[Rickcin]

Has anyone found a good light duty expandable load stabilizer for the cargo area of the Element ?

I ofter carry boxes, the approximate size of a case of wine and the boxes always slide around on the walk-off type mat that I have in the back of the E.

An expandable bar would be ideal since it becomes a quick barrier and is more secure than a cargo net when carrying heavier items.

Suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Espina]

Shower curtain rod. You may have to cut it a bit.

 

[ElementFanatic]

one of those adjustable clothes hanging rods that go between the OH **** handles, drill a hole int he bar and attach it to the back cubby hole rails on each side. or do the shower curtain lol

 

[psschmied]

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:hol032:

 

[Rickcin]

Cargo stabilizer

Shower curtain rod. You may have to cut it a bit.

Thanks Espina !

I did get an adjustable shower curtain rod at The Christmas Tree Shop, just happened to be there with my wife, it fits and works flawlessly and was less than $5.00 ! How can you beat that ?

 

[psschmied]

Phantom Postings?

Did anyone else get an alert about an off-the-wall posting to this thread from "uthiff", that wasn't there when you followed the link?

I'm now getting an alert like this almost every day from the forum, each time the post and the user don't exist. (I'm concerned because my secure web browsing log shows that one of the sites that try to load components when you follow the links in these "phantom" message alerts is in the "de" country domain, which suggests a potential man in the middle attack.)

I'd understand these posts and user accounts being purged by the moderators , but it would be better if they'd leave a "post deleted by moderator" placeholder when a post is removed.

 

[lizzurd]

Did anyone else get an alert about an off-the-wall posting to this thread from "uthiff", that wasn't there when you followed the link?

I'm now getting an alert like this almost every day from the forum, each time the post and the user don't exist. (I'm concerned because my secure web browsing log shows that one of the sites that try to load components when you follow the links in these "phantom" message alerts is in the "de" country domain, which suggests a potential man in the middle attack.)

I'd understand these posts and user accounts being purged by the moderators , but it would be better if they'd leave a "post deleted by moderator" placeholder when a post is removed.

When a spammer posts to multiple forums we don't always read each individual post. For example this morning i deleted 9 posts by 3 different spammers. At 5am i am not really in the mood to seek out and read all 9 posts when with a few clicks of the mouse i can make the spam postsdisappear.

 

[psschmied]

When a spammer posts to multiple forums we don't always read each individual post. For example this morning i deleted 9 posts by 3 different spammers. At 5am i am not really in the mood to seek out and read all 9 posts when with a few clicks of the mouse i can make the spam posts disappear.

lizzurd: I understand and sympathize with your situation.

What it points out is that our site doesn't use the latest generation forum software and tools, so our moderators don't have access to the latest generation forum management tools- yet. :-(

When (if) we do, forum alerts will have the posters' name in the response link (hint), which makes redirection of all links pointing to deleted spam posts an automatic operation of the db, and disabling the spamming account, deleting all posts from the spamming account and setting up an agent to backtrack and identify the spam origin for blacklisting and prosecution will be a three-click moderator/administrator operation.

Maybe next year, in time for the next generation Element.

ps: Spammers make life miserable for everyone, but as a sysadmin, I'm painfully aware that preemptive admin actions without explanations to the users is the number one reason why IT has gotten such a bad rep with its customers, the users.