Who else is here?  

Dear Aunt Mark,
I'm beyond excited that there's a whole section now for your snappies.  How long before the first one appears?  I need to clear some space in my schedule.  
Fondly,
spanky (formerly *spanky*)
PS-- bolding?!  and italics!  woohoo!

ps.
So many thanks to lief, patrick and alix for making this happen.  
Best and Impressed,
Aunt M.
 

and just LOOK what I can do 😉

Present and accounted for.  I AM LOVING being able to scroll over the thread title and seeing the first line of text.  It's like screening calls!

Present and loving the new digs. Thanks P+A!

Ah -- there it is.  The Add a Comment bar wasn't showing up, for me.  
Hi, evabody.  Happy Sunday !  Let's give Patrick and Alix another three cheers . . .
SDR

Not sure if I was, or where I was exactly. Still trying to find my way around the new site design, but I'm sure there are many improvements.

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OK!  Thanks that resolved the problem. I am now here.

While we're getting to know the new DA, maybe someone could decipher those cute little word-balloon icons for me ?  Is there a key somewhere that I've missed ?
 
SDR

Thanks for saying that, SDR! I thought it was just me.

This thread, for instance, doen't have one.  Maybe that's a clue ?
 

I have shucked the constraints of the parentheses.
Thanks, P & A.

I am still here, why you guys left me alone... 😥 

After 9 years, I'm back.

fm