OMG! i rode with a PRO last night (and embarassed myself!)

[Jo-n-NY]

What a great story Cali!!!! especially with all the smiliey faces you put in.

Thanks for an afternoon smile!

JoAnn

[caligurl]

hubby hates my smilies! i've had the program at home for eons... but don't use it too much... but since we got our new computers at work.. decided to try to d/l it and install it again.. it worked! woo hoo! so i send him all the cute love/kissy ones all the time:

he called them stupid (or something like that)

he's so mean (ok.. not really... but i like my smilies!)

[snapdragen]

You downloaded those at work? Your IT department must love you.....

[Bike Goddess]

Well, you know how we are here- we love anything animated. Nothing like something to make us smile!

BTW- Tinker did the SF/LA AIDS ride with us last year. It was his first long distance road ride on a real road bike (if I'm not mistaken). Anyway, after that he did the Furnace Creek 508- finished in the top 3, don't remember which place. Not bad for a mountain bike guy, eh?!

[caligurl]

i wanted to be at the finish of the 508 to see him come in.. but alas... we were out shopping that day! we did see someone coming in.. but it was after dark! so not sure who it was! i forget, too if tinker was 2nd or 3rd (i'm leaning toward remember it being 2nd??????)

i've had smileycons for a couple years... yes.. i actually paid for a cute smiley program... it has no spywar, malwar, etc like a lot of them do! and they do regular updates of sets of smileys! (i even pay for the "gold" membership so i get all add-ons at "no charge") my old old work computer had it.... but the old one (last one) i couldn't d/l it on... i decided to try it on this one and it worked! woo hoo! it's easy and fun... you just drag and drop the smiley you want into an email or onto a website! easy as pie!

p.s. i only provided the link to show the program... i'm not spamming... not endorsing (wsell.. ok... i like it and have fun with it.. so i guess that is an endorsement).. i get nothing if you decide to try or buy it!

[snapdragen]

cali, please don't be offended, but the smilies are really obnoxious. Maybe one would be tolerable, but they really cause sensory overload when a post is riddled with them.

[caligurl]

i'm sure i'll get bored with them soon enough! i just figured out you could use them on forums! so i've only been playing with them for a few days! i don't think the original post looks too bad.... i agree there are a lot in the other one.. but i was showing how i offend hubby with a gizzilion of them in my emails to him! (and that on top of cute stationary ) there... see... i used a forum eye roller!

[Dianyla]

cali, please don't be offended, but the smilies are really obnoxious. Maybe one would be tolerable, but they really cause sensory overload when a post is riddled with them.

Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only grouchy one when it comes to the gigantic anime smilies. I like the little petite ones that can be easily viewed inline with text like but the big animated ones almost send me into a pokemon-induced epileptic fit.