Hello Music4Him,

I would be most happy to tell you. One can hit the reply key at the top or bottom of each page and make a post to anyone you wish. OR, you can hit the quote key on the specific message you wish to reply to, and the forum software will automatically include the entire message in a quote for you. You simply reply after you see the the end quote that looks like this " {/quote} " Note - I had to use {} to let you see the command. The actual command is surrounded by []. You can also remove any portion of the quoted material before you reply.

On some posts, you might wish to use only a small portion of another person's post as a quote. In that case, it is easier to highlight the material you wish to quote with your mouse, right click, and give the command copy. There is a command bar above the message editing window. On the bottom row of commands, second from the right, is an insert quote command. Wherever you wish to insert the quote, press that, place the mouse cursor in the center of the quote commands, right click the mouse, and give the command paste. BINGO!, you have a quote.

There might be times that you wish to quote and reply numerous times in the same post. You would simply insert an end quote command "{/quote} Note - I had to use {} to let you see the command. The actual command is surrounded by []., make your reply, edit the remaining quote however you wish, place a begin quote command, an end quote command, and your reply to each. Until you get used to it, I suggest that you use the preview message command to see if you got what you wanted before pushing the post command.

I hope this helps. If you place your mouse cursor over the commands on top of the message editing window, you will see a brief note about what each command does. Bold, italic, underlined, text color, font, font size, and more is easily available. Let's say you press the "B" key on the top left command row. That means bold, and the system will automatically insert a beginning and ending bold command for you. You simply place your mouse cursor in the dead center of the beginning and ending command and start typing.

There's a lot you will get comfortable with quickly, but holler if you need help.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Thanks so much for all your help!  I think I got it!

No I haven't heard about the Video Relay Service. I do live in a small country town. We are the last to find things, like this out.

  The Video Relay Service is something that just came out, so I'm not really surprised you haven't heard of it. I just did a research paper on it for my Interpreting class.  It's a device that hooks up either to your PC or your television, and it has a little camera on it.  You can contact deaf friends who have this device and hearing people through it.  How?  If you want to contact another deaf friend with VRS, you type in their number on a special remote (given to you in the package) or you type it in on the computer.  Then if your friend can answer the call, he or she will come up on the tv/PC screen (because of the cameras), and you two can see each other.  Therefore, you can communicate in sign language even if you're not in the same room.  If you want to contact a hearing person, using your system you would conact an operator at VRS.  There they have trained interpreters.  You give the interpreter the number of the hearing person you want to reach.  The interpreter will dial it and interpret over the phone between you and the hearing person.  It's a pretty cool thing, but not many people have heard of it or have it yet.  This is a website for it: http://www.s-vision.com/

Thanks so much for your advice, 2ndTimothy!  

That is an Awesome poem!  Wow, it gave me chills!  Great work!

     Hehe, I feel so welcome!   Thank you Blackeyedpeas for your encouragement!  I did have a question though.  Um, this will probably sound really dumb but here goes.  When you post, I saw that you are able to put quotes from other people on your posts.  Would you mind telling me how that is done?  
    I do have a question for you, Dreamweaver.  There is a new technology that has just come out called the Video Relay Service.  Have you heard of it?  I'm just curious about how deaf people feel about it.

It's great to have you here, twininTn!  I hope you enjoy your stay!

Hi!
     I'm new at this forum so a lot of you probably don't know me, but I was wondering if you all can help me with something.  It seems like everywhere I go and in almost everything I do people tell me I'm not confident in myself.  I've decided that I want to become a sign language interpreter, because I think God has given me a talent with it, and I think it's an absolutely beautiful language. I'm not very skilled at it yet, but I'm slowly progressing.  Today My teacher was grading a signing project I had to do, and she was telling me that I appeared to be so nervous and not confident in myself that it made her question what I was doing.  Also, in events like playing in my piano recital or in front of a large group of people I get extremely nervous.  I can play the piano fairly well when I'm alone at home, or in front of a small group of people but for events like a recital my nervousness will often times mess me up.  I took a public speaking class, and it has helped me a lot, but I still get extremely nervous in some situations.  Can any of you relate to this, and do you have any suggestions as to making myself more confident, or at least appearing more confident? Thanks a lot, everyone!

HAHAHA!  Kids, Gotta love em Just think though, these are the times you can look back on and truly laugh at!

I love VeggieTales!  They are so cute and funny, and the songs are fun and enjoyable!  I also take their tapes with me whenever I go to baby-sit.  The kids love it!


  Thanks for the link KristiAnn and Sincereheart.  They are awesome!


Posted by: Willowbirch  Posted on: July 23, 2004, 11:26:55 AM  
I personally don't like all their shows, especially the one on Esther. Esther didn't even LOOK like a veggie, just a green lady with a head and no arms. I think they could have made an Esther movie that was child-friendly and funny, without making it too ridiculous; the jewish vegetables were threatened with eternal tickling? Wait a minute! In "The chocolate factory", Bob, Larry and Junior were threatened with real fire! Big, scary fire! But Esther had to save her people from tickling?    
     
     
  I didn't like Ester as much as the others either, but it did have a good message and made it fun for the kids!  I have a feeling they are running out of ideas for vegetables, so they may have had to make someone up for Ester's character. Though seriously sometimes I have no idea what kind of vegetable is put on my plate, so you just never know.  Maybe she's one of those unknown yeggies

Oh, I know you didn't mean anything bad by that. I was just curious. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. I think it's so cool that the first person I met here is a deaf person! I'm really not an interpreter just yet.  I'm studying to be one though. Right now I'm in the middle of reading a book called So You Want To Be An Interpreter! I don't graduate until spring of 2006 so I have a while yet, and I'm still learning a lot. In my school they are trying to teach the students ASL first before we learn Signed English, CASE,and SEE. They say we learn ASL first because it is the hardest to get used to since most of us students were raised by hearing parents and taught only English.  I'm going to try to learn all the different forms, but I'm working on my ASL the most right now because it really is the hardest for me. So have you been deaf all your life? And have you been raised up on sign language?  I'm really glad to have met you! If you don't mind, can I come to you for advice if I have any questions?

Thanks, dreamweaver!  Why do you think it's funny I join now?

       Yeah, I'm not much for football myself.  Actually any tv
shows for that matter.  It seems like a lot of the tv shows I used to watch are gone: Touched by an Angel, Early Edition, Family Matters.  Anybody remember those?  I don't watch much tv anymore, but one show I do like and is still going is America's Funniest Home Videos.  That always gives me a good laugh, and it's a clean show. I also will sometimes watch I Love Lucy reruns.

Hi!

   I'm glad you decided to join!  I'm new here too.  It's great your friend got saved, and I will definitely keep him in my prayers!  I hope you have a nice stay here!  

Hello!  My name is Ellen.  I got saved when I was 10 years old, and I go to a Baptist church. I have played the piano for about 13 years, and I started learning to play the clarinet about 2 years ago.  I play the piano for the children's choir at my church, and I play my clarinet in the church orchestra. That's really why I decided to make my ID Music4Him. I'm in college right now getting my AA degree and I'm studying to be a sign language interpreter. I have been looking for a nice Christian forum to join, and I came upon this one in my search. I really like it because you all base what you say on what the Bible says. You all are also very encouraging which I really admire. I hope to get to know you all here, and I know I will enjoy it here very much!  Thanks so much!