECF going down, and requiring some, but not all to reset passwords should be a mitigating factor.

in my case i had two windows open, possibly in different browsers, when ECF made me reset my password. From what i remember, i reset it in one window or browser, but it didn't take. I think i ended up with my original password working without changing it. So, there, but for the grace of browser mysteries, go i...

"there must be some way out of this, said the joker to the thief"


and, oh yes, classwife-- belated congrats on 4 years smoke-free!!!

not that i'm trying to suck up or anything...

I'd give a hundred likes for this post dennis!


and yes, you are suckin' up....

 

[MamaTried]

I'm not going anywhere...I love this place...at least the folks here in Reoville...can't say much about the admin,. at this point, tho.....

be nice, Sweetie.

it's pretty easy for me to suck up to classwife since she's so goddang nice.

i don't know that much about retired1 yet, but don't piss him off.


and, oh yeh, if you can't do that either, i'll be happy to suck up to him, too!!!

We ALL love ya, oldbroad!

 

[oldbroad]

be nice, Sweetie.

it's pretty easy for me to suck up to classwife since she's so goddang nice.

i don't know that much about retired1 yet, but don't piss him off.



and, oh yeh, if you can't do that either, i'll be happy to suck up to him, too!!!

We ALL love ya, oldbroad!

Hey, I said " at this point"..so i covered my posteror!....I think....

 

[InTheClouds]

I'm not going anywhere...I love this place...at least the folks here in Reoville...can't say much about the admin,. at this point, tho.....

All I have to say is YAY!!!

 

[MamaTried]

Hey, I said " at this point"..so i covered my posteror!....I think....

perhaps we can discover that in private some day...


... i ain't no guv'mint official, either

 

[oldbroad]

All I have to say is YAY!!!

you made am oldbroads heart feel good!

 

[oldbroad]

perhaps we can discover that in private some day...


... i ain't no guv'mint official, either

don't be gettin all "hanky" on me mister! ( Michigan term...NOT Detroit)

 

[jj2]

Aw Kay (oldbroad) (((hugs)))

Hope admin keeps talking and trying to get this straight and you stay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pesky_human]

This is one of the weirdest forums out there as far as the rules go. I have been and am a member of many very heavily moderated communities on the internet, but the way this one is run is totally bizarre. Hope you don't leave us OldBroad. And hope this doesn't get me permabanned, which I fear it might.

 

[oldbroad]

Aw Kay (oldbroad) (((hugs)))

Hope admin keeps talking and trying to get this straight and you stay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm staying jan...I just have to go incognito cuz they can't seem to get me back to oldbroad!

 

[MamaTried]

don't be gettin all "hanky" on me mister! ( Michigan term...NOT Detroit)

dang, oldbroad, why you be hanky with me, woman??? (whatever the heck that means)


i'm still trying to suck up to classwife and retired1 on your behalf. was i being "hanky" ?

 

[oldbroad]

This is one of the weirdest forums out there as far as the rules go. I have been and am a member of many very heavily moderated communities on the internet, but the way this one is run is totally bizarre. u dHope yoon't leave us OldBroad. And hope this doesn't get me permabanned, which I fear it might.

Thank you for that! ooops.. i sure messed up what you posted

Time for bed....

 

[ancient puffer]

*hug* *hug* *hug*

 

[Miarose]

I hope this gets resolved. Kay helped me start my journey with my reo and cotton troubles and reached out to me, sending me cotton to try. She didn't have to help me, but she did. <3<3

 

[ltrainer]

Lots of luv going on in here Oldbroad. You are Oldbroad? Can I see some photo ID please? Hmmm....I know this can't be you. You look way too young for this birthdate. Please follow me ma'am.

 

[oldbroad]

This is one of the weirdest forums out there as far as the rules go. I have been and am a member of many very heavily moderated communities on the internet, but the way this one is run is totally bizarre. Hope you don't leave us OldBroad. And hope this doesn't get me permabanned, which I fear it might.

oh , I hope not, too, Pesky! I guess I'm not leaving cuz so many wonderful people have given me so much support and love with all this mess. I just wish ECF could figure out how to give back the identity I had before they had their issues....

 

[oldbroad]

Lots of luv going on in here Oldbroad. You are Oldbroad? Can I see some photo ID please? Hmmm....I know this can't be you. You look way too young for this birthdate. Please follow me ma'am.

You ole wonderful flatterer And yes, this old broad is Oldbroad for real!

And I just might follow you anywhere...just don't move too fast