Wow, hyacinth! That's a great quote. The wild at heart would be a person who needs freedom to move and do and love and live-and not be caged up. Wild does not mean savage, but rather not tame, as a wild animal. Some animals die if caged, and some persons may suffer just as much-that is why they need our prayers.

I think we are all in some sort of a 'cage' in our lives, and by

I don't know why some of my message was crossed out. Is there an automatic censor built into this platform?? What i said was an appropriate answer to your question, i think.

Would someone please explain what just happened for future reference and for those others to whom this might happen?

Is it possible that you accidentally hit the "strikethrough" icon (next to the icons for bold, italics and underline)?

It's never happened to me, but I notice that little glitch every now and then.

You didn't want to underline with the U button, and accidentally hit the ABC (strike out) button right next to it, did you?

If not, it could be a problem with the editor you're using.

CJ

Oops! khoff beat me to it. Great minds run in the same gutters. Or whatever

Ohhh! Thanks Khoff. I'll bet that's what happened. And here i thought it was something i said that offended the software!

Thanks for taking the time to answer me. I appreciate it.

Trys

Thanks, CJ! I probably hit the strikethru key without realizing it. Guess i got carried away by the quotation and was rattling my chains and trying to break out of my cage!

Trys

Actually, there is some censorship for the particularly vile four-letter words, but those come out as stars (***), not as strike-outs.

As long as we're talking here, I wonder if I could ask you a favor. I notice that you have been answering quite a lot of questions, and we certainly can use the help. But I also notice that you use i instead of I a lot, and we have been trying on this s

Yes, indeed. I will be happy to capitalize myself unless i happen to be quoting from e e cummings...

I think we may be fighting an uphill battle with the proliferation of texting and tweeting and the shorthand they involve. But on this forum, I agree that the rules of good grammar, spelling and punctuation should apply. Please feel free to correct ANY mistake that I make an