I have leased the same block of static IP's for several years now.

I got the following message when I tried to register for this forum:

Your IP address is not permitted to register.

Why would my IP address be blocked from registering as a new user on this forum?

Whats you IP address ? If you like PM it to me and I will check.

I will PM you as soon as I get the required 5 posts under my belt.

Can't a mod see his IP in the forum logs or some special advanced user status screen or something?
If a mod PM's him can he then PM back with less than 5 posts or is it like read-only?
Bill

Still get the "You cannot send private messages before you've made 5 posts in the user forum" message. No worries. Only 5 posts needed.

Thanks.

Sorry Jeff I tried. Silly I can PM you but you can't respond. (Just my opinion of course & to each his/her own)
So.. How's the weather where you are?
Bill

But didn't you register to post in this thread?

What am I missing?

Matt
(Moderator with L plates)

Hot! Too hot.


I can login to my existing account with that IP but for some reason I could not register my account with it. I ended up using a proxy to register.

Here's a screenshot of the error I received:


No big deal as long as I can login.

You ask too many (valid) questions!
I want L plates too! What's that? hehe

Was AWESOME here in Meeechigan today. Didn't even need A/C.

Sneeky sneeky! Reg via proxy then login. Mods better close that hole! hehe

Just one more & you can PM. YOU CAN DO IT!!!
(Don't mind me, delirium is setting in from lack of sleep & I'm waiting for a 2GB QuickBooks data file to rebuild.. SOOO SLOW even on this killer server!! Zzzz)

Bill,

Meeechigan you say... I'm flying out your way for a bidness trip next month. Bound to be cooler there, than it is here on the East coast.

Woo kewl, lemme know what time to pick you up at the airport. lol
(Almost asked if your arms would get tired but even I didn't laugh so.. BA-DA-BUM)
Hard to say what weather will be like here in August.. Usually hot & muggy but then again could snow too.
Welp you hit your milestone, PM away & see you next month.

Aussie slang I guess.

New car drivers here get 'L' plates, literally for 'learner'. So if someone is new to a job, or fairly inexperienced, they may get 'L' plates too.

And that's me, just a learner, not a real tech. (Actually I'm a manager / business owner type who just does this IT stuff for fun in my spare time).

I'm in the regional city of Toowoomba, Queensland today. Misty, cloudy, wet, cold and miserable... Interestingly different than what is normal at home. Give me the dry heat and endless sunshine any time.

Matt

LOL OK I take that back, I want L plates for my tricycle! Yeah never heard of L plates but learner permit though, like before you get real license to drive where mommy & daddy get to supervise, holding on & praying if they do that sorta thing.

Well with over 4000 posts you are likely past yer L permit I'd say. Lose yer training wheelz soon I s'pos. hehe

WOW Toowoomba has gotta be one of the funniest sounding names for a place I've seen! Figure you'd like Arizona I imagine then. Spent 2 weeks there during monsoon season & was still dry and even with the heat it was comfortable for the most part. Unlike here when you get high humidity & it feels like you're wearing a water suit. Tis why days like today (well yesterday now that it's 2am) are welcome.
Bill

Well given that your IP is not on the blocked IP list. Martin will have to check to see if their is a specific registration ban list.

Michael

A bit off topic, but hey this is the off-topic area...

Home is Goondiwindi - said 'Gun Da Windy'. Toowoomba is said 'Two woom ba' where the 'woom' starts like 'wood'

Nearby we have Boggabilla, Billa Billa, Toobeah (said 'Two Beer'), Meandarra (said "Me an' Darra"), Moree (said 'More Ree') and many, many others.
'White Fella' interpretations of what the local Aboriginals where thought to have called the place. Apparently Goondiwindi means 'meeting place of the birds'...

Yeah, I reckon I'd like Arizona.

Yupper, ramblin on about nothing in off-topic area seems acceptable so we run with it.

Ahh ok so they are all funny sounding names to me cuz they aren't really English in origin, makes sense. Guess I should brush up on my Australia & Aborigine history a bit. Ok I admit, a lot.

Cheers
Bill

I live in an English sounding name suburb .. Bangor.. I'll give 10 cents to the person that guesses what suburb is next door ... talk about unoriginal ....

"hard", "good", "fast"?

Perhaps Bangor means something else around there & only I'm laughing. lol

No, I said what is the suburb next door .. not what bazaar meaning Bangor has

Michael

You guys have way too much extra time on your hands.

Yeah Bangor next to Good... Neighboring towns.. Oh get yer mind out of the gutter!
As I said Bangor must have a special meaning there cuz nothing else is coming to me as to what it could be.

Ok, I will have to wait for someone from the UK or Wales to be exact ..

Michael

Bangor & Mash?
All this work guessing for a dime isn't worth it.

Doesn't mean anything, last i heard Bangor is an Indian city

So what's your guess then?

Bangor Bebanged?

LMAO, too funny that rocks.

google maps comes up with Menai, Woronora, Woronora Heights, Bonnet Bay or Illawong , none of these seem unoriginal...

Ok I give up.

(And it's 'Bangalore' the city in India..)

Bangor is a city or possible a town in Wales, the suburb next to it is called Menai. I live in Bangor and the suburb next to me is .... Menai. What I was getting at was the lack of originality.

Michael

Bummer. That was anti-climatic.. For me anyway. lol