Friday lads picspam

[byslantedlight]

Because it's been a long time since I did one of these, and because I still have the weekend free, and I'm also feeling better from my cold (*touches lots of wood*).

Our lads on the cover of a magazine!

In fact, if we look a bit closer, there's our lads being very close and rather pressed together on the cover (even if they are looking a bit grim too!)

And inside another issue of the same mag - a Pros quiz!I'm sure we'd get all these right, but imagine when all this was new information! (You can click through to get a really big version with readable questions).

Anyone fancy a highland fling? (Wish I'd found this to post last night, for Burns Night!)

And Doyle, perhaps waiting to be flung. *g*

I've also found a work-around for my lj issues, although it's not a good one. It looks like it's the https that's causing problems with some ljs/comms - if I take the "s" off "https" in the url bar, then I can get to the lj/comm I want (e.g. the_safehouse and ci5_boxoftricks). But why doesn't it affect all lj sites and comms? And why does it happen on my phone and my laptop if I'm signed in - but also on my laptop at least when I'm signed out? Surely if it was a laptop-related issue, it wouldn't also happen on my phone? But if it was specific to my lj account, then why would it happen when I'm signed out?! And why, in all those cases, does it seem to be just me? I think my next experiment will be to go and connect via a different wireless system somewhere - a fair excuse to go and have a coffee somewhere tomorrow, maybe! - in case it's to do with my mobile provider's connection...)

(Now I've also noticed that not all of the lj pages that I can get to are coming up as secure https - some have the "info" symbol from google instead (e.g. my communities feed). If anyone has any ideas, or knows anything about this sort of thing, I'm all ears! And if anyone else's various lj pages say anything other than secure https in the url bar...)

Comments

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

I love when you post these older magazine articles - I'd never see them otherwise.. Thank you!

I haven't had any trouble posting or commenting - sounds frustrating :-(

Glad to hear that you are feeling better. Enjoy your free weekend!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Some of them are re-posts of things I've posted before, or sometimes (like this time with Metabollick's) that other people have posted, but I shall try to make more posts in general, promise! *g*

It's been so frustrating not to be able to get to some of our Pros comms - but I've worked it out, and solved it! Hurrah!

Hope you're having a nice weekend too... *g*

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

I didn't know Gordon Jackson was in Mutiny on the Bounty! Thanks for these.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

(I really ought to have a better icon with Cowley on it too)

He was! I can't remember whether I've actually ever seen it, but I know I've seen pics of him in it. Here's one!

The Pride of Miss Jean Brodie was on the other night too, and I would have watched if it'd been slightly earlier...

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! There he is, looking very blond and healthy. Thanks for that!

[loxleyprince.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous Pros-y pics, dear! The colour pic of Doyle is smashing. *drools* And have you seen how long his leg looks in the cargo-net picture? It goes on forever! I dearly wish I had that pic without the text obscuring half of it, cos it's lovely.

Sorry to hear your LJ woes continue. :-( It does sound like it's something to do with your ISP if it still happens when you're not logged in, so trying connectivity through a different ISP could be telling. Another option would be to disable wireless internet on your phone, so it's forced to connect via the mobile phone company's network instead of whatever local router you might be using, and see if the problem still persists.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

They are rather lovely, aren't they (I can take no credit, I just posted 'em!)

Your wish, etc. etc.... *g*

I've figured out and solved the problem - I rather suspect it was basically all the people and comms who declared loud and proud that they contained "adult content". My ISP saw that and went ooooh and put it behind the bar-thingie. So I had the bar-thingie disabled, and all is working now. Hurrah! *g*

[loxleyprince.livejournal.com]

Coo ta!!! *stares at the loooooong-legged Pretty unobscured by text* Oh, I do like that picture a lot!

Yay!!! for solving your LJ internet access issue, you clever girl!

[cyanne]

Thanks for posting the magazine, it's great to see all of that detail.

Glad your making some progress on the LJ connection issues. Computers are wonderful, when they behave.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Computers are fab - they'd be even fabber if they didn't always do what we told them... or what we let other people tell them... *g* I've finally worked it all out, and hurrah - I can access my sites again! Just not sure why there was a sudden change, which is slightly uncomfortable, but the important thing is that it's fixed! *g*

And you're welcome! I must try to post mags more often...

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the lads pictures and articles! What a time it was! :)

How annoying with the LJ pages! Did you find out if it's your connection or LJ in general?

The only problem I'm aware of is that all the links pointing from an LJ post to AO3 have a wrong URL for me. They start with https://http://, and I have to take the http:// off in the navigation bar, to get to the stories.

I hope your cold is gone, and the new baby and mother are healthy and well!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I've finally worked out what was going on with lj. There was an adult-content bar on my mobile wifi thingie (not sure why, because it wasn't there for weeks before it suddenly was, if you see what i mean) and I suspect that all the lj-people and comms who'd declared that they had "adult content" flagged that bar - suddenly my ISP was trying to protect me from them. So I've had it lifted, and all seems to be well - until the next time it inexplicably appears, I guess.

Your url issue seems odd, mind - as if something's not quite sure whether it should be secure or not... hope that sorts itself out soon too!

My cold is finally mostly gone, although I'm less sure how new baby and mum are. Last I heard mum was on her feet again, but baby still wasn't breathing on her own (at least that's what I assume they mean "trouble breathing" to mean. She's in an incubator anyway, and was fairly wee when born, so hopefully all will come well...

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

I'm sending best wishes, and hope the wee little one will be well in time!
Are you allowed to help again, yet?

And good that LJ is now fully accessible to you again! I wouldn't even know where that setting is located!