Thanks Melody, I forget where I found that avatar now. It reminds me of a tapesty or something. I thought it so cute that it was a Koala. I have one that is a Kangaroo too. I'll have to use that sometime too.

I have wracked my brains for what would cause those smilies not to work. As I said I think it's something to do with Javascript error or something. Beats me.

You need a list like this to remember them... just leave out the space that I've put in the middle of some of them and also at the end of the others. Another way to do it is to just right click on the image and go to properties and it will show "alternate text" and that shows you what you need to type to get the gif.

: )
: mad :
: D
: cool :
: (
: p
: o
: confused :
; )
: rolleyes :
: wink :
: winky :
: hug :
: grouphug :

Remember... NO spaces.
I got all those gifs from typing in the characters (with no spaces) rather than clicking on the pictures over on the right of screen.

hope this works LOL