Wow. Looks like I have lots of homework to do. I already joined Daz's Platinum Club, figuring that I would be getting most of my basic props this first year. (That free one-month membership ploy worked on me!) Haven't been able to do more than just look briefly at some of the other sites. There are so many good leads, it looks like it would be a full time job just to keep up with them. I've pasted all the names into a text document, just to keep track. Started a sort of activity log, too, of significant "Poser Research" so that 3 years from now, I'll be able to go back to some reference I vaguely remember reading about this or that. I just got contracting work doing old fashioned blocky-pixeled sprites & backgrounds for a little online game, so all that time I thought I'd have to play has evaporated. I'll persevere, though. Joe is still interested in doing the sequel to our little Morph game sometime in the future, so I can justify the time as "research." Thanks so much for putting all this time and effort into helping a newbie! -Allie

I thought dates might be useful in case models tended to improve over time. Also, sometimes I remember roughly when I got something better than what I actually got, like "I got this great fantasy thingy for a scene I wanted to do in January, but I can't remember what it was." If it retains the download date without changing when I fiddle with it, that's fine.

Carolly; Yeah, my long chatty message. I will compose in a text editor from now on. I've been real busy with tax season stuff, which is why the long silence. I'm still very busy, but will try to stay more in touch. Can't remember any of what I said in the lost message, except a question I had at the end; would appending download dates on the name (just mmyy, as in 0304) be helpful in long term searching of thousands of files? Glad to hear Don is doing better. Gotta run and make dinner. Allie

Well, there's my answer. When I hit "post reply" I get booted out into a "welcome to the back room" message and have to find my way back to the forum. My first message has just plain dissappeared. My second one posted. Now I'm discouraged. -Allie

Did my previous (long chatty) message get posted, or did it dissappear in the aether when I hit "Post reply?" Allie